I Am Malala Thesis

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Malala Yousafzai, was once another ordinary girl struggling in her hometown Swat in Pakistan. Now she is a renowned author for her book I Am Malala, where she speaks about all the imbalances and injustices that occur in Pakistan. Her life was threatened by the Taliban when she fought for her cause: gaining the right for women's education in her country. The Taliban had banned education for women, yet Malala risked her life to accomplish her goal. Throughout her book she uses an inspirational tone, empowering diction, and vivid imagery to truly expose the Taliban for the corrupt educational system they have set for women in Pakistan. She mainly wrote this book for the Western part of the world. She had done this so they can demand a change, since from where comes from they are unable to. The west is blind to the monstrosity that the Taliban has created. She speaks about the corruption and how she was able to survive it all. As said in her book, ¨As everyone around me cried, I kept my secret. I told myself, I will continue this journey of fighting for peace and democracy in my country. I was only ten, but I knew then that somehow I would find a way¨ (Yousafzai, 55). At such a young age she …show more content…

Malala uses empowering diction to really give the reader the insight of her cause. Women in her country are illertarite and unable to express their struggles, so Malala speaks for them in her writing. In her novel I Am Malala she wrote, ¨Meanwhile, the bright lights in my room were excruciating, like hot white daggers to my eyes, especially my poor left eye, which wouldn't close¨ (Yousafzai, 139). This was when she was shot by the Taliban, when riding the bus school. Two of her other friends had been badly injured. Malala had the courage to write about this tragic event that happened to her comrades and herself. The pain she endured could be felt by the reader because of the strong diction she uses to describe

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