I am More than my Scars
“Courage [is] not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it” (Nelson Mandela). Nelson Mandela was president of South Africa and fought to end apartheid for his people. Unfair child labor practices drove Mother Jones to work to enact laws that prevented the abuse of children in the mills. Malala Yousafzai has created a movement to support girls’ education rights. These three individuals worked tirelessly for their causes despite the fear and resistance they faced. Mandela, Mother Jones, and Malala all had to persevere and overcome obstacles to enact change and achieve the human rights they promoted.
Nelson Mandela, as the committed president of South Africa, worked tirelessly to abolish apartheid, thereby making
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. .. Over the years, Mandela became the world’s best-known political prisoner, gaining international support for his fight against apartheid.” (Nelson Mandela introduction). Showing great courage in his efforts, Mandela never lost hope while in prison. After being released from his 27-year prison term, he went on to gain the trust of his country, becoming the first black South African president. By taking a stand against apartheid, Mandela demonstrated his great leadership. Mandela believed that everyone should be free, “It was during those long and lonely years that my hunger for the freedom of my own people became a hunger for the freedom of all people, white and black. I knew as well as I knew anything that the oppressor must be liberated just as surely as the oppressed” (Mandela). Mandela took action by …show more content…
Malala was not encouraged to go to school when she was young. Now, Malala hopes to give every single girl around the world an equal opportunity to get an education (The Malala Fund). Malala was discouraged from attending school, but that didn’t stop her from earning her education.Not only was she discouraged, but she was shot in the head, neck and shoulder by a gunman. She underwent multiple surgeries and months of rehabilitation. “I never heard him ask, ‘Who is Malala?’ And I didn’t hear the crack, crack, crack of the three bullets. The last thing I remember is thinking about my exam the next day. After that, everything went black” (Yousafzai 130). Although Malala was shot by the a member of the Taliban, she came back stronger than ever and is now speaking out across the world for girls educational rights. She tells her story not because it is unique, but because it is common. After her attack, she started speaking out to promote girls right to get an education. Malala went on to become the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner. “‘They cannot stop me. I will get my education.’”(Yousafzai 83). Malala is strong and has persevered through difficult situations and yet they have not stopped her. She shows how determination can really make an impact in her fight for human
Being shot in the face and seriously injured, did not stop Malala Yousafzai from pursuing her dreams. She did not morally agree with her government’s treatment of women, so she fought for her beliefs. Malala grew up in a rural village in Pakistan and was forced to follow customs she did not believe in. Swat Valley changed to a strictly ruled village with discrimination towards women. Malala created awareness around the world of the situation and stood up for her rights to education. Through Malala Yousafzai’s painful experience with growing up in a dangerous part of Pakistan, she created awareness in hope to regain the rights to educational opportunities for women.
“I dream of a country where education would prevail” (Malala Yousafzai). Education around the world has begun to be overlooked more and more each year; women’s education especially. Fighting to learn is one of the many problems women face each day, additionally it does not help when the opportunity to be educated is not given to over 6 million teenage girls alone. The women that are confident enough to stand up and fight for schooling are usually respected. Being one of the very few people in Pakistan who fought for better teachings, Malala is now well respected in many countries. Malala Yousafzai (Yoo-saff-zay) was shot by the Taliban in 2012; after a long recovery, she miraculously advocates for education around the world.
By using raw emotion and memories from her past she advocates how essential getting a proper education is for children and women. In her biography,“ I am Malala”, she displays this when saying, “ Education is education. We should learn everything and then choose which path to follow… it is neither Eastern or Western, it is human,”(Yousafzai, pg.163 ). When Yousafzai expresses this outlook to her readers she is trying to emphasize how education should be offered to everyone and is fighting for equality in foreign countries such as her home village is SWAT Valley. Readers can appeal to this since they are being introduced to a whole new way of living since most of her readers live in the modern day world where they are not able to relate to Malala’s old way of life. This is Yousafzai’s main goal when speaking out about about the education issues to influence change and encourage others to take the first step towards
...egotiate with the government for his freedom and the end of apartheid while in Pollsmoor Prison. On February 2, 1990, he was released from prison. In 1994, Mandela was democratically elected the first black president of South Africa and all legal traces of apartheid had been vanquished.
Martin Luther King Jnr once said “Life’s most important question is, what are you doing for others”? Mandela answered this by spending most of his life protesting and fighting against the racist policies of apartheid, introducing new regimens in order to combat poverty. Mandela would ultimately become a world famous humanitarian who would go on to fight for the most noble of causes. His drive to be a great leader would go on to inspire a nation and end one of the most racially biased policies.
