15 year old Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head by the Taliban, and to this day she still has a target on her back. Yousafzai was born in 1997 in Pakistan. In 2012, she was shot, but she survived. The Taliban targeted her for speaking out for what she believed in. She is an activist for women’s rights to education and equal rights among all people in the Middle East. Malala Yousafzai embodies many of the traits of an epic heroine because she is a strong and courageous woman, she overcame incredible obstacles, and she is honored around the world. An epic heroine trait Malala Yousafzai embodies in being a strong and courageous woman. She once stated, “I speak not for myself, but for those without voice… those who have fought for their rights… their right to live in peace, their right to be treated with dignity, their right to equality of opportunity, their right to education” (“Malala”). She started speaking out for what she believed in at a time where that wasn’t safe. Speaking out in a time of civil wars and violent protesting takes a very strong person in general, but the fact that Malala …show more content…
Being only a young girl, Yousafzai was vulnerable to attacks as she could not defend herself. When she was 15 a gunman boarded her school bus,”The gunman fired at her, hitting Malala in the left side of her head; the bullet traveled down to her neck” (“Malala Yousafzai”). The author explains that she survived the attack, but the effects will last forever. She had a long road to recovery being put into a medically induced coma three times, moving hospitals country to country, and while having a target on her back. When she was released from the hospital in 2013, she went straight back to non-violent protesting and speaking out for equal rights and women’s education rights in the Middle East. Malala Yousafzai has overcome incredible obstacles in her short
Malala Yousafzai, born on July 12, 1997, grew up to become an advocate for girls’ education. She believed that girls demanded the right to be allowed to receive an education and with that she received a death threat from a Taliban. On October 9, 2012, Malala was traveling home from school and she was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman. She was left in critical condition but she miraculously survived. After her recovery, she continued to be an advocate for women’s education and gave a speech at the United Kingdom. In October 2014, Yousafzai received the Nobel Peace Prize, becoming the youngest person to receive this award. In her speech, Malala uses many rhetorical strategies to get her message published. Some of the strategies include: apostrophe, anaphora, oxymoron, hyperbole, and antithesis.
One of the reasons why Malala is a hero because she shows courage and bravery through her actions. First of all, Malala kept going to her school even though death threats kept coming to her and to her family. This shows that Malala is brave because she did not care what the Taliban did she cared more about her education even though the Taliban kept threatening her. Secondly, when the Taliban began to attack the girl’s school, she gave a speech and the title of her
In January of 2009, she created a blog on the British Broadcasting Corporation Urdu under the pseudonym “Gul Makai”. On this blog, she recorded her daily life and her deep concerns about the ban on education for young girls. Later that year, her BBC identity became known to the Taliban, and her father began to receive death threats ("Malala Yousafzai"). At the age of 15, she got shot in the head and neck by Taliban gunmen on her way home from school. Immediately after the incident, she was transported to a military hospital in Peshawar where the doctors estimated a 70% chance of survival. Following her first surgery to remove the bullet from her shoulder, she underwent a second surgery in which doctors removed part of her skull to allow her extra space in her cranium due to brain swelling. Shortly after, Yousafzai was transferred to Pakistan's Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology where her sedation was reduced and she was able to move on her own. Doctors decided that Yousafzai needed to be flown out of Pakistan in order to receive the best treatment possible, so four days later she was flown to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, England. There she awoke from her coma and achieved a full recovery with no permanent brain damage (“Malala Yousafzai Challenges Taliban on Education and Women's Rights in Pakistan, October 9, 2012”). She defied the ruthless Taliban by
I also said something about her overcoming many obstacles. Malala overcame many obstacles that were very tough to overcome. She was targeted at a young age by the Taliban. This is so because at the young age of 11 she started to speak out on women’s rights. [From BBC News interview with Malala] She also has to watch her back because the Taliban is still after her. {According to ABC news interview} The biggest reason why she has to watch her is because on October 9, 2012 when she was riding the bus back home, two men stopped and climbed aboard the bus, then they asked, “Who is Malala Yousafzai”. Then she showed her head a bit and the man took a shot and hit her. Malala was very luck to survive that shot thanks to a British doctor who was visiting. Malala is alive and well today, but the left side of her face is paralyzed. She also goes under a code name called Gul Maki. {From BBC’s interview with
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
On October 9, 2012 Malala Yousafzai aboard the bus to go home, and got shot in the head by the Taliban for wanting to go to school and have an education. Malala survived. Now she is the youngest peace prize award winner. Malala Yousafzai was born July 12, 1997, in Mingora Pakistan. When Malala was growing up the Taliban was taking over Pakistan and trying to control the schools.
