Heroism : A True Hero

Growing up in Taliban controlled Pakistan, Malala and her family were concerned with women’s education in their home. She became a BBC blogger, writing about what it was like living under the Islamic extremists. She was a strong advocate for education, publicly speaking about the issue and winning several awards. In 2012, the Taliban considered her a threat, and boarded her school bus, shooting her in the head. Malala was 14 years old. She survived the attack, receiving treatment in England. From these traumatic events, she rose to become a global figure and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate of all time. Her book, I am Malala, the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban, is a memoir of her experiences that is read throughout the world. Malala’s misfortune played a huge role in bringing to center stage, and in making her the influential women she is today. If she had never been attacked, she would not have made the global impact she

It began as an ordinary day in Mingora, Pakistan, for a young girl returning home from school on her school bus. Suddenly, a masked gunman rushed into the bus and shouted, “Who is Malala?” Her friends on the bus looked back at her, and in the blink of an eye she was shot on the left side of her face. This incident was the spark that ignited a call for change in education around the world. Malala Yousafzai was the face of this change. She made significant contributions to female education rights by being an education activist and urging children to speak out and fight for their rights. She forever changed the lives of Pakistani girls who today benefit from free education and resources with numerous schools around their country.

Malala Yousafzai is a women and children activist born in Mingora, Pakistan on July 12th 1997. While growing up, she began advocating for the right to education among girls . Due to her persistence and determination in her activism, on October 9th 2012 Malala was shot on her way home from school by a gunman. She survived the incident and became more passionate towards her fight for education for young females. This incident gave her popularity and in 2013 Malala became nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, which she won in 2014. Malala became the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize (Yousafzai 481). Due to the problems that young females had been facing in Pakistan and worldwide, it was essential to understand her education, the oppression by the Taliban, the devotion towards her religion named Islam and activism on the basis of the novel ‘I Am Malala’.

Heroes aren't all in comic books and movies they can be ordinary people too. To live an ordinary life a person has to be brave to get through the day and they have to be kind to people so they make friends. Being inspirational is something that not everyone can be but it helps so people can look up to the people that can inspire. Being kind is more than just saying nice things; people every day hold doors and say thank you when they are giving things. Some people inspire others to be courageous like making people get over their fears. Courage helps people get over fears as well. Knowing that they can overcome anything that comes at them is courage, and it will always help them. Because heroism involves courage, it causes inspiration and kindness without recognition.

Malala Yousafzai was a talented and brave young woman who had one goal in life: to get an education and encourage others to do the same. Born in Pakistan, Malala did not grow up with many resources, but she was lucky enough to have a father that shared the same goal as her. At the young age of fifteen, she was shot in the face by the Taliban for standing up for girls’ rights to an education. Although the recovery time was long and hard, the Taliban did not silence her as she continued her campaign. This eventually led her to opening her own school in Yemen and writing the novel I Am Malala. As someone who highly values education and bravery, her story made me interested in learning more about her culture, family, and experiences.

Malala Yousafzai, an activist for women’s education, is the youngest person ever to receive the Nobel Prize at just the age of 17 years old. Not only was she the youngest, but she was also the first Pakistani to win the award. Malala has done many great things for women’s rights and has stood up for what she believes in time and time again. She wants women to have the same rights as men do and she wants women to have the same opportunity to receive a quality education like men do. Malala has shown that she would even die for her beliefs, showing this by taking a bullet to the head from the Taliban. However, she didn’t let this stop her. She embraced it and became a role model to many people around the world, encouraging women and all others

It is not easy to be a hero. Heroes need to have courage and strength because to be a hero, you must have to power to conquer overwhelming odds. Being a hero shows that you have power that others don’t. The power to surpass all expectations is a rare quality. Having the courage to endure extreme hardships is important for a hero. Even being

“I am those 66 million girls who are deprived of education. And today I am not raising my voice, it is the voice of those 66 million girls.” Malala Yousafzai makes this statement in her speech to the Nobel Committee as the first Pakistani and, at the age of sixteen, the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize Award. Malala was unfortunately shot in the head by a member of the Taliban, due to the fact that she defied a culture that did not allow girls to have an education. Despite her brush with death, she not only recovered, but became a champion for the rights of children and girls around the world to receive an education. Malala delivered a speech before the Nobel Committee

“So there you go--heroes are everyday, common people most of what they do goes unheralded, unappreciated. And that, ironically, is heroism: not to be recognized” If someone can go out of their way to help someone in need, not just for s reward, that person is a hero. A hero can sacrifice something for themselves to help others in need. A hero can fix problems, but they do not need super strength or the ability to fly, they can be a normal person. A hero is someone who keeps fighting for what’s right, any ordinary person can be a hero, heroism is not being selfish, it’s being selfless.

