The Day My World Changed Analysis

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.

The autobiography I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai begins with the scene of young pakistani education and women’s rights activist Malala being shot in the head. Her school bus had been stopped by the Taliban who, after asking which of the girls was Malala, put a bullet into her head. Malala ends the powerful prologue with the words “Who is Malala? I am Malala and this is my story” (9). Malala then rewinds to the story of her birth and how in Pakistan, no one congratulated her parents when she was born because she was a girl. Pakistani culture pushes for the birth of a boy as an islamic majority country. However, her father saw the potential in his daughter as a great leaser and named her after one of the great female leaders in Pakistan-

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

For those who have no idea of what life is like in other countries. Malala starts off her essay using powerful imagery. “When i close my eyes i can see my bedroom… I can hear the neighborhood kids playing… i smell rice cooking…” (Yousafzai) Malala superbly Re-creates pakistan the way she remembers it to her audience and how even though it was a poor area they still did normal things such as the United States do. Again we are ignorant to middle eastern living conditions therefore malala must recreate her

“Black life is cheap, but in America black bodies are a natural resource of incomparable value. (Coates, 132)” Reading this statement, I found so much power behind the logic. Ta-Nehisi Coates outlines his life experiences to his son through Between the World and Me, emphasizing childhood lessons, deaths, and the disembodiment of the black community. The most powerful message I received from this book is that the root of all we are taught and have gone through as black people is fear.

As Ta-nehisi Coates wrote to his Samori, he provided a lot of messages that we should always keep in mind or think about. There were many relatable topics that were mentioned through the book such as, learning street law or codes, understanding what to do and how to do things, and more.

In Ta-Nehisi Coates bestselling book, Between the World and Me, he discusses his life's encounters as an African American, and shares his concerns and fears for his race and community. Coates, attended Howard University, he where he became heavily interested in and enlightenment by the courses that supplied him with knowledge about black history. Like Coates, I encountered a strong feeling of fulfillment from being able to learn about my personal history on Howard University's campus. Last semester I took a course entitled "Black Aesthetics", where other students and I researched traditional African culture, and its survival into the African Diaspora post slavery. Through this course I received knowledge of the raw beauty of the transformation

Between The World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates is an empowering and uplifting novel that I am able to relate and take wisdom away from because I have been through similar situations that have helped me gain my own personal perspectives.

Malala Yousafzai being a completely different person that any girl in her country demonstrates the gruesome ,and savage nature of the men and women in the country of Pakistan. She not only shows the unawareness driven by fright among the people there, but displays how horrid it truly was. Influences of a misinterpretation form of Islam yield the innocent under the hands of the miserable forces of the evil such as the Taliban. Subsequently, the country of Pakistan under Taliban rule has gone through continuous fear and discriminations that strip girls from their education. Malala Yousafzai, a young Pakistani woman who only wanted an education, was obligated to view her life at its worst and at the same time, view the desire and dreams of girls who brawl for their education that they have been denied. Yousafzai has glimpsed and lived through a world that no American child could have ever imagined and cherishes an education what no child would have imagined losing. Nonetheless, through her novel, I Am Malala, Yousafzai has put into effect an extraordinary and a determined message to the world of a sincere love for education and peace. Malala utilizes strong repetition, vivid imagery, and powerful ethos in her biography to make it stand out extremely.

Between the World and Me is a novel written by the writer, educator, and journalist, Ta-Nehisi Coates. Published in 2015, Coates intertwines a series of personal narratives, historical scenes, and profound questions on the topic of race, as he composes a letter to his son. A Pulitzer Prize finalist, Between the World and Me, explores Coates’ assessment on the given history/state of America, and its connection to what it means to, “inhabit a black body and find a way to live within it”.

This took place in Mingora, a city in the Swat Valley. The Taliban were trying to kill Malala and her whole family. They were also tracking her so they had a target to kill. One challenge was that Malala was getting targeted by the Taliban, every day, an all day. “ This work made her famous throughout Pakistan and around the world. It had also made her a target of the Taliban.(6) This was a challenge because they knew who she was and they knew where she was at. It was also a challenge because when you are getting tracked, it is really hard to hide from somebody who is trying to kill you and knows where you are at every day. Another challenge that Malala had to face was her “getting banned from music, television and movies”... “Also they weren’t allowed to go to school, have careers, wear makeup, and bright clothing.”(6) This was also a challenge because you see other kids just like you playing around and doing whatever they want to do without getting in trouble. But if you tried doing in, you would get in big trouble, like getting shot, getting whipped, or even getting your family kicked out of there house and even the state. This is also a challenge because you might see other Taliban wearing bright colors and listening to music, while are sitting outside and just watching them do what you can not do. It was also a challenge because if you were dreaming about being a lawyer or something, you couldn’t do that. Even though you see other people in suits at 9:00 in the morning going to work. The last challenge that she had to face was that she had to undergo a lot of surgeries for her brain and the tissues inside her brain plus the cells. “ She has undergone several operations to repair her skull and improve her hearing.” (9) This is a challenge because she had to take a lot of surgeries constantly almost every month. It is also a

The beginning of the chapter was lighthearted and described the excitement of going to the feast in Barkana. Which makes the mood of the quote provided that much disheartening. This is one event that occurs while playing “wedding”, a child’s game. Why it’s so disheartening is because the feast seemed child-friendly and oblivious to the troubles of the outside world. But the reader then learns that the children are making games out of gender roles. Malala Yousafzai written the chapter almost as a false sense of security for the reader. Letting our hopes rise that the youth get a break from the world's problems just to learn that they are trying to adapt to them. They seemed to be in a trance as if the world is controlling them. These children

In this powerful book, there is a very important lesson hidden troughout it. The author’s message to her readers is to speak out during times of injustice, even if you stand alone. To be brief about the story, Malala was born and raised in the Muslim country of Pakistan, where women are inferior to men in many ways. Her father ran many schools, including the girls school she attended. However, a militant group known as the Taliban invaded and brainwashed many Pashtuns about their holy book called the Quaran. As a result, more rights were

There have been very few events throughout my lifetime that I feel have impacted or inspired me with such noteworthiness and that I know will change my outlook on the world and affect me forever. One of those events occurred when I traveled to Portugal, my parent’s homeland. From this excursion in 2007, I learned the importance of family, most importantly the distant kind. It provided me with a totally different perspective on the world and how large and extended one’s family can really be; even across cultures and continents. I felt so fortunate learning this lesson at a young age and growing to appreciate the ideals I was brought up with as a child. The family I have in Portugal has always been there; however, their faces have aged and

The end of school came eventually, and I abandoned dreams of the sixth grade. Luckily, I was transferring to another elementary school, but this offered me little consolation. Only dummies have to repeat a grade.