I am Malala For the past month I have been reading the book I Am Malala, by Malala Yousafzai. It starts off with, meeting the girl who is just like any other girl. Malala is from Mingora, Pakistan the largest city in the valley. She loves to go to school and loves to learn. She is not a girly girl, but she did admit she spends a lot of time looking in the mirror playing with her hair. Her Mother, Toor Pekai, and her Father, Ziauddin are very important people in her life. Her father owns the school she goes to, Khushal. Where Malala lives it is forbidden for girls to get an education, women are supposed to be the ones who cook and clean. But Malala thought differently. At home things for ruff for Malala. The school was her father’s passion. All the money that was made, went to the school. They ate little and when they did they shared with everyone. One of the biggest parts of the Pashtunwali code is hospitality. When the women went out in public there was a code called purdah, which means they have to cover themselves up in public. Such as covering their face up. They could not meet or speak to men who were not their …show more content…
They did not like the fact he was still running the school but soon enough it got shut down and no one was allowed to attend. The Taliban bombed 200 schools. Malala stopped going to school but that didn’t stop her from learning. Her father would give her DVD’s to watch, even though they weren’t allowed to have televisions, they hid theirs in their closet. In 2009 the schools reopened but Malala’s father wanted to leave because it was too dangerous to be living there. Malala and her family, friends, relatives and anyone else they could bring left Pakistan. 3 months later they came back to their village, and everything was destroyed, their house was blown apart. Their beautiful gardens were gone. The good news was the Taliban cleared out and the area was
The return from darkness is represented by Malala being shot by the Taliban and returning to her normal life. Three shots were fired, one hit her and the other two hit two of her friends sitting on either side of her. Malala underwent surgery, but was in critical condition. “...the bullet had entered through the side of my left eye where there was a scar, traveled eighteen inches down to my left shoulder and stopped there. It could have taken out my eye or gone into my brain. It was a miracle I was alive” (Yousafzai 282). Malala returned from being shot without remorse, and she is humbled that she is still alive. Her outlook on life is unchanged by the attack from the Taliban. Malala says, “If they were going to kill me they would’ve done it in 2009” (Yousafzai 237). Even though the Taliban specifically attacked Malala, she still remains to give snark remarks towards them. Her strength through hurdles thrown at her, otherwise known as her return from darkness, and her journey throughout her life makes Malala a hero to men, women, and children everywhere around the
Education is something various people feel extremely passionate about and would not want anything else, but a strong educational system around the world. Countless children around the world do not acquire the right to an education and various of those children are girls. Malala is one of those persons that enjoys education and her dream is to have an education for every girl that is being deprived of her rights. Malala has slowly turned herself into a symbol of peace and her novel is able to reflect that throughout her novel by applying various rhetorical devices. Malala Yousafzai the author of “I am Malala” is able to apply imagery, pathos, and analogy effectively to make an impact on her audience.
Malala’s journey begins in the ordinary world. This is where the heroine is in “a special world, a world that is new and alien to [her]” (Campbell 54). “The hero[ine], uneasy, uncomfortable or unaware, is introduced sympathetically so the audience can identify with the situation or dilemma. The hero[ine] is shown against a background of environment, heredity, and personal history” (Volger). Malala notices that she is born in a society where the males are glorified while the ...
Yousafzai, Malala, and Christina Lamb. I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood up for Education and
Millions of refugees were evacuated south during the war. The author stated “Starting in 2007, the Taliban began seizing control of swat. “When the Pakistani army tried to stop them, the Taliban responded with tremendous violence.” (6) In the text it says “The Taliban are not part of Pakistan's government, but their forces are powerful.”(6) In my words the text says. Across the region hundreds of schools were being bombed by the Taliban. (7) According to the text. “During the day, she frequently walked by corps of men and women executed by the Taliban left on the street as a warning to those who would dare to defy
Imagine a world with no education. It is hard not to imagine a society where no knowledge, no future, or no life. If the world had no education; how will we build our sources? How will life know what is right and what is wrong? How would society know about the stages of life from past, present, and future? Just think how empty the world would be without education. Malala Yousafzai, an activist of woman and children's right of education known for her courageous acts to improve education globally. Malala Yousafzai has positively benefitted modern society by speaking up for her rights of education and by inspiring others to join her to create equality for all.
