I Am Malala Analysis

Malala is a young lady who became known to the world after the Taliban shot her in her head for speaking out. She is a girl who decided to make a difference in her country and as a result made a difference in the world. In the words of Mahatma Gandhi, “We must become the change we want to see in the world.” In the memoir, I am Malala, Malala’s relationship with her father is continuously highlighted throughout. Malala depicts the relationship with her father by telling us about the influence her father has on her education, the encouragement he gives her to break the status quo, as well as the inspiration she receives from her father to make a difference in the world just as he is doing. Malala’s father instills all three of these points in
Her father continued to support and protect her so that she might “carry on with her dreams” (68). As Malala and her classmates entered puberty, the time they should observe purdah, her father encouraged her to continue her education which meant breaking the status quo that they should instead of leaving school (141). In Malala’s culture, woman were to be silent and hidden away, yet Malala spoke out and became known for her fight for education for all people (216). Her father was proud of her as she continued to have the courage to follow her dreams, breaking society’s norms for
The threats were coming more often, and they weren’t only directed at her father but also Malala. Ziauddin feared for her safety and considered stopping the campaign of speaking out for girls’ rights to keep Malala safe. Malala, who was taught to be courageous and to be strong by her father, didn’t understand how he could even consider such an option. She said to him that “you were the one who said if we believe in something greater than our lives, then our voices will only multiply even if we are dead” (224, 225). She continued trying to make a difference even if it cost her her life because “this was the war she was going to fight”