When I first started I Am Malala, I was a little skeptical of how I would like it. The first 50 pages went by without any excitement and seemed to be more like a diary, something I’m not fond of reading. As I got deeper into the book though, there started to be many excellent stories and quotes that I found interesting. In some of these quotes I found inspiration about how I should be living my life, supporting my beliefs, and sharing my passion. These are some of the important parts I found that might help me become a better person. The most inspirational quote I took from this book comes from page 242; “I didn’t get a chance to answer their question “Who is Malala?” or I would have explained to them why they should let us girls go to school as well as their own sisters and daughters.” This quote strikes me because she is saying that if she would have been given the time to answer that simple question, she would have used it to educate those Taliban members. There may have been a gun to her head, but that would not deter her from spreading her message. She believes so powerfully in her message that she is willing, even excited, to share her message no matter the circumstance.
Maybe we don’t all have this fierce of a passion for something yet, but when we do find that passion we shouldn’t be afraid to share it. Through my entire life I have been involved in music but I never owned the fact that I love music. I had the opportunity to play “The Music Man,” Harold Hill, in our school musical, and since then I have owned the fact that I love music and I’m willing to share that passion now. Although I may not yet have as strong of passion for music as Malala does for education, I hope to grow and share that passion like Malala has with
I can relate this book to my life in many ways; it was easier for me to relate to this book because were both 18 year old girls who want to live life the right way. Also I don’t want to live life trying to be like everyone else, so this was really encouraging to me. A part that helped me was the part about confidence and how important that is. Its important to have confidence in your faith because say you get in a situation you can protect your faith and stand up for what you believe. Another part that I can really apply to my life was how when people were talking about her she didn’t even beg to know. Personally whenever I hear that someone was talking about me, I really want to know what they said! This helped me to learn that why fill my brain with negativity sinful gossip, because that’s not what Jesus would do.
Malala Yousafzai is a girl from the Swat Valley who started the fight for education for Pakistani girls. She was born in a place where girls are hidden away and boys are celebrated, but she wanted to change all that. Out of all of the stages of the hero journey, Malala’s journey along with her return from darkness help depict her as a hero to men, women, and children around the world.
The Taliban was a group destined to do wrong and was against equal rights for women. Malala Yousafzai was a girl determined for women to have the same rights as men and she got “punished” by the taliban with a gunshot through the head. Malala recovered fine and went on to become a women's right activist. She also was awarded many prizes for her great courage. Malala Yousafzai was a strong women strengthened by the obstacles she faced that have gotten her where she is.
The shooting did not intimidate Malala, and she continued to advocate women’s rights to education all over the world. In her speech to the United Nations, she declared, “The terrorists thought that they would change our aims and stop our ambitions but nothing changed in my life except this: Weakness, fear, and hopelessness died. Strength, power, and courage were born,” (https://secure.aworldatschool.org). Achieving her goal was not an easy task, for the Taliban became a major blockade in her path, but she persevered and ultimately reached her
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
Stories were being told, except we weren’t sure if they were true. Rumours were spreading about how the Taliban treated people, but time went by and nothing changed. When the world started to fall silent, Malala Yousafzai, with all her courage and strength, spoke up. She has suffered for doing that, but she doesn’t regret it. Every word she says is expressed with concern. She knows that even her small voice, can and has, changed the world. Malala Yousafzai is a young activist from Swat Valley, Pakistan. In my opinion she is one of the most influential people living and that’s why I’m going to talk about her struggle, her accomplishments and what she wants and will try to change until the day she dies.
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.
1st Connection: It is seen in Swat that women are not allowed to have the same responsibilities as men due to their gender. This divide in having the ability to go outside or not may cause men to also make even more irrational decisions due to their superior role in society. These irrational decisions made by men may cause their ultimate physical demise.