Suffering from poverty, struggling for an education, and fighting for women’s rights, Yousafzai battles for girls’ education. In Malala Yousafzai’s biography, I Am Malala, she tells her story about life under the Taliban’s rule. She wishes to shed light on Pakistan’s inequality issue and the damage the Taliban has done to her home. Throughout the book, Yousafzai persuasively incorporates facts and research, which efficaciously extends her credibility, but her lack of emotion and sentiment causes the audience to lose their sense of sympathy.

Malala Yousafzai’s is a women’s activist for youth education, but primarily for girls. On July 12th, 2013, she delivered an address at the Youth Takeover of the United Nation. This speech is powerful, eye opening and deserves to be heard. She is addressing two audiences, one being the people that follow her same belief for education, some of those people would be at this convention and the other being the people that disagree with her purpose, like the Taliban. Yousafzai was in 1997, in Mingora, Pakistan, which used to be a popular tourist destination. As of now the region has been taken into control of the Taliban. Her father is also an anti- Taliban activist and educator. She, her father and tons of others just want thing to be like they used to. Where they had a safe neighborhood and didn't have to worry about violence. She delivered a speech riddled with excellent use of rhetoric to convey her argument. Malala’s whole purpose for her fight for education of the youth is so that it will stop future violence, She displays this purpose in her speech by using outward focus, compassion and personal experience to her audiences.

Earth is full of people that all have something in common; everybody is seeking to reach their goals and dreams. A young female, activist, Malala Yousafzai was only fifteen years old when was shot in the head by a member of the Taliban traveling home from school. To any person, this would be an annihilating incident, however not for Malala. It simply gave her more ground to stand on and a firmer grip of her ambition to for the gain of education and peace. Malala’s gave a compelling speech to the United Nations during the first Youth Takeover on July 12, 2013, on this day it became clear that she was capable of communicating openly to the most powerful leaders, her peers who share a desire, and a worldwide audience through the Internet.

Malala Yousafzai contributed a variety of ideas to improve education all over the world. She was first discovered at eleven years old, when she became an anonymous blogger describing her life under the Taliban’s rule (Chai). Yousafzai wrote under the pseudonym ‘Gul Makai’, with her work published in BBC Urdu for years. She regularly used the media to her advantage, and continued her public campaign for girls’ right to go to school (Chai). Her voice grew louder, and over the course of the next two years, she and her father became known for their goal to give all Pakistani girls access to a free quality education (Walsh). Malala Yousafzai’s activism and commitment resulted in a nomination for the International Children's Peace Prize in 2011.

In the past, the word hero has held a symbol for many of a man in a tight blue spandex suit with superhuman abilities, who on the side nonchalantly saves the world every time. Now, we say the word hero, and suddenly normal, everyday people pop into our heads. We no longer deem heros to have superhuman abilities, but merely a prodigious heart. Society see us by the reflection of our deeds. As the world continues to face horrific problems of injustice, we have seen people rise from the masses, through the power of their passion and dedication. Malala Yousafzai was the eldest of three, and the only girl. Despite Pakistan’s constricting regulations on women, Malala’s father vowed to do anything to support her dreams. Malala began to fight the ban on women’s education however her stance quickly endangered her life as the Taliban had taken control of her valley. They had banned girls from attending school, but Malala insisted on attending and raising awareness by participating in interviews, writing diaries and giving speeches. In October of 2012, Malala was shot in the head by the Taliban while traveling on her school bus. This horrific attack made international headlines and brought her story to the masses. Malala Yousafzai is a hero because she selflessly dedicated her life to promoting women’s education, and never gave up her fight, despite all the challenges and dangers she faced.

While many American teenagers complain about their wish for the never-ending school days to end, children around the world are fighting for their right to attend school. Malala, a Pakistani girl, fought for not only her education but the education of all Pakistani girls. Malala once knew her country as a peaceful place, before it was terrorized by the Taliban’s. They took away all the rights of women, such as restricting young girls from attending school. As a way of campaigning, the Taliban’s bombed a variety of girl schools and killed everyone who disobeyed them. With parents who taught Malala to stand up for what she believes, she began to take the steps, such as continuing to go to school and speak against the Taliban’s ideas, to demonstrate her want to continue to receive an education. However, the Taliban’s realized Malala’s tactics and soon came after her. Being known as a survivor, Malala could inform many people of her strong hopes to raise voice on behalf of the millions of girls who have been denied the right to receive an education, through her inspirational tone, in her book I Am Malala.