I Am Malala Analysis

Introduction
The book I am Malala is an autobiography of the seventeen year old girl Malala Yousafzai written combined with Christina Lamb. She is known as a girl whose indirect approach to politics without a party became a voice of force to gain rights and eradicate suppression from the worlds view. The book is the inner account of an ordinary girl brought up under extraordinarily extreme conditions. The political aspects portrayed in the book I am Malala are in synchronization with the personal life of Malala. Her political background that sets in with the discourse to the readers gives a crystal clear image of her history and thereby the history of the country she represents. Gender biasing in favor of men has been highlighted in the book,
This in itself shows the absurdity of biased thought for gender in favor of men especially in the 21st century. “I was a girl in a land where rifles were fired in celebration of a son, while daughters are hidden away behind a curtain, their role in life simply to prepare food and give birth to children” she continues, thereby emphasizing her point as to the socio-political areas of the country she lived in. Women are birds locked in a golden cage and often the punch bags of the opposite sex. This is not a general view except in places where the rate of literacy is below 50 percent and where the cultural background hinders the growth of women. It is seen that her mother’s life resembles the lives of women who are brought up with no role models which is why despite being given the option to study, she chose to stay back and play, viewing life without importance for education. “Pakistan doesn’t have student loans.” The statement is living proof that the country spends $2.2 billion on nuclear forces and yet is incapable of spending a penny on education aspirants. Writers like Kamala Markandaya depict how traditionally, women were kept illiterate deliberately so that they can spend their entire lives in the service of their family. This tradition is being carried out in countries where no one ever dares to believe that freedom
Malala has matter-of-factly said that the biggest building in Swat was perhaps two or three storeyed. Though the place is culturally rich and has the highest Pashtun culture aboard, development has never been in demand. The particular leaders who rose with an aim of bringing some sort of change in the country was both falsely accused and brought down from their power, or assassinated as is seen in Malala’s case. Raising ones voice politically or personally in the country is almost equal to a death wish. When around the world military rule brings contempt and degradation, Muhammad Zia Ul-Haq brought about changes culturally by allowing the usage of media and also allowing women to adorn positions of power. When change embraced the country with loving hands, the religious scholar, rather the pseudo religious scholar who promised a better life through the right practice of religion came up. But this highly influential ‘radio mullah’ as Malala acknowledges him, brought the country back to where they started from. Poverty stricken religiously spirited people of the country were forced to believe in Talibanisation till killings became a matter of routine. Politics rather than for the development of the society, was more focused on the