Malala is a young teenager who demands that girls should be allowed to receive an education, while she challenges the Taliban in Pakistan. As a child, she became aware of the advocates for girls to go to school. Her activism resulted in a nomination for the International Children's Peace Prize in 2011. On October 9, 2012, she gained global attention when she survived an assassination attempt by a Taliban gunman, who shot her on the left side of her face. However, this did not stop her from insisting that girls deserve an education. As a matter of fact, this pushed her to go around and inform the girls of their rights. In October 2014, Yousafzai received the Nobel Peace Prize for her bravery; at age 17, she became the youngest person to acquire this award. Malala continues to speak out about her right, and the right of all women, to get an education. Today, the Malala Fund has become an organization that empowers girls to achieve their potential and become confident and strong leaders in their own
Malala Yousafzai is well known for her acts towards Women’s Rights due to the factors caused by the Taliban people. Malala (Biographyonline, Malala) was a regular Pakistan school girl when the Taliban started enforcing rules and restrictions against women. Women were no longer allowed to listen to music, receive education, or go shopping. If they did, they’d be punished by the Taliban. Malala loved school and refused to cower in fear like the rest of her classmates and community. Malala formed a secret blog with BBC expressing her feelings about how unfair women were being treated. Malala was then targeted by the Taliban and shot in the head. Malala suffered a coma, but
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.
To be a hero, a person must fight for others along with themselves. A very unselfish hero is Martin Luther King Jr. For example, he won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, and he gave all his prize money to the civil rights movement. He’s a hero because he supported what he believed in and helped establish equality through his selflessness. Another hero is Malala Yousafzai. Malala risked her life to advocate for girls’ rights, which was frowned upon in her home country. This can be justified with: “Although she [Malala] fears retaliation for speaking out against the Taliban, she publicly campaigns for girls to go to school” (Malala’s Story, page 1). Malala was despised by the Taliban but kept doing what was right. She goes to underprivileged countries and opens schools for girls with the donations she receives to her foundation. Risking her own safety and spending time and effort to give others opportunities they may not have is a very selfless thing to do, making Malala
Malala Yousafzai speaks out after she was shot by the Taliban on the left side of her head for attending school. She then decided to recount the event and write a speech which she presented to the United Nations. Her speech was intended to bring awareness to people that education should be available to males and females.
October ninth, two-thousand twelve, fifteen year old Malala Yousafzai boarded a school bus which would take her and other students home from school. The school bus was stopped by two members of the Pakistani Taliban. One went to the front of the bus to interrogate the bus driver. The second man entered the passenger part of the bus, called for Malala by name and fired three times. One of the bullets hit Malala at point blank near her left eye, traveled down into her shoulder and became lodged.
“Last year, the Taliban shot Malala Yousafzai in the head for daring to speak about the need for girls’ education in Pakistan. She survived- and she’s still talking.” Malala believes that girls need a good education and she was determined to help make a change in the society she lives in, to enable girls to attend school. Since Malala stood up for what she believed in, she was shot in the head.
Malala Yousafzai is a young woman speaking as a young education advocate at the Youth Takeover of the United Nations. This was her first speech since she had been shot in the head by the Taliban in Pakistan on October 9th, 2012. The Taliban targeted her because she was blogging about her own right, and the right of all women, to an education. Her purpose is to inform the people of the denial of education to children around the world. She is also trying to persuade her audiences to join her campaign in ensuring all children gain their right to education before the end of 2015. Her primary audience was all of the delegates who attended the Youth Takeover of the United Nations, and all the people fighting for education. Her
Louis Armstrong was a great musician, but had a hard childhood, but overcame those trials to revolutionize jazz. Malala Yousafzai is a great example of how overcoming obstacles can help the world in great ways. Malala was the daughter of a passionate education advocate, who taught Malala early to love school. Malala went to school for all her life, but then in 2007, the Taliban began to control the Swat Valley, where she lived.