Negative Essay: Malala Yousafzai's Understanding Of Power

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Speaking out for that in which one believes is brave. Knowing the repercussions could include death and choosing to speak out still is braver still. Malala Yousafzai possesses such faith in her cause that she knew she could be killed and still didn’t bat an eye before setting off to change the world. She trusted her God to protect her, but never forgot the risks. She never allowed violent thoughts to take control of her mind, instead insisting on peaceful resistance methods and the power of words to change minds. While I do not share the same God with Malala, I admire her faith in her cause and in her country, and hope to become a fraction of the positive influence that she is. Malala Yousafzai is a peaceful fighter who would do anything for her cause, the God she loves, and her country. …show more content…

It puts her at peace in her mind, and peace is the weapon she chooses to use against those who would stand between kids and their education. Her faith gives her strength. She knows she could die, but she is not afraid. She asks God what dying is like, perhaps to be prepared (7). At just eleven years old, she knew what she believed in enough to go on television channels to speak about education. She knew she was not doing anything wrong in God’s eyes and that He would protect her. After Malala is shot, her father recited the part about Yunus in the belly of the whale, a verse that says there is a way out of even the worst of troubles, if only one can keep faith

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