Summary Of Paul Fleischman's 'Seedfolks'

Malala Yousafzai uses the rhetorical appeal of pathos to express the immorality of Pakistani government which coaxes the U.N. to allow women basic rights. Everybody should be granted the right to education, no matter race, gender, or religion. Malala pleads to the U.N. to allow her an education. During her presentation at the U.N. meeting, Malala appeals to the emotions of the representatives of various countries by discussing heartbreaking topics such as terrorism, war, and most brutally, death. While fighting for their basic rights, Yousafzai stated, “thousands

In the book Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman there are many different characters, and even some of them cross paths. A community garden was started in Cleveland Ohio just by one person therefore everyone follows. They all learn how to get along with other people, how to not stereotype so much, and how to depend on each other in their community. All of them struggle with something, whether it's with family, friends, or feeling stereotyped. They learn the importance of a community, and realize how much they really depend on each other. Seedfolks shows that having a community is important for all people to incorporate diversity, culture,and unique stories into their lives. You don't realize how much people depend on their community until its gone. The importance of a community is shown through the characters and shown by how they act, what they say, overall how they are perceived by other people.

After reading Paul Fleischman’s (2002), “Seedfolks”, Kim demonstrated that making a heart connection with a departed loved one is possible with a strong desire and effort.

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

Across the world people think of Malala Yousafzai as one of the most revolutionary women in the world for her stance against heresy and gender discrimination. She has showed through example that she is willing to give her life in the defense of her beliefs regarding women’s rights to education. Malala is an equal rights activist; she continually fights for women to have the same rights as all other people. Malala has endured a long and dangerous path to make people aware of the discrimination and dangers that women are facing in Pakistan and all over the world. Her famous journey and non-violent methods has had a profound effect and has resulted in the world taking a more active part in her fight for equal rights and women 's education.

Malala Yousafzai is a 16 year old activist that’s fighting for children's education. She gave her famous speech to the officials of the UN. She was presenting her speech to stand up for education for every male and female. Malala justified, there to be education for every woman, man, and child. Her supporting arguments are that the Taliban are scared of change and learning about new innovations. Although what's massively lacking in her speech is logos. Despite the fact she used lots of pathos in her speech in which she was using to manipulate the audience's feelings towards the Taliban's actions.

Seedfolks is a story about people living in Cleveland and they live in a community that is not diverse at all.  The characters are all different races, so it is hard for them to go out in the world without thinking they are being judged or bullied by other people.  In the story, we see the characters building up to create a community garden.  This story is about how one act of kindness can generate another.  But that’s not the only theme to the story.  There are tons more morals and themes.  Such as the garden.  The garden helps bring people together and makes the dirty neighborhood in Cleveland, Ohio more diverse.  The characters in the book all have something in common, they all deal with family issues and their races and cultures make them feel like they don’t belong.  But when the community garden is created, everything starts to change.  People become more open about their feelings, they have a lot of friends, and everyone we read about connects back to one another.  The characters in Seedfolks are different from one another.  They are all different races which makes them really self- conscious about how they look when they go out in public.  They do not easily meet new people due to their cultural differences and isolation in a large city.  But when they convert the vacant lot into the community garden, this provides them with the chance to break out and meet new people.  The book shows that this is an important thing because the more diverse and close a neighborhood

Malala Yousafzai is the youngest person to have ever won the Nobel Peace Prize, one of only 16 women to have won the prize, and the only woman from Pakistan to have won the prize. Malala won that prize for standing up for the social issues of Pakistan and almost getting killed for standing up for what’s right. There are several issues going on in Pakistan but more specifically in the valley of Swat. The social issues going on in Pakistan are gender discrimination, education rights, and extremism.

