After reading the book ‘’I Am Malala’’ I noticed that she was one of the bravest strong young girls in the world. Malala Yousafzai is a young girl born on July 12, 1997, in the city, Mingora in Pakistan. She fought for something that is she is passionate about. Heroes are people who stand up for something, they are courageous, they are noble and they are loyal to something they stand for. Malala is known as the fifteen-year-old girl who got shot because she fought for women’s rights and education. This young girl named Malala is brave, persistent, and influential. One of the reasons why Malala is a hero because she shows courage and bravery through her actions. First of all, Malala kept going to her school even though death threats kept coming to her and to her family. This shows that Malala is brave because she did not care what the Taliban did she cared more about her education even though the Taliban kept threatening her. Secondly, when the Taliban began to attack the girl’s school, she gave a speech and the title of her …show more content…
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
People at first viewed her as a young girl that was just sticking up for what she wanted, whereas later she was viewed as a strong independent woman. After speaking out to the world multiple times, the chances of the Taliban attacking her grew enormously. They hated the fact that she was rebelling against them instead of following their rules. She continued on, even after being harassed by the Taliban to back down. Malala was secured until one day when she was riding the bus to school. The Taliban had raided the bus and shot her. “...Malala was in bad shape. The bullet had destroyed her left ear…but miraculously she clung to her life,” the article stated. Although, Malala never surrendered to the Taliban, instead, she had persistence and kept going, even though she was hurt. After the unfortunate incident, Malala gained, even more, supporters. People realized that she was so “...dedicated to teaching students and helping students and empowering students,” since she had the passion and ability to inspire as it said in “What is a Role Model? Five Qualities that Matter to Teens” by Marilyn Price-Mitchell. She was able to be so successful that she won the Nobel Peace Prize in the year of 2014, at the age of 17, being the youngest ever to be awarded the
In the autobiography of I am Malala, s he showed bravery by standing up to women’s rights - in the country of Pakistan- even though she knew that there were Taliban soldiers trying to kidnap her and/or killer her. In the book, while she was riding a bus to go to school, she got shot but she still survived. THe braver thing is that even though she got shot, she stood up for women’s rights even more. According to the book and some videos, Malala
Malala was a special girl. She lived in Mingora, Pakistan, where it eventually was controlled by Taliban. She attended a school that her father founded which was taken away by the laws against education for girls that the Taliban was creating to destroy. In the year of 2009, she became a blogger for BBC to talk about the horror of the control that the Taliban were achieving. But on the same year, she was threatened was eventually shot in the head by a Taliban. It was an ordinary day and “Malala was sitting in her school bus when a man climbed on board and demanded to know “Which one of you is Malala?” When she answered, “I am Malala”, the man opened fire” (Kennedy- Macfoy). However she survived the bullet and actually gave one of the biggest messages ever, education for all girls. No one knew should would live and will make a change on the gender roles towards education, especially the Tailban who thought they have gotten away of the assassination. She gave a lot of speeches towards this powerful disapproval of women education and to create a stand that women deserve the right to education themselves. As her ideas and message became to spread, “she became one of the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize” (Kettler). She also got her own day called Malala day on July 12, 2015 where she continued to take action on women education and with Malala funds she was able to open a school in Lebanon. Malala became a symbol over the education for girls and the disagreement towards gender
Malala is considered a hero in our society because she is very persistent in her beliefs. Malala believes that everyone should be able to have equal rights to education because, education is power to grow and succeed in life (Kailash Satyarthi). This shows that in today’s society people value someone who is willing to fight for equality for all races, religions, sexes, and ethnicities. In addition, Malala does show weakness throughout her journey to promote education equality. Malala begins to confront the Taliban, a major terrorist group that controlled Swat Valley. This is a mistake by her because she does not realize the consequences of her rebellious actions for education equality to a well-established terror group that could kill her and her family. This shows that in today’s society, people are not simply portraying a hero as a person who is strong and skillful. Instead the modern society looks for someone who is willing to make a difference that is beneficial to the
The article, “Malala The Powerful”, by Kristen Lewis, describes the hardships of Malala Yousafzai, and her family, who like many other people, stood up to the Taliban and worked hard against them. Malala Yousafzai lived and still lives during the Taliban war. She and her family managed to fight against the Taliban, by going to school when she wasn't supposed to and becoming a blogger that was against the Taliban. On October 9th of 2012, the taliban went after Malala and attempted to assassinate her, for Malala, she held onto life, and she came through and survived. Though she was shot Malala, lived through unspeakable and unimaginable challenges, Malala, her family and their friends showed a tremendous amount of courage trying to take down the Taliban in blogging, protesting and just going to school.
