I Am Malala By Christina Lamb And Patricia Mccormick

“We realise the importance of our voices only when we are silenced” — Malala Yousafzai. Malala’s voice was heard and she stood up for education. In order to take her successful stand, many important events happened through Malala’s life. Many of which resulted in her becoming a worldwide figure for education. A few of these main events in her life were her birth, her going to school and her being shot by the Taliban. This essay examines these events in depth, why these events are given importance and the lessons that readers learn from them. ‘I am Malala’ is a book written by Malala Yousafzai, Christina Lamb and Patricia McCormick. This book is about Malala, a girl who was born in Pakistan. The Taliban gained control of Malala’s Valley and

It symbolised the key idea of feminism when her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, had a different take on her birth. The society in which Malala was born and brought up in was a patriarchal society. In her society, the belief was that women are supposed to stay at home and look after everyone. Carrying on from this belief education for women was given importance. Although most fathers wouldn’t, Ziauddin celebrated Malala’s birth. In the beginning of chapter 1, dialogue techniques were used to show this ; Malala writes “ He told people, ‘I know there is something different about this child’ ” This dialogue showed that Ziauddin believed in his daughter and thought of her being no different to a son. This related back to the idea of feminism. This important event taught the readers a lesson that women are equal, it's just about changing the way the world perceives them. Following this principle, Malala turned out to be someone who does what she thinks is

During this time, a lot of assassination was going on around Malala and mentally she was very disturbed. She was intelligent, concentrated and fierce. Courageously, Malala did end up going to school though she was aware that many of her classmates have dropped out. Metaphoric language techniques was used when Malala says “Our school was a haven from the horrors outside.” She believed that going to school was the right thing to do as her school was a safe place and that it will help her during this difficult time. This relates back to the idea of standing up for what you believe. It teaches us that just because people say something is wrong, it doesn't mean that it is wrong. People around Malala and her family at that time were against education because they were afraid of the Taliban and agreed with everything they said. However, Malala was intelligent, concentrated and fierce. When everyone told her not to, she did what she thought was right. Continuing to follow her beliefs, Malala also learnt how to turn her struggle into her