How To Get Filthy Rich In Rising

Emmah Boquette
Women: Their Voices
Fall 2015

 Dreams Will Not Come True
Will women ever be educated to the extent that is equal to men? “Men are more superior than women” is a popular line we hear on the news, television, and in daily conversations when this topic is being discussed. There are women that dream of having a voice and being treated equal but don't necessarily get the option of doing so for example, The Sister in How To Get Filthy Rich In Rising Asia, there are others who drop everything and everyone to get ahead in life and do something they enjoy, just like the Pretty Girl in How To Get Filthy Rich In Rising Asia, and then there are women that seek out equality and succeed to find it, such as Malala Yousafzia. Thoughts on women

seem to be centered on all the things that they shouldn't be able to do rather than all the grand things they can do and the brave things that come out of those situations.
“A dream is a wish your heart makes, when you’re fast asleep, in dreams you will lose your heartache… a dream is a wish you make with your heart.” (Nissen, Anja) is a quote from a song in the Disney movie Cinderella. Although your heart may want something, only dreaming about it does not mean you will get to the destination you would like to end up. A dream is just the beginning, you cannot just dream of success, you need to take that dream and turn it into an action and from that action you make it possible.
Some are stuck in the dream zone, however.

Those are the ones that dream and it stays all in their head and nothing gets expressed verbally. They dream, but they don't open the doors to opportunity and possibility. The sister in How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia wants all these things and wants an education, but it’s just out of her reach because she can’t do anything about it. In this case, it doesn't quite matter if she verbally shares her dreams because they won't happen. She isn't in the area where she has the strength to fight back and become equal with men and that is sickening. But the strength that comes with her is the fact that she worked through it. She didn't let the marriage affect her, she went with the flow. Because if you're going through hell keep going, you'll get to the positive destination one

day.
“Every action we take impacts the lives of others around us.

The question is: Are you aware of your impact?”(Carmazzi, Arthur.) Love from women is actually a well-known impact on a male’s heart. The Pretty Girl in How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia had a gigantic impact on the main characters life and she didn't even relatively mean to do so. She began with her dream to become a model and then worked off of that dream and brought it to an action. Even though she left everyone behind to go live out her new higher life, she still made time for the boy she left her mark on so many years before. Although the book might have portrayed her as more superior than the boy, in reality she equaled out with him on many playing fields. She was cunning, and she was smart, “she was no fool” (Hamid, Mohsin), and she had potential. She knew her impact on him because he always floated back to her in the end and they ended up together. “You know a lot about movies.” (Hamid, Mohsin) is the action she made the first time she made the decision to talk to him. That action by which made everything else in the book, regarding each other,

possible.
Making it possible is something Malala Yousafzia thrived to do. Women are sometimes looked as being powerless, someone that is just there and doesn't make an impact. Malala was faced with the problem of not being able to attend school. She took this problem to an anonymous blog where she wrote about women not being allowed to go to school and not being able to get an education. Because of this blog, she was shot by Taliban gunmen because of her “crime” of having spoken up for the right of girls being educated (Husain, Mishal). Malala explains with so much truth, “For my brothers it was easy to think about the future. They can be anything they want. But for me it was hard and for that reason I wanted to become educated and empower myself with knowledge.”(Husain, Mishal). Few people talk about the things that may or may not hurt them, they like to stay in the “safe zone” of conversation. Malala, of course, did not. After being shot, she still wanted to return to her home in Pakistan. Many told her that this wasn't wise because now she had attracted even more attention which would affect her safety. Malala replies to this by saying this powerful statement, “It’s their right to express their feelings, and it’s my right to say what I want. I want to do something for education, that’s my only desire.” (Husain, Mishal). In addition to this, her father says that “When she used to speak about education, everybody gave it importance.” (Husain, Mishal). She is a girl under the age of 18 and is already making a difference. In 2013, she was a Nobel Peace Prize nominee, which she won a year later, and she was named one of Time magazine’s most influential people. She was looked as just a girl with a “silly” dream and now she is an “icon of courage and hope”. She showed everyone wrong, Malala made a massive impact. (Husain, Mishal)
“Not every hen lay eggs. Not every hen that lays eggs gets them hatched. Not everyone born with greatness becomes as such. Go, hatch your eggs.” (Ayivor, Israelmore) Not everyone will live to reach their dream, not everyone will be able to see the possible; However, women can do a lot more than what is credited towards them. They have an impact, they have a voice, and they have a reason for the things that they do. Everything starts with a dream, and it is the job of the people, to turn that dream into a reality.