I am Malala is a great non-fiction novel for young high school girls. I think this was the ideal book for summer reading. I am Malala is empowering and shows women that they are worthy of their rights. Malala is an awesome role model for young girls around the world. Her bravery, independence, encouragement, and wisdom shows throughout the novel.
The story of Malala takes place in Pakistan. Malala grew up in the village of Pakistan named Swat Valley. She was born differently than the rest of the the girls in the village. Usually, the birth of a baby girl wasn't important to Pakistanis. Women were born to cook and have kids. On the other hand, when it came to a baby boy being born, the whole family celebrated. When Malala was born her father
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This showed how special Malala was, she was treated like a boy in the family. Her father and her uncle celebrated her birth as well as her mother, Tor Pekai. Malala's mom was very religious, she followed all of the Pashtun customs. She prayed five times a day and sweared by the Pashtun way of life. Learning about Pakistani family life was very interesting to me.
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
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Malalai led the Pashtun army in war against the British in the 1880s. She was only a teenager and she put married life aside to become a general. Unfortunately, Malalai was shot and killed by the British soldiers, but her army eventually defeated the British. Malala looks up to Malalai’s bravery. There are many events in the story where Malala’s bravery shows. She stands up to the taliban on many occasions. A tragic event happened that changed Malala's life. She was on the way to school on the bus. She was sitting when the Taliban raided the bus, looking for Malala, and they shot her in the head. They wanted to kill her because they felt she wasn't obeying the Quranic laws. She wa stake to the hospital in Pakistan and for better treatment she was taken to the hospital in England. Because of her bravery and strength she survived the
When I started to read Miracle on Voodoo Mountain, I was quite moved by the faith and honor that Megan Boudreaux portrayed. In my mind, I could think only of how scared she must have been to leave here loved ones behind and venture a world away. Without a concrete plan of how she was going to survive, she put her faith in God and followed her dreams. I cannot say that I found the book to be as amazing as I originally thought it would be, but I have learned many things about Haiti and the culture, and I am thankful for the experience.
Courageous: Malala was aware of the Taliban coming after her for contradicting them. So on October 9, 2012, Malala had been shot in the head by a gunman while coming home from school. She manages to survive the bullet to the head. After that incident, she still makes her speeches in order to keep her movement moving forward into a deeper process. This shows that not even a bullet to the head will slow down Malala from making a difference not only in Pakistan but around the world.
This book is split into sections as Malala moves through her life story. There are captions for every illustration which explain what is happening. The author did achieve her goal for this book by allowing readers to discover who Malala truly is and what her biggest dream is (to have education available to every child in the
In conclusion, I would like to say that this book is worthwhile reading although it is a quite thick and might take longer time to finish reading it. I might not good in reviewing a book or giving criticism for something. Reading this autobiography can benefit people in many fields. Different people will see things differently. So does when reading this book, certain people might take the lessons differently and it might benefit differently. For example, as a sociological study, it could provide fascinating insights into ghetto life and the ways which an individual learned to survive in the ghetto. Meanwhile as a religious work, it does tell about how an individual is struggling in order to find his God. And it cannot be denied as it is clear that in political work is the book has had its strongest impact.
This is probably one of the most moving books I have ever read in my life. It is basically a narrative story of the life of an El Salvadorian women named: Maria Teresa Tula. Maria is a wonderful storyteller and the fact the she is describing her own real life experiences greatly add to the impact of the book.
She realized opportunity through this trial would give her if she spoke up about what happened to her, she understood if she gave up the voices of many girls would be unheard, she knew that is was up to her to be the voice of those who can not voice their stories. Through Malala many girls are now able to tell their stories and receive an
This quote explains what Malala thought when her idol for women’s rights, Benazir Bhutto, was assassinated and how she personally took it to heart as a motivation to fight for women’s rights. Another quote from the novel is, “Even in Mingora, there were explosions”.
Joseph Campbell describes the hero’s journey as a quest where the “hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won: the hero comes back from this mysterious adventure with the power to bestow boons on his fellow man” (Campbell 7). The heroine’s quest, according to Valerie Estelle Frankel includes “battling through pain and intolerance, through the thorns of adversity, through death and beyond to rescue loved ones” (Frankel 11). Contrary to the hero’s journey, the heroine’s journey focuses on the “culture on the idealization of the masculine” while the hero’s journey focuses on the adventures. In the inspiring autobiography, I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban, Malala Yousafzai represents a heroine because she goes through the stages of the heroine’s journey as she refuses to be silenced and risks death to confront the Taliban on behalf of the young Pakistani girls that are deprived of education. The stages of the journey include the ordinary world, the call to adventure, the supernatural aid, the crossing of the first threshold, the road of trials, the ordeal, death and rebirth, and the return with the elixir.
...ry about fighting for human rights but talks about a culture very different than our own. One of the aspects I like about the book is how Malala explains everything in an uncomplicated way which is much easier to understand than the scholars who write about Pakistan. They try to stay “neutral” which destroys the empathy for the international community and sound too smart for the majority to understand. Furthermore, I am Malala is a lovely book that convincingly tells the story of “the girl who stood up for education and was shot by the Taliban”. Coherent, compelling, and important; the book reached the hearts of millions of reader to depict an accurate understanding of the unstable situations around the world.
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)
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.
“I am Malala” by Malala Yousafzai is a beautiful and hard breaking book at the same time. This book is an autobiography that describes the author childhood and her support on the right for girls to have an education. Through this autobiography, Malala describes the restrictions that are imposed on females in her country. There are many that believe that woman of Pakistan should not be educated in the other hands there are a few that oppose this idea. Malala’s support on education for girls almost cost her life, since she was shot by the Taliban. From a multicultural perspective Malala’s story touches on topics such; culture shock, discrimination within your own culture, oppression, religion, family and woman’s right. Despite the opposition
Since she was 11 years old, Malala has been writing a blog on the Urdu BBC website to show her hope and determination to become a doctor in spite of her fear against the Taliban. Her story of courageous actions created a big sensation in the public(weird grammar). From then on, she is referred to as a symbol of courage and inspiration for all young women, who want to relish the chance to go to school.
Look at her father’s characteristics, he is a man “who read so many books” and his “ambition was to have his own school”. At this point, her father is a static character because his passion of fighting for the right of being educated never changes. In her father’s view, “Just as Khattak had wanted the Pashtuns to unite against a foreign enemy, so we needed to united against ignorance” (Yousafzai ,49). Malala’s father uses metaphor to compare “united against a foreign enemy” to “united against ignorance”, that indicates their country should improve the education system, otherwise their country cannot keep up with other countries. On the other hand, Malala’s mother is a good evidence of why being well-educated is significant to woman because she is unable to help her husband to pursue his education career.
Ziauddin is the reason Malala has such a strong interest for attending school which inevitably cemented this sense of resistance within her when faced with a tyrannical government that viewed education as unimportant. At the beginning of opening his dream school, Ziauddin opposed the idea of having to pay the government to educate children since it is a natural right of the citizens. This is illustrated by Malala, “The other principals took paying bribes for granted, but my father argued that if all the school joined together they could resist. “Running a school is not a crime, he told them. “[…] they are your servants.