If I could ask Malala a series of questions my first enquiry would be, were you ever frightened about the fact you had public death threats written about you? I feel that Malala’s response to my question would be “of course I was scared, what 14yr old girl wouldn't be. I was frightened about the fact that I was seen as a public figure. Not just any public figure, but someone on a hit list. Knowing that I was speaking worldwide I couldn't show fear to my father. We had done too much to go back into hiding.” If I was in Malalas situation, I would act the same. I would be very frightened of the whole situation, but know I can't stop now. I would need to continue to help other girls as I have come to far. Besides of being strong towards my father I might wear my emotions on my sleeve. I would show a face that is full of worry and I would walk in fear. Another question I would ask is what made your fifteenth birthday different from the others? Malala's answer to this would be that “this recent birthday seemed like a turning point for her. It was a way of becoming a real woman. She knows that most girls become women in 14 but because so much was going on she didn't have time …show more content…
Her response to my question would be that “in that very moment I was overwhelmed. I had so many thoughts rolling through my head that day such as exams and friends. When they jumped on the back, I couldn't remember what happen. It happens all so fast I don't even remember them asking who is Malala? Or what school this is? I just knew something bad was gonna happen.” I feel if I was put in Malalas situation I would be a lot more frightened. I feel that so many thoughts would cross my mind because it seemed to happen so fast. I would definitely stand up and hand myself over so they wouldn't harm my friends. I feel that I would panic and can imagine the screams. It would be one those petrified moment. I can't imagine going through that, but I know I would act exactly like
Why? Because she was not only a 15-year-old girl; she was also a crusader for girls’ right to go to school. This work had made her famous throughout Pakistan and around the world. It had also made her a target of the Taliban.” (6) This is also a challenge because Malala would be risking a lot of things by standing up to the Taliban and going to school. She would be risking the death or torture of herself and her family. The article stated, “The bullet severely damaged her hearing and fractured her skull, causing her brain to swell dangerously. Fortunately, the physicians in Birmingham were able to control the swelling. Over the past months, she has undergone several operations to repair her skull and improve her hearing.” (9) The last challenge is a big challenge for Malala because she will have to go through many surgeries to fix the damage from the bullet that the gunmen shot at her. Her brain and hearing might never get back to normal or how they were before the bullet hit her.
Malala had many hardships along the way of her crusade here are some challenges. First, “the Taliban began seizing control of Swat. When Pakistan army tried to stop them, the Taliban responded with tremendous violence. They blew up government buildings and murdered police officers.”(9). This is a challenge because the Taliban was taking control and they were making all the girls not be able to go to school and they were making unfair laws. More, they were killing police officers and blowing up buildings. Also, “In 2010, notes began appearing under Malala’s door, ordering her to give up her crusade or else. But she refused to back down, and on October 9, 2012 Taliban gunmen shot her and two others on the school bus.”(8) The text also said, “‘Who is Malala’ one of the men demanded.A feeling of terror filled the bus. And then the unthinkable happened: the gunmen opened fire. One bullet
Malala starts by reminding readers how convenient life is in modern countries, and continues to describe the day she was shot, telling readers about everyone’s reactions and her memories of the day. She presents the question, “Who is Malala?” and proceeds to tell us her story, ending the prologue. Malala Yousafzai was born in the Swat Valley to Toor Pekai and Ziauddin Yousafzai. Malala had noticed gender inequality as a young child. Her father, Ziauddin grew up with an unfortunate stutter. Luckily, his passion about many political topics let him overcome his stutter, especially after memorizing and studying many of his
The Taliban hovers around them everywhere, deciding what they say, wear, and where they go. Malala never wanted to live a life like this; she didn’t want to live a life without purpose. She had dreams and aspirations. She wasn’t alive just to breathe; she didn’t know it yet but she was destined to inspire countless girls. She teaches us that if we were given this life, we should make something out of it. Our actions should be in the betterment of a society. She didn’t take a bullet for just for herself. She took it on behalf of the countless girls in the world who want to study but can’t.
Malala a young pakistani girl grew up loving education which was highly encouraged by her father who served as the principal at the local school. This is why she didn't understand when suddenly she was told it was against her religion. She studied the Koran religiously so she understood a lot of it and new that they were incorrect. All that she wanted was a chance to learn in peace. She began her acts of defiance by continuing to go to school and encouraging her friends to feel confident in going to school with her. Malala’s home became more dangerous because the Pakistani Taliban became more confident and many of her friends stopped going to school. Despite this, she felt more confident in her stance and began writing anonymous diary entries that were published in the UK. She stated in one of her entries “What have I done wrong that I should be afraid? All I want to do is go to school. And that is not a crime. That is my right,” (Yousafzai and McCormick 53). The world began to learn what was happening, which began a long journey for her stance. Malala's identity was later discovered.
