Malala Yousafzai is a 16 year old Pakistani schoolgirl and advocate for education of girls, whose rising popularity caused hatred for her and her cause by the Taliban. She rose to international fame after surviving an attempted assassination on her way back from school. Before the shooting she had received several death threats, but she stood firm in her belief that all young women should have the right to an education and did not tone down her message. Following the assassination attempt, she showed courage beyond her years when dealing with a difficult recovery process, further demonstrating her true strength and perseverance. Young Malala's development of techniques to deal with the challenges she faced include the psychological concepts of gender schema, Kohlberg's "post-conventional morality," and Erickson's stage of identity vs. role confusion.
Malala Yousafzai was born on July 12th 1997 in Mingora, Pakistan, which is located in the Swat Region. The Pakistani Taliban, an Islamist military group based in northwestern Pakistan, had previously attempted to ban girls from attending schools in the Swat Valley, a practice that Malala spoke out against. Malala's greatest influence for her actions was perhaps her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, an educator, poet, and activist in his own right. It was due to her father's influence that she wrote the speech entitled: "How dare the Taliban take away my basic right to education?" Before long, she wrote anonymously for a BBC blog, detailing with the Taliban's increasingly repressive actions, including school bombings, reaching into the Swat Valley. Her popularity rose and she became the recipient of numerous awards including Pakistan's National Youth Peace Prize in 2011. Despite Taliban d...
... middle of paper ...
...ther's instruction. Malala also embodies a post conventional morality, holding true to herself defined, inherent values and morals. Her forgiveness to her attackers and continued pursuit of her goals is evidence of this. Erickson's stage of "identity vs role confusion" is visible in Malala, who has fully understood her identity as a female student in Pakistan defending the rights of all female students. If she had been shot five years earlier, it is unlikely she would have been able to deal with the challenge in the same way. Not having time to fully understand politics and morality, she may not have continued her advocacy or forgiven her attacker. We should all ask ourselves how we can live up to the ideals that Malala established, in our own ways. How can we make use of our gender schemas, moral stage, and psychosocial development to make a difference in the world?
First, Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani civil rights activist fighting for equal education in her country. Both Malala and her father, who ran a school close to their house, were threatened by the Taliban to stop allowing girls to go to the school and stop speaking outright about equal rights. However, Malala was already an advocate for girls education, writing on a BBC blog under a pseudonym, and neither her nor her father would back down. As a result, the Taliban attacked Malala’s bus one day as she was going to school, singling her out, the terrorists shot her three times and injured some of her friends. Although she
Malala started her heroic journey when she started blogging under a pen name “Gul Makai” how life is with the Taliban for the BBC. She knew that by doing this she was taking a risk, but for her, the risk was worth it if she could get girls to have an education. She was able to go back to school when
Yousafzai, Malala, and Christina Lamb. I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban. New York: Little, Brown and, 2013. Print.
The autobiography I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai begins with the scene of young pakistani education and women’s rights activist Malala being shot in the head. Her school bus had been stopped by the Taliban who, after asking which of the girls was Malala, put a bullet into her head. Malala ends the powerful prologue with the words “Who is Malala? I am Malala and this is my story” (9). Malala then rewinds to the story of her birth and how in Pakistan, no one congratulated her parents when she was born because she was a girl. Pakistani culture pushes for the birth of a boy as an islamic majority country. However, her father saw the potential in his daughter as a great leaser and named her after one of the great female leaders in Pakistan- Malalai of Maiwand who inspired the Afghan people, who were losing hope, to spur the army to victory against the British/Indian forces. Malala describes life in Mingora, Swat Valley, Pakistan. She outlines the Indian- Pakistan revolution and the shift of the Pashtun people into the Swat Valley. Malala’s father grew up in Shahpur but struggled to get his education in the town where he met Malala’s mother. They married and his dream of building a school, Khushal Public School, became reality when they moved into Mingora.
The Taliban had began targeting girls' schools in Swat valley because they believed that female education went against their extremist Islamic beliefs. When the Taliban had prevented her and several other girls from attending school, Malala publicly spoke up against the Taliban's outrageous actions. In 2008, Malala spoke to an audience at a local press club in Peshawar about the Taliban taking away her, as well as several other females, basic right to an education by destroying educational and government institutions. Her speech entitled, “How Dare the Taliban Take Away My Basic Right to an Education,” displays the passion and outrage that Malala feels about the events occurring in her hometown. While Malala's speech was well received and made her publicly known among her village, it was her blog that made her rise to world wide fame. After hearing the announcement by Mullah Fazlullah that girls' schools were to be closed by January 15th, Ziauddin Yousafzai was asked by a BBC reporter if he could search for a girl who was willing to write about life under Taliban rule (Profile: Malala Yousafzai, 1). One girl had volunteered but was later dissuaded by her parents who feared the risks and danger of going against the Taliban (Alter, 1). Malala's father encouraged Malala, who willingly accepted the challenge. In order to avoid discovery, Malala wrote under the pseudonym of
Malala Yousafzai has made many claims for what she believes in. Those without a voice need to be heard. The taliban cannot quiet her. Nonviolence is one of the World’s greatest traditions. Education is one of the most important human rights. Yousafzai is able to support these claims with the way she speaks. She is splendid at using rhetoric, persuasive language with techniques like figures of speech. Malala Yousafzai uses repetition, pathos, and ethos to support her claims.
