Jason Leyden
Mr. Salacker
I am Malala
By - Malala Yousafzai with Christina Lamb
Reading Journal
Part One: Before the Taliban
• Chapter 4, page 38 ◦ “I will protect your freedom, Malala. Carry on with you dreams.” ‣ This quote ends the chapter on a strong note. Malala’s Father described her as “free as a bird”, meaning she could do anything whenever she wanted. ‣ Malala knew she had limitations, as it wasn’t often women had a role in Islam society. ‣ Malala’s Father wanted her to feel different, and in this quote, is saying she is free to do whatever she wants because he will always have her back. ‣ Shows the good relationship she had with her follow ‣ Not always the case with girls and their fathers especially
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◦ She clearly believed getting equal was the best way to get back at someone; knowing what her future turns out to be ◦ what made her ideals change when she began to become threatened for her life later in her life?
• Chapter 8, page 57 ◦ Chapter 8 ends off with Malala discussing the terrible earthquake that struck Pakistan in October of 2005 and how although Islam was already dealing with terrible leaders, they now dealt with natural disasters. Is it possible to say this event correlates with her future as she believes although she can’t control nature, she can change the way Pakistan is ruled?
Part Two: The Valley of Death
• Chapter 10, page 69 ◦ “When we learned she was dead, my heart said to me, Why don’t you go there and fight for women’s
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‣ She knew the Taliban were after her. ‣ However, if she did have an idea the Taliban were not her top supporters, ‣ why wouldn’t she try to spread her philosophy in a different place? ‣ She could have avoided the Taliban then altogether, although it wouldn’t have been as heroic or out in the public eye of the entire world.
• Chapter 20, page 120 ◦ Malala has just been shot. ◦ The last thing she remembers is not the men shooting her or her schoolwork for the next day, but instead the men on the side of the street cutting of the heads of the chicken. ◦ This can be somewhat related to how the Taliban are killing all the helpless people who don’t have the same ideals as the Taliban. ◦ It shows Malala views the Taliban as murderers who kill people without even letting them speak or have a chance to talk about their cause. ◦ They are just slaughtered without emotion. ◦ Shows the injustice she was living in ◦ Do these Same injustices still exist today? ◦ Can the world learn from this? ◦ Can the world benefit from
During this process a lot happened. For example, many wanted to assassinate her for disobeying them and going against their rules. The thing was Malala didn’t care because she knew in her heart that she was doing the right thing when speaking. In the article it states, “ there are hundreds of Human Rights activist and social workers who are not only speaking for human rights, but who are struggling to achieve their goals of Education, peace and equality. Thousands of people have been killed by terrorists and millions have been injured. I am just one of them.” (Paragraph 3) She was a brave little girl for speaking up because not many had the guts to do what she did. Also, malala knew she was putting her life at risk ,but she still did what she did because now it’s not only about her, but others as
The journey of Malala’s life has been fighting to get education for young girls of Pakistan. Malala wants to show everyone how valuable girls are and that they don’t need to be hidden away from the public, “My mother always told me,’hide your face, people are looking at you.’ I would reply, ‘it does not matter; I am also looking at them’” (Yousafzai 43). Malala will no longer stand for
Another piece of evidence is: “The Taliban have publicly executed women simply on the suspicion of adultery. In Taliban controlled regions wearing one [a burka] is strictly enforced.” The Taliban tries many ways to keep women below them by not allowing them to learn or having them wear something they may not want to or killing them based off a rumor. But, every year Malala chooses a place where human rights are being denied to travel to help fight for their rights to make our world a better place.
First, Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani civil rights activist fighting for equal education in her country. Both Malala and her father, who ran a school close to their house, were threatened by the Taliban to stop allowing girls to go to the school and stop speaking outright about equal rights. However, Malala was already an advocate for girls education, writing on a BBC blog under a pseudonym, and neither her nor her father would back down. As a result, the Taliban attacked Malala’s bus one day as she was going to school, singling her out, the terrorists shot her three times and injured some of her friends. Although she
Malala started her heroic journey when she started blogging under a pen name “Gul Makai” how life is with the Taliban for the BBC. She knew that by doing this she was taking a risk, but for her, the risk was worth it if she could get girls to have an education. She was able to go back to school when
She imposed and made sure family traditions were followed. This is important to recall because tradition sometimes is part of keeping an ideology alive. She believed that just as her family followed this tradition, it was her part to do the same. I believe that sometimes women like her oppress other women to be submissive to the society they live in.
