I am Malala
Malala Yousafzai
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The main protagonist in I am Malala, a non-fiction novel by Malala Yousafzai is Malala. Malala retells her story of how her society was when she was as a young girl living in Swat, Pakistan during the modern times. Malala is very intelligent and ambitious compared to the other girls living in her society, as she says in the book "It's heard or girls in our society to be anything other than teachers or doctors if they can work at all. I was different-I never hid my desire when I changed from wanting to be a doctor to wanting to be an inventor or politician." (Page 7) When the Taliban took control of her village it made drastic changes to the entire region, such as, they forbid girls to attend school. Instead of accepting this situation, Malala wrote a blog to BBC speaking about this injustice. This shows Malala's rebellious nature as well as her strong sense for justice. Even though she was just a child she raised her voice and fought for woman's right to education, she made speeches and spoke from the heart. People listened and she received many awards for her speeches. Her father encouraged her and they kept their spirits up in spite of the threats and the large amounts of people that were killed everyday by the Taliban. The Taliban wanted to forbid her protests and posters for woman rights, she stood up to the Taliban by saying, "In my heart was the belief that God would protect me. If I am speaking for my rights, for the rights of girls, I am not doing anything wrong." She challenged the Taliban by saying, "How dare the Taliban take away my basic right to education?" By saying this she showed immense amount courage and leadership. Although her actions had a price, her actions almost cost her life. In October, 2012, 14 year old Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head and was severely injured by the Taliban militants. Malala was taken to the local hospital immediately but her condition was getting worse so she was transported to a military hospital and then outside of the country, to England. She spent many months there having surgery and recovering from her wounds. Malala showed willpower as she strived and fought to survive the horrific wound inflicted by he gunshot. She bears her pain with fortitude and is determined to continue her campaign for girls right to education.
The main antagonist in I am Malala are the Talibans. The Talibans are a fundimentalist Muslim movement. The Talbian's rose to power, gradually, where Malala's family lives and then spread out until they were controlling all of Pakistan. Once The Talibans had control over a region they began making restrictions, mostly for female. Some of their restrictions were completely foolish and unnecessary, such as; Whipping of women who do not have their ankles covered in public, Ban on woman wearing brightly colored clothing (since in Taliban these are "sexually attractive colors"). There were some that applied to both genders, like: No watching of movies, television and videos fro everyone, no music, certain games were banned such as kite-flying (since it is "un-islamic" according to the Taliban), as well as many more...The Talibans were basically taking away the peoples culture.
Malala Yousafzai
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The main protagonist in I am Malala, a non-fiction novel by Malala Yousafzai is Malala. Malala retells her story of how her society was when she was as a young girl living in Swat, Pakistan during the modern times. Malala is very intelligent and ambitious compared to the other girls living in her society, as she says in the book "It's heard or girls in our society to be anything other than teachers or doctors if they can work at all. I was different-I never hid my desire when I changed from wanting to be a doctor to wanting to be an inventor or politician." (Page 7) When the Taliban took control of her village it made drastic changes to the entire region, such as, they forbid girls to attend school. Instead of accepting this situation, Malala wrote a blog to BBC speaking about this injustice. This shows Malala's rebellious nature as well as her strong sense for justice. Even though she was just a child she raised her voice and fought for woman's right to education, she made speeches and spoke from the heart. People listened and she received many awards for her speeches. Her father encouraged her and they kept their spirits up in spite of the threats and the large amounts of people that were killed everyday by the Taliban. The Taliban wanted to forbid her protests and posters for woman rights, she stood up to the Taliban by saying, "In my heart was the belief that God would protect me. If I am speaking for my rights, for the rights of girls, I am not doing anything wrong." She challenged the Taliban by saying, "How dare the Taliban take away my basic right to education?" By saying this she showed immense amount courage and leadership. Although her actions had a price, her actions almost cost her life. In October, 2012, 14 year old Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head and was severely injured by the Taliban militants. Malala was taken to the local hospital immediately but her condition was getting worse so she was transported to a military hospital and then outside of the country, to England. She spent many months there having surgery and recovering from her wounds. Malala showed willpower as she strived and fought to survive the horrific wound inflicted by he gunshot. She bears her pain with fortitude and is determined to continue her campaign for girls right to education.
I like how much detail you put into your paragraph. It help me to know a lot more about Malala. I also like the quote from the book. It helps add more information.
ReplyDeleteI liked how you put a lot of detail into your paragraphs and it made me know a lot about the book and who the protagonist and antagonist's were. The quotes from the book also made your blog post interesting to read. Good Job!
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