Malala Yousafzai was born on July 12, 1997 to in Mingora, Pakistan. As a child, she attended a school that her father ran and loved learning and education. In her society, most families didn’t find a need to send girls to school. In Pakistan, girls were married off at a young age and were only responsible for cooking and cleaning. Malala was considered luckier than most other girls there, because she got the chance to go to school and her family didn’t view women lesser to men.
This outspoken attitude is what caused the Taliban to take notice of her. Malala Yousafzai is known for writing a blog about living under the reign of the Taliban at age 12, while being an advocate for girls’ education, surviving a shot to the head, and being awarded two peace prizes, all under the age of 19. Malala Yousafzai wrote a blog when she was only twelve years old about girls’ education under the leadership of
Thus, ethos, the building or undermining the credibility of the speaker is seen throughout the speech. The first example of ethos is built by the way Malala connects herself to the people of the UN by referring to herself and her audience as “brothers and sisters;” this phrase causes the audience to pay attention to what she is saying from the beginning of the speech while causing a feeling of kinsmanship. In addition, Malala builds her ethos by keeping a calm, steady voice throughout the duration. Moreover, Malala ethos is strengthened through the phrase, “one girl among many.” Malala wants her audience to view her as just another girl, not a martyr or a Saint. She insists that she was only one of the millions injured and that she is merely speaking for the voices that cannot be heard. Furthermore, Malala’s ethos is enhanced when she insists that she learned peace, compassion, forgiveness, and the concept of change from social activist leaders of the past. This builds her ethos by developing common ground among the audience; thus, the same activist who influenced the common person also affected her for the
Rebekah Carlisle Ms. Lutes EN 111 28 October 2017 Malala Yousafzai Malala Yousafzai is one of the biggest activists in women’s right to education. She has made numerous contributions to the women’s rights movement. Malala grew up in a small town in Pakistan.
“I am Malala” by Malala Yousafzai is a beautiful and hard breaking book at the same time. This book is an autobiography that describes the author childhood and her support on the right for girls to have an education. Through this autobiography, Malala describes the restrictions that are imposed on females in her country. There are many that believe that woman of Pakistan should not be educated in the other hands there are a few that oppose this idea. Malala’s support on education for girls almost cost her life, since she was shot by the Taliban. From a multicultural perspective Malala’s story touches on topics such; culture shock, discrimination within your own culture, oppression, religion, family and woman’s right. Despite the opposition
Malala Yousafzai gives a speech at the United Nations. The terrorist attack made her a strong person, although she is young. She did not give a speech for revenge, however, she finds that talking about the importance of receiving education for all people at the time of the shooting. Further, Malala has a pure heart, so she can’t hate the Taliban. She has learned to be peaceful to all people from Muhammad, the prophet of mercy, Jesus Christ and Lord Buddha.
When I was in grade 10, I read a biography titled, I am Malala, a story of the youngest girl who got a novel prize. She was a 15-year-old Pakistani girl when the story took place. In her country, some group of people, particularly the Taliban, deemed that the men are more predominant than the women, so they believed that girls should not be in a school but only in a household. People usually described her as a brave young girl who had fought for the education with justice even though she got menaced of death. Earlier in the book, the author, Malala, described a story of her childhood and her ideology the fair treatment between the man and the woman.
Whenever I go to the lake and see my reflection, I invariably envisage the impact that I can have in the world if I use my power, inducement, and temerity correctly. Even appears to be wrong, Adolph Hitler invigorates me to actively try to change the problems that society faces. Because I fathom that I’m similar to Hitler, he enthuses me to not make the same errors of using my authority for the wrong cause. Furthermore, like Hitler, Malala Yousafzai fights for something she believes in, but the difference is that we think she’s doing something for the benefit of society. Yousafzai is an intelligent young woman, the way she expresses her outlooks towards her activism stands out and her passion shines through her eyes. I felt relieved to know
Malala Yousafzai was born in Mingora, a town in the Swat District of north-west Pakistan. As Malala grew up her mind was set on education. Her father was a teacher and thought Malala how to love education even though women at the time where Malala lived weren’t allowed to go to school. Malala thought that this was not right she wanted the girls have an education. She decided to fight and created her own school for girls. One day after school a Taliban gun shooter barged into the bus that Malala was taking back home and shot her in the head, two of her other friends were injured when they shot her. Malala survived the bullet but had to have a five hour surgery. Even though she had to go through all of these hard things she never gave up. She gave speeches, kept fighting for women's rights and wrote a book named I am Malala. Malala always said: “One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.” ,“Education is education. We should learn everything and then choose which path to follow." - Malala