Malala Yousafzai was born on July 12, 1997. She lived in Swat Valley in Mingora, Pakistan. (http://www.biography.com) Pakistan is located on the Arabian Sea in South Asia. Malala attended Khushal School for Girls, in which her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai’s, founded. Malala’s father was her greatest inspiration in becoming a Women’s Rights and Children’s Activist in the future. (Malala’s Dream: A Brave Teen From Pakistan…)
Malala was a lover of education. From a very young age, her father taught her how important education was to everyone, whether boy or girl. Ziauddin, her father, opened and worked in schools in Pakistan. He opened schools for girls and schools for girls and boys. He also worked on poetry and public speaking. Malala loved school. She loved the feeling of getting good grades and she loved being able to compete with her classmates. That wasn't the only thing that kept Malala in school, her father encouraged her education. Malala
Many people, countries, and well the world have been wondering who Malala Yousafzai really is. Born July 12th 1997 in Mingora (Town North West of Pakistan), this Muslim girl flabbergasted the world when she stood up for education ("Malala Yousafzai Biography"). In 2009 she started an anonymous blog for the BBC about women’s schooling being overlooked ("Malala Yousafzai Biography”) Her persistent personality causes her to never give up, as she did with the blog. She is a role model to tons of girls around the world, who have started calling themselves Malala ("Malala Yousafzai Biography"). Many people say she got the love for learning from her father, Ziauddin Yousafzia; who is an educational activist, running a large chain of schools ("Malala Yousafzai Biography"). Pakistan won its first International Children's Peace Prize (now called the International Malala Peace Prize,) because of Malala and she also was the youngest to receive the Nobel Peace Prize at age 16, all of this happening in 2011("Malala Yousafz...
At the beginning of the novel Malala was just an ordinary girl. She did normal everyday things like hanging out with friends, watching tv, and argued with her brothers. “We argue over the TV remote. Over chores. Over who’s the better student. Over who who ate the last of the Cheesy Wotsits. Over whatever you can think of”(Yousafzai and McCormick 12). This quote
It is well known to most people that many children and even adults around the world do not have access to any form of education, leaving many illiterate and uneducated. However, many like Malala Yousafzai want to put an end to this and give everyone, especially girls, the opportunity to get an education. I chose to read this book because education is something many of us may take for granted and I wanted a better understanding of how girls from around the world learn in different ways. In her memoir I Am Malala, Yousafzai mentions repeatedly her love for learning and going to school even if she has to do it in secret because where she is from, this being Swat, Pakistan, many do not think women should be allowed to learn. Her father
Despite her devastating experience, Malala does not cease doing what she thinks is right, and still hopes to change the world into a place where everyone has equal chance to education irrespective of gender and age.
She was inspired by her father who shared the dram that everyone would eventually be able to go to school (Yousafzai 41). Even after she was shot in the head and she was able to go to school she continues to fight for others who aren't as fortunate, especially in Pakistan (“Malala Yousafzai”). Malala also realizes that over 66 Million girls are unable to go to school so she is not fighting for a small or easy cause (Yousafzai). Malala said “I raised my voice not for myself but so that those without a voice could be heard” (Yousafzai). She proves this by when she travels to different countries to speak to the people there. For example, she traveled to Nigeria to speak with the girls who were abducted by Boko Haram from their families to help them and their families out. She also helped start the Malala Fund, its goal being to help girls who weren’t fortunate enough to receive education to get their education. This, with the help of Angelina Jolie, would start off by helping to pay for 40 girls to go to school in Pakistan (“Malala
The Girl Who Wanted to Go to School'' states '' She was just the girl who wanted to go school,'' Mirza Wahead, the former editor of the Urdu Web site of BBC World Service, told me. This explaining that all Malala wanted was to go to school, Malala didn’t have to suffer to go to school, but that one person didn’t Malala to achieve her goals in
Thanks to Malala, she has fought for equal education for all women out there. “Education is neither eastern nor western. Education is education and it's the right of every human being,”said Malala Yousafzai. Malala is big on education which is one of the most important things in your lifetime. She is taking an action by making it to where everyone, either boy or girl, to have what is needed. Even though Malala Yousafzai got shot for speaking up against equal education for women, she still kept going and blocked off the negatives that happened in her life. Now, Malala is an inspiration to little kids all around the world. She’s won incredible awards for her actions she had spoken up up for. From the Nobel Peace Prize, to a Grammy Award. She has even gotten into University of Oxford, one of the best universities in the world! With that Malala will become a hero and a legend to inspire other kids like her to speak up and take action. You see, Malala is not just an ordinary person. She changed the world by her powerful words and speeches to which it’s motivating for other people the not only change the world, but to change