Essay On I Am Malala

Malala Yousafzai declared, “I don’t want to be thought of as the ‘girl who was shot by the Taliban’ but the ‘girl who fought for education’ (309). This statement proves the bravery and fearlessness that Malala has after facing a struggle that no teenager should have to face. In her memoir, I Am Malala, Malala tells her story about the battle between her and the Taliban. After her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, opened up a school that allowed women to attend, the Taliban tried to prevent it, but Malala and her father was not going to let it happen without a fight. They both put heavy targets on themselves after going against the Taliban and standing up for what they believed in which was the right for women’s education. I Am Malala is an emotional memoir that sparks the reader’s attention all the way through. Malala Yousafzai expresses the struggles of her battle against the Taliban for the women of Pakistan’s education through her memoir I Am Malala, which brings out emotion in the readers with the structure, setting, and diction. Malala
The structure of telling the shooting in the Prologue and at the end pulls the readers in and encourages them to read more to find out why this happened. The setting of her hometown starting out as a paradise and turning into complete chaos helps the readers to feel the trouble and homesickness the people of Swat encountered. The diction of the memoir was very empowering and helped the readers to feel empathy towards her and the situation by expressing the issue of her parents when she got sent overseas and hearing about how her father is represented as a falcon for going above and beyond for everything. The YouTube video, “We Are Silent” expresses the impact Malala’s story had on the entire nation and not just the valley of Swat as a whole. I Am Malala pulls out the emotion of all who read it, influencing them to stand up for what they believe