Malala’s dad owned a school in Pakistan. This influenced Malala’s interest in education. She spoke up, and started a blog about how she was concerned that the Taliban would hurt students at her school. In the blog, she used a different name, but she later wishes that she didn’t. The Taliban saw this, figured out who she was, and wanted it to come to an end. This is why she was shot by the Taliban. They hoped that she would lose all faith and just give up, but not Malala. She kept speaking out, she was not going to give up without her message getting across. She was successful with that.
Women that defend their rights face enormous risks every day and Malala is a perfect example of this. She is a perfect example of this because she was affected by this problem. An example of this is “In October 2012, on her bus-ride home from school, she was shot in the head by the Taliban for promoting girls’ right to education.” When the bullet hit her skin, the bone richoted it away and the bullet hit her eardrum instead. Once she fully recovered from the bullet to her head she began to fight for girls rights once again. To this day many girls and women still fight daily for the right to learn.
In 2012, word of Malala Yousafzai spread around the world. She had been shot in the head for standing up for girls’ education. Malala is a teenager who displays many attributes that all heroes show, no matter what time period they are in or how old they are. These attributes consist of courage, determination, and selflessness.
the soldiers moving along in the battle and they won their battle by destroying a brigade, which was remembered as one of the worst defeats against the British army. Malala grew up with a firsthand view of education, living with her father who founded multiple schools in the Swat Valley. She was always interested in learning new things and strived to be at the top of her classes, but when the Taliban put restrictions on women 's rights, where they aren 't allowed to go to school, one girl spoke out. Malala gave many speeches, was featured on a television show, and even had her own blog all to get the message out why education is important, and why everyone, boy or girl, deserves one. When riding the bus home from school, it was stopped near a military checkpoint where the bus driver and children were asked a couple questions. Then suddenly a man, who looked liked a journalist, got on the bus and shot Malala in her left eye socket and two other girls. This tragic event changed Malala’s life forever and only kept her going stronger than ever, to speak out for women 's education rights in Pakistan. She had no fear, only courage and that 's what makes her a hero. She truly deserves to be known as, “The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and
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.
Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani woman, who at the age of 15, survived an assassination attempt. Now, she is an activist speaking on behalf of many young girls hoping to help them achieve an education. In, I Am Malala, we learn she was named after Malalai of Maiwand, who was the greatest hero to look up to in Afghanistan (Yousafzai with Lamb ch. 1). Her goal was to make a change in education in the world for all women. In her courage, Malala is a figure we can now all look up to for bravery, kindness, and selflessness because even after being shot she stood up for women’s education.
Malala is sedulous she was told to stop going to school because the taliban believe that girls should not go to school. She did not believe what they believed in she believes that every woman has a right to go to school and get an education. She shared a passion of learning with her father that is why she fought for what she wanted.
Heroes and heroines are people that stand up for the greater good and usually have experiences that gave them personal traits. These traits make them act in a certain way that defines them as a hero. In Malala Yousaifzai’s book I am Malala, Malala is a hero by fighting ceaselessly for equal education. In the beginning of the story, Malala was a bad sport and she stole from people. However, her experiences changed her. When she started questioning herself and saw homeless children who couldn’t afford to attend school and unfairness to women and girls, she altered her ways and become a heroine around the world. In a time of turmoil, people stand up and make a change for the better. Those individuals are true heroes.
In the biography by Malala Yousafzai titled,”I am Malala,” Malala tells an incredible story about serious events she has encountered as a child living in Afghanistan, and a terrible accident that she endured while fighting for education rights in Pakistan. Malala is a 16 year old girl who once lived in Mingora, Pakistan, located in the country's Swat Valley, not afraid to spread her opinions about freedom of education, however, this behavior got Malala in much trouble by the country's Taliban. Malala was on her way home on a bus when a bearded man stepped onto the road. Her best friend, Moniba, believed he was an interviewer, however, this turned out to be false when the man stepped into the vehicle and demanded to know where Malala was. Shortly
What is a hero to you? You might think of superman or batman. Maybe you think of a police officer or a firefighter. What you may not think about is a ordinary girl from Pakistan who just wanted a change. The Taliban, a terrorist group in Pakistan, is working to ban education for girls. Malala Yousafzai demanded for a change and in return was shot in the head. Luckily, she survived. What I find sad about this is that she was shot because she believes in something different. This was heard about all over the world, and this news didn’t fade away. People started thinking of her as a hero. That got me thinking. What does it take to be a hero?