It is October 9, 2012. A young girl by the name of Malala Yousafzai is riding the bus going home after school. Suddenly... BANG! The sound rocks the bus as it lurches to a stop on the side of the road. The door is ripped open and a man dressed all in black steps in. A smoking AK-47 gleams in his hand, looking for blood. The man speaks in Arabic, “ Where is the Yousafzai girl!” Eyes widening, hearts pounding, 37 queasy students shift their eyes towards the girl. “Ahhh”, the man smiles. Then he pulls up his gun, points it at her head and pulls the trigger. Malala Yousafzai was rushed to the hospital after a bullet went through her head, neck and shoulder. She managed to survive and was discharged in January. But the question remains. Why was …show more content…
The narrator, Dr. Bennet Omalu is chosen to superintend his autopsy. As he analyzes the x-ray, he sees strange clots in the brain. Mind racing, he realizes that “Iron Mike” has suffered from a series of traumatic brain injuries known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). He teams up with other doctors, and publishes a report on the issue, which is quickly dismissed by the NFL. And case after case he sees players who died due to fatal brain injuries. He tries to present his findings to the NFL committee for player safety, but they don’t take him seriously, and he isn’t even allowed into the conference room. In fact the NFL ask him to stop his research saying “You’re going to war with a corporation that owns a day of the week.” They talk about him as a man who, “since he won’t be a part of America, wants to destroy it instead.” Mockery and disgust follow him everywhere. But he still fights for his cause, working closely with other members of his team. Finally, after months of blood, sweat, and tears, Congress scrutinizes the NFL, and forces them to take the issue more seriously. This shows how hard work with your team, determination, and hope can bring about any change even in the most difficult issues. Dr Omalu, through all the insults, pressed on with his work, and didn’t stop until he succeeded. Many of the
In 1997, the Taliban made a law banning girls from ages 8 and up from going to school and forced all girl’s learning facilities to be shut down, according to Explora. Some girls still tried to go to school regardless of the Taliban and one of those girls is Malala Yousafzai. Her family did not hide their feelings toward the ban of girls in school to the public, when Malala was twelve she began blogging for the British Broadcasting Corporation about what life was like under the Taliban rule anonymously, and she also campaigned publicly for girls education rights, this enraged the Taliban. As a result, On October 9, 2012 when Malala was riding home from school, her bus was stopped by 2 Taliban members and they fired 3 shots at Malala, thankfully none of them killed her but she was seriously injured by this, as declared by NobelPrize.com. Furthermore, this is not the only harsh rule of the Taliban to women. Women were forced to wear a head-to-toe covering known as a burka, they were not allowed to leave the house without a male, and they made it a rule to publicly stone women who were convicted of adultery, as stated in The Other Side of the Sky, by Farah Ahmedi. Arguably, you can see their was a definite bias in sexes in the Taliban that is very unfair to women
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
A Taliban leader said that if girls did not stop going to school within a month, there would be repercussions. Instead of capitulating, this proclamation only made Yousafzai more passionate and courageous. She continued to attend school, despite the numerous threats and causes for fear. As an education activist, she was in more danger than most of her classmates, so it was not safe for her to walk anywhere, instead she had to take a car or bus. One day, while aboard a school bus with her classmates and friends, two men entered asking which girl was named Malala. The other girls looked at Yousafzai which unintentionally gave away her location. The men shot 15 year old Yousafzai in a defining moment in history. This not only had consequences for her and her family, but it also had consequences for the citizens of Pakistan and people living around the world. This was a turning point because people began to realize that the Taliban would target anyone with opposing views, even teenage girls.
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...
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The Hurt Locker is a war film that is set in Iraq during the Iraq War and fits in the adventure and action genre. The plot is about a three man bomb defusal team consisting of James, Sanborn, and Elridge finding themselves is extreme, life-threatening situations where they must defuse explosives over the violent conflicts. The director, Kathryn Bigelow, has done a good job with the mise-en-scene, making the setting overall extremely believable, giving a sense of realism in the film. The film’s mise-en-scene creates a believable Iraq War settings with the use costumes, weaponry, and all the grime and dirt present in places which sells the idea. Sounds and symbolism is used to show heavy tension amongst the soldiers .The film also contrasts James’s time in Iraq and his life back in America using the Supermarket scene. The idea portrayed in this film is the addiction to war which can be seen in James.