Her father is an educational activist who sensed that there was something special about his daughter, later encouraging her to express herself and opinions freely and to have a voice of her own. Malala started to fight for education rights in her country in 2008 when she was just 11 and she addressed the local press club in Peshawar and talked about how the Taliban took away her simple right of education then she started a blog for the BBC Urdu where she talked about the Taliban which was a move that motivated the Taliban and on the 9th of October a Taliban gunman shot her in the head. The bullet went through her head and neck to the end of her shoulder. Malala eventually survived the shooting and not only did it motivate her to be a role model to other girls who are or were suffering of the oppression of the Taliban but she fought for what was right and the 9th of October was just the start of the journey of a great hero who will never be forgotten for standing up for her rights and most importantly other’s rights. The second person who I also consider a powerful woman and a hero for many. She is
While they were fighting back for what they believe in, they suffer the consequences. For example, Malala and the girls in her town had a thirst for knowledge and education which inspired big dreams. But as the Taliban spread and terrorism took over, those dreams shattered, schools were destroyed and education became a crime. Although others were disappointed but sat back and accepted reality, Malala chose to stand and fight. She claimed that, “[she] had two options. One was two remain silent and wait to be killed. And the second was to speak up and then be killed. [She] chose the second one” (Yousafzai). By doing so, she put a target on her back, however, that only pushed her to do more. Through her determination, she spoke out to her town and to her country, but eventually her actions caught up to her and she was shot it the head and shoulder. Malala was only fighting against the
“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
She is passionate about her education and cares about her school. Malala disagrees with Taliban decisions, and stands strongly against their changes. All in all, she believes that school is the most important path that we can possibly take in our lives. For example, Malala states, “Let us pick up our books and our pens, they are the most powerful weapons." This demonstrates that Malala believes in the education for girls, and will do anything to keep it. She knows the possibilities of getting hurt, but she wants to be the fearless hero that everyone looks up to. Malala shows how brave she is by risking her life, and proceeds to live a life with risks. For example, Malala powerfully states, “I told myself, Malala, you have already faced death. This is your second life. Don't be afraid — if you are afraid, you can't move forward.” Even after Malala nearly died, she believes that life has no meaning without fighting for what is truly right. Overall, Malala never hides her feelings away, but proudly shares them with the whole
In the novel I am Malala written by Malala Yousafzai shows that Malala has many challenges throughout life. However she works hard to overcome them and at the end of it all there is a positive change. One challenge Malala faces is that a student named Malka-e-Noor competes with her to see who does better in class. Malala sometimes falls behind Malka however she is determined and at the end she does better than her. Malala’s challenge was that during school one day a new girl had come to school. Her name was Malka-e-Noor. Malala did not think she could be as bright as her but however she was wrong. During the last day of school the teacher was passing out awards. When this happened Malala became stunned because “She had gotten first place and I had gotten second...I burst into tears.” (Yousafzai 35).
Malala Yousafzai, a women's right activist and one of the bravest women in the world. Malala is a hero that stood up for what she believed, that all women should have equal education. She sacrificed her life when she was shot in the head by a Taliban just to get her point across. ¨I am only talking about education, women's rights and peace. I want poverty to end in tomorrow´s Pakistan. I want every girl in Pakistan to go to school,¨ said Malala Yousafzai. She's an amazement because she wanted to modify the world by making women have equal education and rights. Malala also wanted to end penury in Pakistan for a better life with good economy. On October 9th, 2012, Malala was shot in her school bus for speaking out that women should be equal in education as men. Even though she almost risked her life,
Muslim Khan, the Taliban spokesman, was on the phone. “What was so wrong with these two schools that you should bomb them?” Malala’s father proceeded to ask. Those two quotes from the book both have the word bravery written all over it. The bravery was shown when Malala went to the BBC Urdu talk show and stated her opinion on the Taliban’s laws on girls getting an education. Also Malala’s father showed bravery by backing up his daughter's statement on the BBC a few days before. Her father protested against the Taliban’s spokesman about bombing the