Bibliography Yousafzai, Malala, and Christina Lamb. I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban. N. p. : n.p., n.d. print.
Women in America do not have to worry about a terrorist group coming and taking their rights away. They have a government that protects them from these groups and makes sure they have the same rights as others. In the Middle East, especially Afghanistan and Pakistan, women are scared to speak too loudly. These women live in fear each day of their lives because if they make one small mistake it could mean their life. Yet, there are some people who are fighting for women’s rights, especially women’s education. Malala Yousafzai is a girl who fought for women’s education. At the age of eleven, Malala began writing a blog for BBC Urdu. The blog described how she was upset that women’s education under the Taliban would be forced to stop. Malala also appeared on national television talking about women’s education. She has become a symbol of resistance against the Taliban. Even after Malala was put on the Taliban’s hit list, she continues to speak out about what she felt needed to be said. Malala would give her life for this cause, and she almost did. On October 9, 2012, Malala was on her way home from her morning classes when a man walked on to her bus and asked, “Who is Malala”. When she said it was her he shot her. The bullets hit her head and her leg. The Taliban ordered for her to be shot because she was promoting western culture in Pashtun areas. In another case Mukhtar Mai stood up for women’s rights and was sexually assaulted by multiple men with orders from the tribal council. The tradition in Mukhtar’s tribe was that a woman who is sexually assaulted by multiple men should kill herself, but instead of committing suicide she fought for her cause (Samira 28-30). Although the Taliban restricts women’s education for religious reaso...
Strength, power and courage was born.” Malala continued to lead activist groups and conferences after being shot. She demonstrates persistence by continuing to speak out about the importance of access to education for women. In her grew courage, bravery and
In I am Malala it shows that she was willing to die for her rights and everyone else’s. When she started to go to school, she knew the dangers but she kept going.Her honor was so big that the Taliban thought it would gather supporters and so they shot her.Her strength was enormous she had to fight her way to the top so she can be heard.“We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.” (malala) She also had to fight the fear of the threats.“The extremists are afraid of books and pens, the power of education frightens them. they are afraid of women.” (malala)
I had not realized it, but I had fainted. I came to when they doused me with cold water. I was still lying on the crate. In a blur I could see the wet ground next to me. Then I heard someone yell. It had to be the Kapo” (Elie Wiesel “Night” 58). Some humans by nature are cruel, and don’t care if they torture, starve, or even kill another human life. Some of this is even carried out on some of the most primitive rights. Even now these rights are being taken with brute force, “Due to her increased prominence, both in Pakistan and around the world, the Taliban target Malala. A masked gunman boards Malala’s school bus and asks for her by name. He shoots Malala in the head, neck and shoulder” (Malala’s Story Malala Fund, www.malala.org/malalas-story?). Just for going to school she was almost killed. It is an easy right to enforce, but people like Malala’s assailants will always
In protest to this, Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani girl, refused to follow these rules, and even began a blog for the British Broadcasting Corporation, detailing her life under Taliban rule. In response to her protest, a gunman approached her, and shot her three times. This assassination attempt started a global movement in support of Yousafzai and her beliefs. Like Thoreau, Gandhi, King, and Yousafzai, one must realize when others are being oppressed and take action against those in power who oppress the people they rule. Otherwise, there will never be change, and the world will never see justice.
...nspired to make a change that she knew that nothing could stop her, not even her family. In a way, she seemed to want to prove that she could rise above the rest. She refused to let fear eat at her and inflict in her the weakness that poisoned her family. As a child she was a witness to too much violence and pain and much too often she could feel the hopelessness that many African Americans felt. She was set in her beliefs to make choices freely and help others like herself do so as well.
her interested in her impact on the fight for the oppressed. In her times women was supposed to
Malala Yousafzai give a speech at the United Nations. The terrorist attack make her strong person although she is young. She did not give a speech for revenge, however, she finds that talking about the importance of receiving education for all people at the time of shot. Further, Malala has a pure heart so she can’t hate Taliban. She has learned to be peaceful to all people from Muhammad-the prophet of mercy, Jesus Christ and Lord Buddha. And that what the religions asks people to be. She also talked about the importance of receiving education, and how educated people are stronger than uneducated people. That is the cause why Taliban against education. Malala pointed that peace and education are related to each other. Moreover, she presented that women and girls should be encouraged to receive education therefore they are the most individuals who suffering from inequality to be educated.