In 2012, word of Malala Yousafzai spread around the world. She had been shot in the head for standing up for girls’ education. Malala is a teenager who displays many attributes that all heroes show, no matter what time period they are in or how old they are. These attributes consist of courage, determination, and selflessness.
Even after this death threat, Malala stayed calm although her father was scared and she told him, “‘Aba’, I said, ‘you were the one who said if we believe in something greater than our lives, then our voices will only multiply, even if we are dead. We can't stop now’”(109). Malala’s calmness in this situation only proves that she is even more brave because she didn’t let the death threat scare her. She still wanted to go out and speak against the Taliban. Adding to her ambitious and brave personality, she also proves to be a very competitive
Malala she was persistent and did not stop because terrorists threatened her. In addition Malala knew the consequences that would follow if she continued to speak about Girl’s education. At age 11, Malala wrote “what was happening in her homeland, Malala began to write about her experiences, producing a blog for the BBC’s Urdu-language service”(Bush). Malala is very amazed and how she is willing to stand up for what she believes is right. Most people would be very worried for their lives and would not want to stand up against the terrorists. Furthermore Malala after being targeted by terrorists.Malala stilled continued to talk about women rights and school for girls. Malala was on a bus and a terrorist came in and shot her. “Malala was shot because “for the past three years she has spoken
The bullet had traveled through her head, neck and left shoulder, but miraculously Malala had survived the attack. After the onslaught she was rushed to a hospital in Birmingham, England. Once awake, Malala didn’t feel any resentment towards the Taliban, but she felt disappointed at the fact she wasn’t able to speak to them before they had shot her. She wanted to tell them just how wrong they had been about girls being insignificant and not wanting the opportunity to have an education. Once the world had learned about her story she was given lots of support for what she was trying to accomplish.
Malala has displayed enormous amounts of potency as she fought against the Taliban to give women rights. During her journey to fight against the Taliban, she has faced many dangers. These dangers prover her to be fearless. One danger she has faced are the death threats. While she was fighting for women’s rights, she faced death threats issued by the Taliban. One day, October 9, 2012, Malala was riding home on the school bus with her classmates from her school in Swat Valley. One gunman entered from the front of the bus while another entered from the back. The gunman who entered in the front began to ask the driver questions, while the other gunman wanted to know which girl was Malala. When her scared classmates identified Malala, the gunman began to shoot at her. She, along with two
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’s story draws you in from an account of her birth. “ When I was born, people in our village commiserated with my mother and nobody congratulated my father” (Yousafzai & Lamb, 2013, p. 13). Malala’s life started out like any other in the Swat Valley, now part of Pakistan. Girls were not celebrated at birth like their male counterparts. However, Malala’s father was different. Zaiuddin Yousafzai not only celebrated his daughter’s birth, he saw that there was something unique about her from the very beginning. Malala and her father had a very special relationship. He, unlike many fathers in Pakistan, respected his daughter and contributed to Malala becoming educated and independent. Prior to Malala’s birth, Zaiuddin Yousafzai founded a school and as a teacher continued to be a voice for education in a country where education is not valued. He stood strong against the
Malala Yousafzai was born on July 12 1997, in Mingora,pakistan. She stood up for girls education from a really young age. Malala got shot when she was 15 years old. She got shot by the taliban. She got shot in the head and she survived. The good thing it didn't go through her brain . Malala has been advocating for girls education since she was 11 years old
The book “I am Malala” tells the story of eleven year old girl that campaigned and fought for woman’s rights and for the Taliban to allow them to go to school. Malala had an extremely tight nit family bond along with very supportive parents. She always had their support especially from her father Ziauddin. I believe that if I had a daughter so young that wanted to make such a big difference in her country I would stand by her one-hundred percent and push her to set out her dreams. That is exactly what her parents did, they always encouraged her to do whatever she put her mind to even now in present day.
Malala’s best trait as a person is her perseverance. In the article it says,”when she was 14, Yousafzai and her family learned that the Taliban had issued a death threat against her” as well as when, “a man boarded her school bus with a gun … fired at her hitting her in the left side of her head.” This just shows how she has great perseverance. Most people I know would probably stop whatever it is they’re doing if they had a death threat sent to them from a terrorist group but not only did Malala get shot she kept speaking out against the Taliban even after the