Malala Thesis

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.

Readers learn early in the story that Jane Eyre does not fit contemporary society's idea of a proper woman.  As a child, Jane stands up to her aunt, Mrs. Reed, on more than one recorded occasion when Jane feels she has been treated unjustly (Brontë 28, 37).  At one point, Jane bluntly tells her aunt, "I declare, I do not love you: I dislike you the worst of anybody in the world except John Reed [Jane's cousin]" (37).  This was at best improper behavior for a child in Victorian society, and it was most definitely seen as improper by Mrs. Reed who grows to hate Jane, calling her "tiresome, ill-conditioned" and "scheming" (26).  But her aunt's reprimands and hatred do not deter Jane from speaking up in the face of injustice.

Kristen Lewis’ article, “Malala the Powerful” was about how a girl as shot in the head by the terrorist group, the Taliban because she was using her voice to stand up and say everyone deserves an education, especially girls. In Pakistan, the religion is strict therefore the Taliban decided to control the government, that made life for women and girls brutal. The Taliban ordered that girls were not allowed to attend school. Malala completely disagreed so she used her voice on the internet incognito to bring awareness about what was happening. The Taliban was out of control, Malala’s family was forced to move South. With all the commotion she revealed her identity, making her well known world wide. Once news broke on who she was, the Taliban

“Education is a powerful weapon we can use to change the world.” Nelson Mandela expresses this statement in hopes of showing others his compelling beliefs towards education. From childbirth to adulthood, as one thrives, they acquire knowledge about many aspects of the world, and the manner in which people interact and behave is influenced by the society around them. Each person embarks on a unique journey and creates their own opinions. In the memoir Night, Elie Wiesel, a jewish holocaust survivor, and during an interview on “The Daily Show,” Malala Yousafzai, a taliban survivor, share the world from their perspectives having endured exceptionally difficult situations. Both Wiesel and Yousafzai share their gruesome experiences to powerfully

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.

Malala was raised in Mingora which is located in a district called Swat Valley approximately 100 miles from Afghanistan. Her family was poor. The birth of girl babies was not celebrated like boy babies were. At the time, most women were not educated. Malala’s father was a teacher and he decided to open a school to educate both boys and girls. He encouraged Malala to learn and become an educated woman. Before the Taliban arrived, Malala’s homeland was mostly peaceful with few problems. Malala was a top student at school. After the Taliban came, everything changed for the worse. Men were the dominant gender over women. Women had no rights. The Taliban recruited boys to join them. They also set up radio broadcasts to burn books, CDs

Before the Taliban moved into the Swat Valley, Malala lived a regular life filled with constant battles, joys, and games with her two brothers, Atal and Khushal Yousafzai. Malala’s father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, started the Khushal School three years before she was born and she felt a connection to school at a young age. Malala lives her life governed by the Pashtunwali code, which manages how Pashtuns live their life. However, she does not live her life by two Pashtunwali codes; she does not follow the code of purdah (where women cover themselves in public) and badal (where Pashtuns seek revenge). Malala does not follow purdah to her mother’s, Tor Pekai Yousafzai, discontent because she feels that if she covers her face it is hiding her identity.

The article “Malala the Powerful” is describing how Malala stood up for her gender when the Talibans took over Pakistan and Afghanistan. Malala was alive when the Taliban, a very deadly terrorist group, took control of Swat in 2007. Malala was 15 when this started. The Taliban made many rules enforcing the way women and girls lived. Malala lived through many challenges but showed incredible courage towed the Taliban by speaking out about what she believes is right

“One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.” (Harris). Malala Yousafzai, a girl who shot for going to school. Malala was born july 12, 1997, in mingora, the largest city in Swat Valley in what is now the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan. She is the daughter of Ziauddin and Tor Pekai Yousafzai and has two younger brothers.Malala and her father stood up to the taliban for her right to go to school. Malala was a girl who lived Swat valley, one of many, who was threatened by the Taliban for going to school, she argued that she had a right to be educated . She inspired other girls like her to do the same and go to school. She was such a inspiring voice to the youth of pakistan that many girls followed in her footsteps and even though they knew that they could face consequences. Malala stood up for her rights and was punished for it, but

1. Malala’s passion for education and women’s rights shaped her life in a very drastic way. From being a young girl that lived in Mingora, Pakistan that not many people knew about, to a young girl whom everyone knows about and loves. Her passion led her to give many speeches in order to try to help make a difference in the world. Because she has so much passion for education and women’s rights, people from all around the world were listening to what she had to say. A cause that I care about deeply is child hunger. I can’t even imagine having to think about where your next meal is going to come from or if you are going to get any food at all for the next few days. If I could change anything it would be to make a program to help every child

Malala Yousafzai was born July 12, 1997, in Swat Valley, Pakistan and she is the daughter of Ziauddin and Toor Pekai Yousafzai. Malala was named after Malalai of Maiwand, who was the greatest heroine of Afghanistan (Yousafzai & Lamb ch.1). Along with her father, Malala is a Pakistani activist for girl’s right to an education. Since Malala was shot by the Taliban on a school bus, she has been the voice of young girl’s education everywhere. Through Malala’s fight for girls’ right to an education and suffering to give young girls a voice to fight, she serves as an example of Christian service even though she is Muslim.

Inspiration comes to all of us in countless different ways. In my life, there have been many people and things that have a big impact on me. It has to be Malala Yousafzai. She is one of those people that have made such a massive impression in life, Malala is ambitious.

In the book “I Am Malala” the author, Malala Yousafzai began the book by discussing how she was raised differently than all of the other girls. Her father treated her like she was a boy because he knew that Malala was destined for more than working in a kitchen at home all day. As Malala was growing up, her father was working on opening an all-girls school, which Malala would attend when she was of age. This later played out in Malala’s life as one of the reasons she was shot. In Malala’s culture, girls did not attend to school and get any other kind of education besides learning how to complete the basic life skills the females would need later in life.

Charlotte Brontë is a british author whose emotional writing style cemented her fame with the intense drama Jane Eyre. Jane Eyre continues to be read to this day by people around the world. Her feminist values shaped the book into a story about a girl struggling to be equal with the rest of the people she lives with.

Born into a very sexist and gender segregrated society, Bronte expresses her feeling towards these topics when other woman would not. While others were frightened to express their opinions Bronte was considered one of the first woman of the time to speak out against gender inequality using rich literature as a tool. This mostly illustrated through the novel Jane Eyre, as it depicts a plain independent woman being able to succeed in a cruel society in the Victorian era. The story Jane Eyre one of Bronte’s most widely renowned works is consider to be an autobiography of her life. Throughout the story one learns of how Jane is able to withstand any situation she is faced with and overcome the social norms that most woman would be incapable