I am Malala is about a Muslim girl who stands up for her education. Girls were not typically offered education, but Malala thought that was unfair, and wouldn't let anything stop her from going to school. Malala Yousafzai wrote the book herself, and it is 313 pages.
The start of the book is about Malala’s childhood. She grew up in an unorthodox family. Typically, in her religion, the boys are favored by their parents, but her father takes pride in his daughter. She grows up watching her father start a school, which she goes to. Her family offers education to many girls that would not otherwise have it. Malala LOVES school and studies as hard as she can. From a young age, she knows that she wants to go into politics and fight for what she believes in.
This fight, however, was not an easy one because the Taliban was controlling her village. The Taliban, led by Maulana Fazullah in her village, believed that a woman's role was to stay home and take care of the house, so they didn't need an education. Fazullah also told men to grow out their beards and not to chew tobacco. The Taliban become more and more brutal as
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Malala is on the school bus, when suddenly a man in all black got on their bus asking “Who is Malala?” They had heard of her protests and fights for education. She was the only girl with her head uncovered, which meant trouble. The man shot 3 bullets, one of them going into Malala's head, the other hitting girls next to her. Malala is knocked out, and doesn't remember anything. She is rushed to the hospital, only to be sent on a helicopter to a city called Peshawar. The bullet came awfully close to her brain, but luckily didn't hit it. However, bullet caused swelling, which caused a lot of pain. For a couple of months, Malala couldn't move her face at all. She was alone at the hospital for 3 weeks before her parents came. Her recovery took almost a year, but she made
When Malala began speaking she was only 11 and was only trying to speak her mind. The dangerous terrorist group has invaded her home city, and she had the courage to speak up against them expecting no fame. The Taliban enforce strict Islamic law and destroyed or shut down girls' schools preventing women from getting and education. The people living here lived in constant fear but Malala was one of the few brave enough to fight it. Malala chose to continue going to school and even helped lead a group of girls to furthur their education, which is very dangerous considering her circumstances. The radical group soon strikes back, attempting to assassinate a only 15 y/o activist. Malala survived a shot to the head, and dident let that stop her and dident let that stop her from advocating for womens education. She faced many tragities, making sacrafices and even putting her life on the line. Malala overcame many obsticals and those obsticals are one of the reasons she is so globally
I Am Malala is about the true story of a fourteen year old girl’s campaign for women’s right to education. The campaign began when this fundamental right was stolen by the Taliban. The memoir is set in a town called Mingora in a district called Swat Valley, near Afghanistan. Malala’s father was a good speaker and was consistently a part of environmental, social, and political causes in Swat Valley. Malala’s father encouraged her to learn and to be an independent woman, even though most women were illiterate and weren’t inclined to pursue an education. He was an English teacher and opened schools for boys and girls with his friends.
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.
In her book Malala writes about her life and the lives of some of her family members as well as the situation that Pakistan was, and still is, in. Malala's story is that of perseverance and strong will. In her book, she does a wonderful job at expressing the idea that perseverance has good outcomes, and
Malala Yousafzai was a talented and brave young woman who had one goal in life: to get an education and encourage others to do the same. Born in Pakistan, Malala did not grow up with many resources, but she was lucky enough to have a father that shared the same goal as her. At the young age of fifteen, she was shot in the face by the Taliban for standing up for girls’ rights to an education. Although the recovery time was long and hard, the Taliban did not silence her as she continued her campaign. This eventually led her to opening her own school in Yemen and writing the novel I Am Malala. As someone who highly values education and bravery, her story made me interested in learning more about her culture, family, and experiences.
In addition, Malala changed her name to Gul Makai while she was writing blog posts for the BBC. This shows that she is persistent because she did whatever it took to make the world aware what was happening around her. Also, Malala has started to post and blogging for the BBC news about being treated like a slave under the Taliban’s threat to oppose her education. This means, that although this can get her hurt or killed she still continued to fight for women’s rights and for her education. Lastly, after all the threats her family had received, she was frightened because the Taliban would go after her father and did not think they would actually harm a child. She then was shot in the head when she was on the school bus on the way home and survived. This explains that this was worth it because many people had heard her speech and did not give up at all for her
Malala had been shot point-blank range in the head while riding the bus home from school; hope was almost lost that she would survive. This strong willed girl had a miraculous recovery.
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
The memoir is written by the victim herself, Malala Yousafzai. The story contains narratives of her childhood, having been born in Mingora, Pakistan on July 12, 1997. Her childhood was peaceful and serene until a group of Muslim extremists, called the Taliban, took control over her homeland. After the Taliban took over, everything changed and people’s lives started to go downhill. The group first took control over the Swat Valley and prohibited the right for girls’ education. Ignoring the Taliban‘s commands, Malala attended a school that her anti-Taliban father built. Following this, she began to take action to fight for her right to learn. She was determined that there was nothing that could stand in her way of a better
Malala Yousafzai has inspired many people, which why she is recognized as a symbol of peace and a warrior for fighting for what she believed in. Malala touches on topics throughout her novel include the range of political to moral information grasping her audience attention.The main point that Malala uses is rhetorical techniques as well as diction to get her point across and make the audience understand what it was like going through the undefying experiences.Although not everyone will unravel her crucial experience she went through, Malala will elucidate what her point was. Malala will have her audience comprehend everything there is to know by being inveigle with imagery on to the point that this tragedy transpired. Also with the way Malala used her figurative language she painted proof in the reader's mind to show them the crucial things that happened.
I am Malala is the story of a young womans fight to bring education to girls, in a country that believes women should have no rights, no matter the consequence and it forces readers to think about how important education for girls in third world countries is, I am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban is written by Malala Yousafzai and was published in 2013 by Back Bay Books.The story revolves around teenager, Malala Yousafzai, and her life in the Swat Valley of Pakistan. Malala is a child activist who fights for girls rights to education. However, in Pakistan the Taliban is extremely against women doing anything without a man by their side. Malala’s travels and speaks on the importance of education, but this public puts her in danger of getting punished by the taliban. I am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban is about the importance of education for girls and the struggles people in Pakistan, especially women, have faced since the Taliban took over.The book is an inspiring tale that makes readers realize just how blessed they are to have been able to receive an education, it allows for them to get an inside perspective of how hard and how dangerous it is for girls to attend school.
No rights for education, no rights to do what they want and many other things. Most part of the women didn't fight for their rights, but Malala was different she wanted to study. So she was fighting to have an education. However the talibans (Islamic Group) who are against rights for females didn't like it so they did something really bad... The amazing style of writing of this young woman and the powerful plot is the reason why I extremely recommend this book for readers who like to experience many different feelings.
In “I am Malala,” Malala Yousafzai explores the idea that education empowers women to stand up for their rights, so that they can have a positive future.
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.
The outstanding novel, I Am Malala: The girl who stood up for education and was shot by the Taliban, was written by Malala Yousafazai and Christina Lamb. Published by Back Bay Books at New York in June 2015, it takes place in The Swat Valley of Pakistan from 1997 to 2013 and mainly discusses the issue of women’s rights. This novel argues that women all over the world should have the right to an education, including many strengths such as cultural detail and emotion as well as weaknesses such as many Urdu words and complicated passages about global affairs. It demonstrates these strengths and shortcomings all throughout the book in even doses, resulting in a very intruiging story.