The winner of the Nobel peace prize, hero of the year, and named one of the 16 most influential people, Malala is truly a strong female leader to be reckoned with. Throughout the vital and perilous times of fighting and living as a young female activist, she has proved to make a name for herself and set an example to others. Malala is most recognized as the girl shot by the Taliban on Tuesday october 9th, 2012. However, Malala proves to have much more to her, be an advocate for the females' rights, having her own education campaign and being a true inspiration to others Malala. On July 12, 1997, a hero was born and named after Malalai of Maiwand, and who was to know the name would fit perfectly. Malalai is a heroine in Afghanistan, her Fiance …show more content…
Consequently, Malala has proved to resemble Malalai of Maiwand with her acts of bravery and heroic acts with all of the challenges she has overcome by living in a Warzone for a long period of her life. Her wise and knowledgeable qualities are greatly shown within her contribution to her school life and constantly being at the top of her class. Her acts of kindness and giant leaps to make lives better bring out her charismatic and revolutionary features. Through the tough conditions and circumstances in Pakistan, Malala was able to stand up for the rights of education and females within her heroic acts of braveness and wise and revolutionary character. Henceforth, the inspirational figure has made a name for herself at a young age and proved to the world anyone can be a hero under any kind of …show more content…
In Pakistan is was a day of sorrow if a girl were to born, for they were only meant to provide for the superior male figure. Women in pakistan were expected to cook, clean and serve for the men and had no freedom in their country. The birth of Malala took place on July 12, 1997 in Mingora. Her mother, Toor Pekai, and father, Ziauddin, lived in a shabby shack that consisted of having two rooms that were opposite of the english language learning school, her father attempted to build. As a result the family ended being extremely poor and living in unhealthy conditions due to the fact setting up the school had cost a lot of money and her father had still not payed his student loans at the time. Malala’s mother was unsure about the nerve racking birth, for fear that the birth was taken place in a muddy and unhygienic place that could affect the birth. To add on to the nervousness of Malala’s mother, her babies outcome was a girl, and her mother was anticipating to see Ziauddin reaction, since he may be upset. She feared that he would be upset that she delivered a female, in a time where men power was superior and females were inferior having to serve and follow orders for the
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.
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
In Deborah Ellis’s The Breadwinner Parvana is a twelve year kid who lives in Afghanistan forced to dress up as a boy to provide food and money for her family after her father is taken by the Taliban. Malala is an activist who received the nobel peace prize for her campaign against the Taliban. Parvana and Malala are both strong and courageous women who have been affected by the Taliban and prevailed. They have both had to spend the majority of their lives under the Taliban regime.
Through Malala many girls are now able to tell their stories and receive an Moria risked her life countless of times for people who she didn’t know the names. Malala risked her life to protest for girl’s education. They both have risked their lives for something bigger than they are. Moria had her heroism forced upon her, she saw a problem and she did her best to save people she was not looking for reward when she went into the towers she was only doing her duty. Malala heroism is similar to Moria’s, she reacted how a hero would react to the situation she made the best of it and didn’t let it get her down, and it motivated her to pursue her education.
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.
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.
The autobiography I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai begins with the scene of young pakistani education and women’s rights activist Malala being shot in the head. Her school bus had been stopped by the Taliban who, after asking which of the girls was Malala, put a bullet into her head. Malala ends the powerful prologue with the words “Who is Malala? I am Malala and this is my story” (9). Malala then rewinds to the story of her birth and how in Pakistan, no one congratulated her parents when she was born because she was a girl. Pakistani culture pushes for the birth of a boy as an islamic majority country. However, her father saw the potential in his daughter as a great leaser and named her after one of the great female leaders in Pakistan- Malalai of Maiwand who inspired the Afghan people, who were losing hope, to spur the army to victory against the British/Indian forces. Malala describes life in Mingora, Swat Valley, Pakistan. She outlines the Indian- Pakistan revolution and the shift of the Pashtun people into the Swat Valley. Malala’s father grew up in Shahpur but struggled to get his education in the town where he met Malala’s mother. They married and his dream of building a school, Khushal Public School, became reality when they moved into Mingora.
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
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)
"Malala Yousafzai, 16, and Her Miraculous Story of Surviving Being Shot by the Taliban." ABC News. ABC News. Web. 17 Nov 2013. .
According to the book I am Malala it states that Malala got shot by the Taliban, According to the book the man shot three times only one bullet hit her and she got hit point blank in the cheek through her skull, but luckily she survived and that was of the biggest obstacle she faced, Malala now lives in England because of the Taliban she has a fund called the Malala fund and it helps raise money for every kid especially girls to go to school, but according to the book I am Malala 32 million students do not go to school around the world. The Taliban is a extremist muslim group that are
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
Sadly, during her practice of civil disobedience Malala Yousafzai was shot by the Taliban. When the Taliban targeted Yousafzai in the attempts of silencing her, her actions gained global recognition (Botelho). Yousafzai soon became the front runner for the crusade against the ban on education; she was awarded the Sitara-e-Shujaat (a Pakistani award) and Mother Teresa award in 2012, the Clinton Global Citizen Award and Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in 2013, and the Nobel Peace Prize with Kailash Satyarthi in 2014 for her courageous acts of protest (Malala Yousafzai). Yousafzai’s acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Prize was still aimed at tackling education barriers in which she stated, “One was to remain silent and wait to be killed. And the second was to speak up and then be killed (Yousafzai Lecture).” Malala Yousafzai later drove away the Taliban and put an end to the Taliban’s harsh version of shari’a law
The speaker is Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani girl; she is sixteen years old. She was shot by the Taliban in October 2012. Malala was the first and the youngest person to receive the biggest European human rights prize called "Sakh arov". Malala received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2013. She also received many other international awards such as women of the year 2013 by Glamour, Women's rights award "Raw & War" (Malala yousafzai Web, 2013).
I am Malala is an extraordinary auto-biography based on a teenager named Malala Yousafzi whose dream was to get an education and become a doctor and, for women in Pakistan to have the right and access to education. She grew up in Swat Valley, a beautiful part of northwestern Pakistan with amazing scenery. When Malala was born, very little people in her community bothered to congratulate her parents, Ziauddin and Tor Pekai, because a girl being born is seen as a failure on the part of the parents. Malala’s father, Ziauddin is a very well educated man that grew up studying poetry and literature and earned his family’s respect by winning several debating competitions. In Malala’s culture of, Pashtun and devout Muslim, girls are refused an