Many people believe that education is for everyone, however, there is always a group of people that are opposed and want to control things that people can do. For this instance, Malala, a fifteen year old at the time had the mindset of not letting the Taliban bother her. In her biography, I am Malala, by Malala Yousafzai with Christina Lamb, Malala strongly displays her bravery through her speeches and continues to bring awareness even though she knows that the Taliban would come to know and try to stop her. Three significant factors that contribute to Malala’s life are: the support from her father, when she got shot in the head by the Taliban, and moved to Birmingham, England with her family. Throughout her life, she has learned to follow her dreams, not let others interfere with her actions, and
The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban. Hearing of Malala, celebrity star Angelina Jolie initiates a campaign “I Am Malala” spreading awareness of Malala’s injustice around the world. The campaign emphasizes the gift of receiving education and that as many overlook these privileges there are children around the world targeted for such simple
Malala Yousafzai, the fifteen year old girl shot in the face for speaking out. Her story begins just like any other girl in her hometown, Swat Valley, Pakistan; an area where women struggle to keep their basic rights. One of those rights being the right to education, which then grew to be the main influence in Malala’s advocacy and eventual worldwide campaign for women’s schooling. This happened to be against the edicts of the political group, the Taliban, an extremist islamic party in Pakistan responsible for a civil war and downgrading the roles of women, who used Malala’s movement as a rationale to shoot her. Malala’s courage and determination through all of this is what made her stand out between other girls in her small valley, and it
Nelson Mandela is known as one of the most world peace fighting and most respected people in history. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was the first South African president to be elected in a fully representative democratic election in 1994. He was born 18 July 1918 in South Africa. Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist, and the leader of the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). In 1962 he was arrested and convicted of sabotage and other charges, and sentenced to life in prison. Mandela served 28 years in prison, spending many of these years on Robben Island. He was released on February, 11th in 1990. Nelson Mandela is a great factor of why the Apartheid system fell.(Encyclopedia, 1997)
Mr. Nelson Mandela as peace maker struggle to reinstate the apartheid rule of South Africa with multi-racial democracy, During
There have been many problems worldwide having to do with discrimination and lack of education for children due to their genders, races, and ethnicity. Malala Yousafzai is living proof that these problems have drastic effects on people who are struggling to get proper education. Malala is a 20 year old girl from Pakistan’s Swat Region who was shot in the head on a school bus in the act of revolting against the Taliban and attending school. Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani activist for women’s education. Moreover, she continues to be an advocate for women’s education throughout the world.
" calm, patient determination to reclaim this country as your own, and now the joy that we can loudly proclaim from the rooftops--Free at last! Free at last! ... This is a time to heal the old wounds and build a new South Africa." Nelson Mandela fought his entire life. Nelson Mandela fought a fight for civil rights in South Africa on the streets and behind the prison walls. Even after 27 years behind those walls Mandela maintained his dignity and rose to be the first Black President of South Africa.
“It always seems impossible until it’s done.” Nelson Mandela is a renowned African leader and is known for advocating love, peace and unity. Nelson was keen for transforming a model of racial separation and oppression into an open democracy. In his time, Nelson served a significant role as former president of South Africa during the Apartheid era. Before he became a hero, he underwent overwhelming obstacles. Nelson spent 27 years in prison not for a murder or act of genocide he committed, but for standing up to his political beliefs and for fighting for the rights of his own people. Nelson Mandela is unquestionably one of the most prominent heroes to millions of people around the world and in particularly the black people of South Africa. Further, his integrity is highly regarded even by the whites. Eddie Daniels, South African Liberal Party, states that “Mr. Mandela is a good man, he can walk with kings and he can walk with beggars.”
Nelson Mandela Rolihlahla Dalibhunga Mandela or better known as Nelson Mandela was said to be one of the most influential and important people of our time. He helped change South Africa's strict laws called the Apartheid. The Apartheid was a government policy that separated people of different races. Nelson Mandela, was a political prisoner who fought for equality in South Africa, throughout his journey of leadership, he has left a legacy on the world forever. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born into the madiba clan in the village of Mvezo, Transkei, on July 18th, 1918.
"Real leaders must be ready to sacrifice all for the freedom of their people. " Those were the words of Nelson Mandela, one of the most influential leaders of the twentieth century. Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993, Mandela was best known for his efforts to end apartheid, a racial system that separated groups of individuals by race and deprived people of color from full citizenship. (http://sites.psu.edu/leadership/2014/01/24/leadership-traits-in-nelson-mandela/) As the first black president of South America, he was an international advocate for human rights.