Malala Yousafzai released her memoir, I am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban in 2013, recounting her struggles as a schoolgirl oppressed by the Taliban while living in Pakistan. For those who may not be familiar with her story, Malala became an undercover correspondent for BBC at the age of 12, writing about her thoughts on the ongoing war and how the Taliban was frightfully forcing the girls in ...
Recently, the National Football League (NFL) has been under fire about the upcoming movie “Concussion”. The movie is about how the NFL negatively reacted towards Dr. Bennet Omalu when he discovered the traumatic brain disease Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). CTE is a disease caused by repetitive brain trauma or concussions. The NFL has been criticized because they did not want the public to know about the disease. The symptoms of this disease include memory problems, impaired judgement, and depression (BU CTE Center).
Girls are usually considered a disappointment to the family when born, but Malala’s father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, saw something different in Malala when she was born. He knew she was going to special so he was determined to raise her on the right beliefs and values. Malala attended a school that her father had founded, a man who is willing to make various sacrifices to allow education for as many people a he can possible. Malala is no different, making education her first priority. There’s no doubt that Ziauddin, her father, is the biggest influence on Malala’s life and what she believes in. Malala even said, “Education is the only solution. Education first.” in a speech she delivered to the United Nations. Another famous quote of Malala’s is “We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.”. While she believes in and wants education for everyone, her main focus is on women’s rights and education. She delivers speeches and movements to join her in her mission for guaranteeing education and rights for women around the world. When Malala was just 14, she was shot in the head. As a result of the shooting, a portion of her skull was removed to treat the swelling of her brain. She was then
Intro: In 1946 two members of the New York Giants were found associating with gamblers, trying to fix the NFL Championship Game. These members were suspended and in 1947 the NFL introduced their form of prevention, the injury report (Merritt). Every week NFL coaches have to list their injured players on the NFL Injury Report. Each player has to be listed as either “doubtful,” “questionable,” or “probable” to play that weekend. What a lot of people don’t know is that an ample amount of teams are lying on these reports. By skewing the truth on their player’s injuries it gives that team an advantage. Whether the coaches are putting healthy players on the list, injured players not on the list, or just lying about the severity of the injury, it is all affecting the teams and the fans. I have addressed the problems with the NFL injury report and focused my research on the integrity of the teams and their purpose for lying, how much lying is really going on, and the link between the injury report, the NFL, and gambling.
The roaring of the crowd on November 17 at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, NC finally fell silent late in the fourth quarter after star linebacker Luke Kuechly was slow to get off the field after a huge hit to the head. American’s live to be entertained, and the football field is one of the main sources of enjoyment for many. Immediately after Kuechly’s hit, it was quiet in the stadium for the first time that day. The fans watched in fear, waiting to see if their star player could finish the game and bring out the win. However, they all became disappointed as Kuechly shed tears while being carted off the field, not because they were worried about the player and his head but because they feared about losing the game. Americans want excitement,
One well-known education activist, Malala Yousafzai, is known as the girl who didn’t back down after getting shot and miraculously surviving. She showed her passion when she kept fighting for what she believed in, and didn’t back down.October 9, 2012, a typical day. Or so she thought. Malala boarded her school bus, she didn’t know of the Taliban coming for her. A gunman approached her, and asked who Malala was... and she answered. The Taliban shot
Howard Hawks is considered to be a rather simplistic director when it comes to style. That wasn’t always the case, but it is true that Hawks’ main focus was always the story and characters. As he bluntly put it, a good director is “someone who doesn’t annoy you.” The Hurt Locker certainly has a more noticeable use of camera than any Hawks film. Everything is handheld.
Malala Yousafzai is not an ordinary nineteen-year-old girl. Even from an early age Malala always had a thirst for learning. Her parents ran a school nearby their home in the Swat District of Pakistan. Alongside her father, Malala became an advocate for education. Malala created a blog in which she talked about her fear that her school would be raided like so many of the ones around her. One day while coming home from school Malala was the target of an attack in which she suffered a gunshot wound that went through her face, shoulder, and neck. Following her attack Malala did not stop her advocating. The incident gained her worldwide attention which she used to spread her message. In 2014 Malala was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. During
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