By making marks on the world, according to (Newsmakers 1) “Pakistan teenagaer Malala Yousafzai became an internationally known symbol of the struggle for women’s and children’s rights.” This statement made in the article has a correlation to the main objective in this paragraph because it shows that Malala was strong and didn't let the hate of others get in the way of her trying to help others and achieve her goal. Malala's perseverance gave her the opportunity to become internationally known as a symbol of strength. Newsmakers writes that Yousafzai had lots of hate driven towards her by the Taliban due to the fact that she was a voice for her right to her education and the education of other women (1). This shows that Malala was strong and didn’t care what others thought. She was striving towards her goal. After Malala went through many severe situations, for example getting shot in the head “Yousafzai returned to school in Great Britain, while continuing to advocate for the educational rights to an ever-growing audience,” (Newsmakers 1). Malala had the confidence to go back to school, regardless of all the hate she was getting. Malala's attitude and perseverance was her key to making a

Together with strong appeals to pathos and ethos, she establishes the significance of this subject, persuading the audience to listen to her call to action. She says “Dear sisters and brothers, dear fellow children, we must work...not wait. Not just the politicians and the world leaders, we all need to contribute. Me. You. We. It is our duty” (Malala). She reinforces her ideas and provides the strength and seriousness that the topic deserves, while motivating the audience to unite and face this issue. Furthermore, she says that

The chapter “Maricela,” in Paul Fleischman’s novel Seedfolks, illustrates how being a pregnant teenager could make a girl hate her life. Firstly, Maricela’s story takes place in a vacant lot, on Gibb Street, in East Cleveland, Ohio. The chapter presents Maricela, who is in a group for troubled, pregnant teens. The group is run by a woman named Penny. The beginning problem is that Maricela is a 16-year-old, Mexican, pregnant girl who hates her life and wishes her baby would die. The first rising action is Maricela‘s parents wanting her to have her baby. The next rising action is Maricela never getting invited to parties or asked out on dates. The third rising action is Maricela being forced by Penny to work in the garden. The final rising action

For examples, girls could not go to school in Afghanistan, but where Malala lives girls can go to school and get a good education. Malala knowing that other people are suffering and not getting school

Hello, how are you doing? I hope you are doing well. I am wondering if you are still writing since I am waiting for a new book from you, and I hope it will appear soon. The reason why I am writing this letter is that I just finished reading one of your books Seedfolks. Since there are a lot of interesting character’s stories and a lot of significant themes, I decided to share my impressions about them.

“One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.” This inspirational saying by Malala Yousafzai helped my understanding of what has been happening in Pakistan and many other countries all over the world. It shows us how important the littlest things can be and how by ourselves, we can make an impact on the world. In the book, I am Malala, by Malala Yousafzai, Malala explained how as a child, she was denied education because of the Taliban (a group of terrorists) and she chose to do something about it: she spoke out against them. When they tried to retaliate, even more people joined her cause for justice. In a similar case, Arnold (Junior), in the book The absolute Diary of a Part TIme Indian, was a boy living on a North American Indian reservation (rez) where unlike Malala, he was able to go to school, but his schools were very bad. Mr. P, his teacher, told him that if he does not leave the res, that he will not get any further in life. He decided to transfer to Reardan, a school outside of the reservation, where he knows that it will not be easy. He faces discrimination and he is exposed to more and more of the terrible things that happen in the world. And even though we learn from him that living on an Indian reservation is not a walk in the park, and that even living there does not compare to going to school at Reardan. Unfortunately for these two characters, they have both faced hardships that have deeply affected their lives. These stories show that when someone is in an environment that makes them lose their innocence, sometimes they also lose faith in humanity; when that has happened to someone, they might want to stand up for the other people with similar struggles.

“I think all we want is justice and equality, a chance for a life with a meaning. All of us would like to believe that if we were in a bad situation someone would help us”, Angelina Jolie. Angelina overcame this claim and actually became an activist to many disadvantaged people. Angelina Jolie is professional actress and film director. A thesis claims, that Angelina’s definition is being a role model, Activist, and an inspiring person. Jolie has also helped a teen Activist, Malala. Malala supports women and children's rights. Which is similar to Angelina’s desire that's why they’re both known as an Activist. Angelina also aided refugees by doing the humanitarian work for safety causes for children and their families due to their survival. Jolie has also made a foundation to support many people, and uses the foundation to donate to charities. As can be expected, Jolie conquered her desire of the Foundation, so she then announced that the foundation would help environment skills, health , and education. Not only Angelina has done these things but more, and she is still going to continue to support these actions.