The fire of a young Malcolm X, the patience of a motivated Gandhi, and the dream of Malcolm Luther King Jr. Provoking names, and their images are engrained in our minds for their tantalizing thoughts. When Malala Yousafzaito references Mohammed (PBUH), Jesus Christ, Buddha, Nelson Mandela, and Mother Theresa among others, she uses that feeling. They serve the same purpose as the play’s in Greek times, paintings in churches, and the sculptures in Italy. They quickly remind the audience of a story about an important idea. At the same time, it creates relationship to these intellectuals. Showing that she stands on the shoulders of great people. Telling the audience, “I am saying something as profound as those guys, listen up.” By reminding people …show more content…
She was one of the children who’s education was oppressed, she generated worldwide acclaim leaving Pakistan, and now is returning trying to educate her friends. Malala’s struggle is to bring education to children, declaring it is the most important thing for us to do. Believing that education is fundamental to philosopher kings Plato devised a curriculum. As such Malala’s is thinking similar to Plato in that education develops good leaders. This schooling system is rigorous and requires many years in an education system. “Young girls have to do domestic child labor and are forced to get married at an early age” (Malala 2014). Plato’s system emphasizes life as a student, not as a worker. Pulling from Palto’s book again, her referencing such important figures she follows the divided line thinking to presenting her abstract …show more content…
With His mention she brings the many prophets of the Old Testament into the conversation. She parallels the inheritance story in The Bible, with her relation-ing to many intellectual figures. Brother and Sisters. That’s what we are. Repeatedly she calls us her brothers and sisters, including all of us into the story. “I want education for the sons and daughters of the Taliban and all the terrorists and extremists. I do not even hate the Talib who shot me… I would not shoot him” (Malala 2014). Like Joseph to his bothers, she shows forgiveness for a greater cause. Similar to how God would call to his prophets and need them to respond. Malala closes her speech by telling us to “speak up for our rights”. Our voices are a signal to her that we believe in her. God does the same to his prophets, calling to them for their
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
Crossing the Return Threshold: Being born again, “return is described as a coming back out of that yonder zone” (Campbell, 188). For Malala, this is a very crucial and important stage in her journey. Campbell writes the purpose of this stage is to convey to the community the wisdom gained from Apotheosis. For Malala, this stage gave her the determination to continue speaking out against the Taliban and the desire to silence all women and to take away their rights. Malala strongly believed in her rights, the right to speak up, to go to school and be heard. Malala gave her first speech in September 2008 in Peshawar, Pakistan. Much to the Taliban's surprise. A speech named "How dare the Taliban take my basic right to education”. Not only had she survived the assassination attempt but she made a full recovery and continued her crusade to speak up for many women that are under the Taliban regime. Malala like many in the journey took her fight for justice to the world. She at the age of 16 gives a speech at the United Nations. She also wrote her autobiography relating her journey so far. From a small town in Pakistan to gaining the attention of the world, no doubt Malala has been a hero to many. Her community has no doubt benefited from her strength and courage. One of Malala’s quotes serves as a one-sentence inspiration, “One child, one teacher, one
Soon after, Malala was born and a favorite of her father’s. He taught her the value of education and how he had to struggle and claw his way to get a decent education. He preached that every person should have the right to go to school and be educated. Malala’s father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, is a very influential person in the village and a great role model as Malala grew up. He participated in Anti-Taliban organizations and constantly preached for peace, educational rights and for th...
...ualities and influences we want to accept as truth instead of blindly accepting the book of myths. She encourages women to descend the ladder and find the “thing itself” and the meaning that thing has for each individual woman.
The article “Malala the Powerful” by Kristin Lewis, defined a girl named Malala a Pakistani girl who stood up for her right to let girls go to school during the war. Malala was standing up for her right when she was shot in the head during the Pakistani war. She and her dad were very courageous in their actions.With Malala doing so the word was spread of the Taliban. Notes were passed under her door saying and warning her of death. October 9, 2012 was when the Taliban shot her and 2 of her friends on a bus, luckily Malala and her 2 friends survived. Throughout the time Malala took very courageous acts as well as facing some very hard and scary challenges. Malala is one out of trillions who would stand up to such a powerful force, the Taliban, without her some girls wouldn’t be able to go to school this very year.
Imagine a world with no education. It is hard not to imagine a society where no knowledge, no future, or no life. If the world had no education; how will we build our sources? How will life know what is right and what is wrong? How would society know about the stages of life from past, present, and future? Just think how empty the world would be without education. Malala Yousafzai, an activist of woman and children's right of education known for her courageous acts to improve education globally. Malala Yousafzai has positively benefitted modern society by speaking up for her rights of education and by inspiring others to join her to create equality for all.
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)
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
She talks about her being targeted and shot by the Taliban for advocating education for children, especially women, and uses this tragedy as a catalyst for change. Her experience conjures compassion from the audience which she further extends to inspire political change and to show that by being able to stand at the podium to tell her story, she is a beacon of hope and voice for the voiceless. Malala uses the ironic metaphor, "They thought that the bullets would silence us", to demonstrate that the Taliban's attempt to silence her only gave birth to the collective voice which is harder to silence. Malala establishes that, "(after the attack) weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage was born", which highlights that the violence initiated by the Taliban to stop and weaken her only strengthened her resolve. Malala uses powerful abstract nouns and repetition in, "My ambitions are the same. My hopes are the same. My dreams are the same", to link in with her higher purpose of quality education for all. Her resolve has strengthened her and allowed her to represent those that have been silenced. She uses her political voice to validate her global agenda and to advocate social justice for all. Malala urges the audience to make a change by defining herself as a voice for those that are voiceless. She uses anaphora in, "their rights" to reinforce and emphasise
Thus, ethos, the building or undermining the credibility of the speaker is seen throughout the speech. The first example of ethos is built by the way Malala connects herself to the people of the UN by referring to herself and her audience as “brothers and sisters;” this phrase causes the audience to pay attention to what she is saying from the beginning of the speech while causing a feeling of kinsmanship. In addition, Malala builds her ethos by keeping a calm, steady voice throughout the duration. Moreover, Malala ethos is strengthened through the phrase, “one girl among many.” Malala wants her audience to view her as just another girl, not a martyr or a Saint. She insists that she was only one of the millions injured and that she is merely speaking for the voices that cannot be heard. Furthermore, Malala’s ethos is enhanced when she insists that she learned peace, compassion, forgiveness, and the concept of change from social activist leaders of the past. This builds her ethos by developing common ground among the audience; thus, the same activist who influenced the common person also affected her for the
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
Despite her devastating experience, Malala does not cease doing what she thinks is right, and still hopes to change the world into a place where everyone has equal chance to education irrespective of gender and age.
And that is what the religion 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 reason why the Taliban are against education. Malala pointed out 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 suffer from inequality to be educated.
“One child, one teacher, one book, and one pen can change the world” (“Malala Fund”). Malala, a girl from Pakistan, desires to see that every girl has the chance to go to school. Since she was young education was important to her and her family. The problem Malala and most other girls faced was their right to education was being taken away. Malala did not just stop going to school even when threatened, she fought for her rights and has helped other girls get their rights back.
Yousafzai stays at the top of her class and is a role model for young girls all around the world. She attends school even when people in her community tell her not to because she is a woman “ let them be illiterate” spoke her older male cousin to her father (yousafzai 43). Her book was very in depth as to how her community viewed women’s education and what they thought was right for her, as much as they pushed her to not go to school (with exception to her father) she went against it and got an education.