I Am Malala Standing Up For Education

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’.

I am Malala is a heroic story about a young woman who stood up for what she wanted. This auto-biography is based on a teenager named Malala Yousafzi who stood up for girls education in her home country Pakistan. She also went against the Taliban because she didn't think it was right of what they were doing to her innocent village. When Malala was born very few people came to congratulate her parents because the birth of a girl is seen as a failure of the parents in her culture. She was born and raised in Sway Valley, Northeastern Pakistan. Swat Valley has beautiful scenery which attracts a lot of tourism until the Taliban took over the valley. Malala’s parents Ziauddin and Toor Pekai were very kind humble people from the mountain villages. Malala’s father was a very well educated man who grew up studying poetry and literature. He also started the Khushal School a three years before Malala was born. ”My father started the school three years before I was born, and he was a teacher, accountant, and principal—as well as a janitor, handyman, and chief mechanic.” (Chapter 1, Page 20) In Malala’s culture, girls are refused an education or even simply knowing how to read and write. Her father helped girls by starting the school and making a big influence on girls. Malala is truly a hero throughout this paper you will see how she changed everything.

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 is a young woman who was at the brink of death due to a bullet. She informs the reader about her life in the form of a novel named I Am Malala. Malala explains the different cultural values that she has experienced compared to those around the world. Her struggles and the many series of events that have brought her hardship during her life evolve throughout the story. Malala emphasizes how her life constructed her into what she is today- an intelligent and appreciating young lady. The use of rhetorical devices allow readers to appeal and connect with Malala through her use of pathos, logos, and tone.

Malala Yousafzai, a 15 year old girl, took a stand against equal rights in her community and got shot in the head while doing so. Yousafzai uses ethos, pathos, and logos to connect with the readers, while using those, she also adds personal stories and images right from her home town. Those stories and pictures make this a strongly believable autobiography. Not only does she give her perspective on equal rights, she also gives her families and classmates.

I chose I Am Malala because I am interested in women's rights, and I thought this book would be intimidating to read.

Malala’s leadership has ignited a global movement of girls who are standing up to speak for themselves. She has set the foundation for the discussion and inspired the world and its leaders to take action. I admire this about her but above all else, I admire that her vision is selfless and illustrates the core of her fundamental beliefs.

Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani woman, who at the age of 15, survived an assassination attempt. Now, she is an activist speaking on behalf of many young girls hoping to help them achieve an education. In, I Am Malala, we learn she was named after Malalai of Maiwand, who was the greatest hero to look up to in Afghanistan (Yousafzai with Lamb ch. 1). Her goal was to make a change in education in the world for all women. In her courage, Malala is a figure we can now all look up to for bravery, kindness, and selflessness because even after being shot she stood up for women’s education.

Malala is an amazing example of someone who has thrived after trauma, primarily because of the purpose and mission to which she has devoted her life. " All of this traumas helped to shape Malala into the person she is, and she won the Nobel Peace Prize because of

In “I am Malala,” Malala Yousafzai explores the idea that education empowers women to stand up for their rights, so that they can have a positive future.

Do you ever just think that your life is hard? That it couldn’t get worse? Do you go school with no problems? Do you stand up to people that everyone else is afraid of? ‘I am Malala’ describes Malala’s journey fighting for the right for girls to go to school. This is the main theme of the entire book. It was a very long and hard fought battle, which she is still fighting today. Malala is the girl who stood up to the Taliban. When the Taliban found her a threat to them they had to get rid of her and failed. Now we are here today reading her book, ‘I am Malala.”

There are many type of books; however, each and every one of them delivers life lessons. I am Malala was written by a 11-year-old girl who experienced a life threatening situation with the Taliban. The author, Malala Yousafza, wrote this book based on her knowledge and experience of her life making this a writing technique called a memoir. This novel represents the many themes, which include education, feminism, and sexual equality. Malala used this set of themes by writing of her experiences during the time she lived there. As well as the different stereotypes of people around the world of the problems occurring in that country.

Malala began writing at the age of eleven for BBC under the pseudonym “Gul Makai.” She wrote about her feelings, dreams, fears, and life under the Taliban and it was published in a journal. Later, she became even more well known for her speeches, such as her address to the United Nations on her sixteenth birthday, just nine months after she was shot by the Taliban. She is an accomplished writer, already writing three books, I am Malala, I am Malala Abridged, and Malala’s Magic Pencil. She also has a movie documentary about herself called “He named me Malala.” However this is not where she stops, she continues to fight for education for children and

Malala Yousafzai begins her story as a young girl who lives in Swat Valley, Pakistan as a teenager she becomes extremely outspoken about her beliefs of women’s rights and education. In the process of standing up for what she believes in the Taliban targets her, tracks her down, and shoots her in the head. I Am Malala, written by Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb is an autobiography about Malala’s life from when she was a small girl to her teenage years. Malala, the protagonist of this story may be described as determined, brave, and intelligent.

In this powerful book, there is a very important lesson hidden troughout it. The author’s message to her readers is to speak out during times of injustice, even if you stand alone. To be brief about the story, Malala was born and raised in the Muslim country of Pakistan, where women are inferior to men in many ways. Her father ran many schools, including the girls school she attended. However, a militant group known as the Taliban invaded and brainwashed many Pashtuns about their holy book called the Quaran. As a result, more rights were