Malala Yousafzai and Barbara Johns Theory Comparison

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.

When Malala Yousafzai spoke at the United Nations, she talked about the rights that everyone should have. She cares about others rights and not just her own. Malala wants people to remember that “Malala Day is not my day. Today is the day of every woman, every boy, and every girl who have raised their voices for their rights.” Many people who do not have freedom are fighting for their rights including: “their right to live in peace, their right to be treated with dignity, their right to equality of opportunity, and their right to be educated.” When Malala was shot by the Taliban, she said that they were hoping to silence people who wanted more rights, but it actually caused more people to speak up and gave them strength, power, and courage.

One major connection that could be made between Malala and my own experiences was public speaking. Malala took similar footsteps as her father when she wanted to find a way to impress him after stealing and lying to her family. “Notices had gone up at school for a public speaking competition /.../ I remembered the story of my father surprising my grandfather and longed to do the same. When we got the topic, I couldn’t believe my eyes. It was ‘Honesty is the best policy’” (Yousafzai 108). Although Malala did not win first place, she made her father proud and discovered one of her best talents that influenced her to speak out in the future. This was similar to my junior year when I tried out to be a member of the

“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

Do you know teens that are activists? Well one of them is malala you might know her. She was really young when she stood up for girls education.

Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani activist for education, especially for females, and equal rights to education in the middle east. She revolutionized education equality for children. She has received many peace awards, including the Nobel Peace Prize. The Taliban outlawed education in Pakistan, where she lived, for all females in 2009. She continued to attend classes and speak out on her BBC blog, the radio, and was even in a documentary about her life in the middle east and going to school as a girl despite the new law. In early October of 2012, when Malala was 15, she became the victim of an attempted murder by a Taliban gunman. She was shot in the head on the bus ride home from school. She was rushed to the hospital and after being stabilized, she was moved to another hospital to remove the bullet. After her tragic personal experience, she became well known and used her newfound popularity to advocate for education in the middle east. This speech is just one example of the many speeches she gave to bring attention to the problem. She also asked many other influential people with a higher status to help her bring awareness to the cause. To understand Malala’s speech the reader needs to understand what her goal is, what rhetorical devices she uses to reach that goal and how effective the speech is. She is quite effective in getting her goal across to the audience through her speeches by using her public speaking skills to get her audience to agree with what she has to say.

Malala “fights” for school. According to the Jon Stewart video “Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head even then she still fought for school that proves she is brave”. She was afraid of losing school because learning is important so she stood up for it. She fought against the terrorist. And she was the only one to volunteer to write papers and books about the terrorists

The article,”Malala the Powerful”, by Kristan Lewis, describes Malala a 15 year old girl who stood up to a terrorist group when she was threatened to death. Malala lived through one of the most tragic events of her life, getting shot by the Taliban. For many years the Taliban wanted to kill Malala. The Taliban ordered schools to close, girls not being able to sing or do any kind of music. In May of 2009, Malala, was identified and was put on the New York's Times documentary. She gave speeches and was on television. Though Malala lived through these challenges, she showed a lot of courage, fighting against the Taliban and everyone’s education.

Malala Yousafzai is a role model for people everywhere. Malala was born your average Pakistani Girl, and became one of the world’s greatest Women’s rights activists. Malala, at the early age of eleven, started standing up for her fellow female classmates rights regarding their education. She started collaborating with BBC, giving details regarding her life under the Taliban’s rule, and how they were robbing girls of their education. At the age of fifteen, she was shot by one of the Taliban members due to her rebel actions against the Taliban. She survived the harsh attack, and still lives today, standing up for educational rights everywhere.

In the video, Malala Yousafzai Speaks Out, showed that Malala stood up for her rights. Education. Something that was taken away from her. The article Malala the Powerful by Christian Lewis states, Malala didn’t want these people called Taliban to take her rights for education away. So Malala spoke out against this, knowing that what they are doing was bad and was determined to get her rights back. This made Malala a threat. So Taliban targeted her and shot her in the head. In the video Malala Yousafzai Extended Interview, it said the bullet went through her head and through her cheek and then cut into her shoulder just missing her skull. She luckily survived, after numerous surgeries. Malala kept fighting for her rights. Again in the article Malala the Powerful, Malala states “Even if they come to kill me, I will tell them what they are trying to do is wrong that education is our basic right.” This showed Malala was nice and wasn’t going to hurt them she was just going to talk to them and use avoid violence. Malala was brave and spoke up for her rights. Now Malala has changed things by starting a Malala fund to build schools, and she has her own book, her own movie and people all around the world support her. All because Malala spoke out for what she believed

Malala and Susan are different in many ways, like in their religion, political goals and education rights. They are also alike in many ways, like in their value for education.

“Thousands of people have been killed by the terrorists, and millions injured. I am just one of them…. here I stand ….. I speak not for myself, but so those without a voice can be heard.” (Yousafzai) Her use of that quote gets people’s attention so that they listen to her and they are more likely to speak up for the education rights for others as well as those who have been attacked by terrorists. She goes on to talk about how she was shot and how that situation helped her. “The terrorists thought they would change my aims and stop my ambitions…nothing changed in my life except this: weakness fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage was born. I am the same Malala.”(Yousafzai) In this quote she mentions how she is the same girl but she has more courage. This quote spoke to me because, in everyday life, people try to do stuff to put you down, or so that they can have power over you. There are some people that let that affect them and they stop trying, however, some people use that as fuel to help them reach the top. “Dear brothers and sisters, we must not

Malala risked her life to fight for girls’ education, but survived and is still fighting for the cause she deeply cares about. Many foreign countries such as Pakistan or Iraq believe that certain targeted groups don’t deserve a proper education because of certain ways that they live life. As a young girl fighting for such a controversial issue such as education, Malala understood the struggles of many uneducated students’ lives because she has lived it. She told the interviewer, “When you don’t have an education, your life is very much controlled by others” (Yousafzai 1). It is so difficult to go through life with no type of education, then one is unable to critically understand what certain things are which doesn’t help very much. If a person does receive an education, they understand the problems that people face and understands different areas. Throughout her fight for education, Malala felt the need to not just help fight this cause locally but also internationally because of people hearing about her courageous story. “The Malala Fund was created to help advocate education around the world” (Yousafzai 1). There are many different types

In Pakistan, the Taliban set standards that did not permit girls to experience an education. Girls were to stay at home and do chores. Malala built up the miniscule amount of courage stacked deep inside of her, and she fought as if there was no tomorrow. Malala secretly went to school, risking the lives of her family members as well as her own. Everyday, she blogged her protests against the evil, which caught the attention of the Taliban. The blogs showed how she did not let the Taliban suffocate her in their laws. Once the Taliban caught her, she was shot in the head. However, this did not stop her from her efforts. Malala has inspired many girls around the world to stand up for themselves. Malala Yousafzai is a renowned as a historical figure who truly broke out of her cage.

“When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful,” once said Malala Yousafzai. This sounds like a rather unachievable fantasy, but the message Malala is trying to convey is that in times of suffering and hardship, the world is in a constant and dire need of a voice to speak up. Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King, and the Dalai Lama all had a significant impact on the world, but what did they all have in common? They were all the voices of society, and most definitely succeeded in their mission of spreading peace. Furthermore, they stood up for their basic rights through the use of non-violent and peaceful methods. One of the people that stands out in our day and age as a foremost promoter of peace, is