Malala And Frietchie Analysis

In both texts, “Malala’s Story” and “Barbara Frietchie”, there are many different and similar points that you come across in the passages. In both stories they tell about strong, brave, and powerful women that do something to stand out in their country. There are still different in many ways like their age and how they stood up and spoke out. Malala Yousafzai and Barbara Frietchie are amazing women and leaders, that made a difference, and made people think.
One difference between the two heroic women is what they stood up for and believed in and why they did it. Barbara Frietchie stood up the United States and the American Flag. “Shoot, if you must this old grey head, But spare you country’s flag,” she said, was a line from the poem that showed her bravery. She wanted to show the confederate general that was about to shoot the flag at her window that, he should care for his country by not shooting the flag, and that she cares more about the flag and her country then herself. On the other hand, Malala stood up for women’s right and education in her country, Pakistan. In the
article it says, “Malala shared her father’s passion for learning and loved going to school.” She loved learning and wanted to share her passion with the rest of the girls in Pakistan so she told the world about what she believed in and wanted. What the two brave women stood up for is only one difference out of many. Another difference between the two texts and the women in them, is how old Malala and Barbara are. In the article about Malala it says, “Malala was born on 12 July 1997 in Mingora, a town in the Swat District of north-west Pakistan.” This shows she was only born 18 years ago today, but she started to stand up about education in 2009, and got shot in the attack in 2012. Much more older is Barbara Frietchie. “Up rose old Barbara Frietchie then, Bowed with her fourscore years and ten,” a line from the poem. Four score year and ten means that Barbara was 90 years old which is a great different between the two. This is difference that you may not realize at first but it makes a major difference. All though the stories do have their difference their are some similarities.
One similarity between the two texts is that both are about strong, powerful, and brave women. In the article about Malala it says “She started the Malala Fund to bring awareness to the social and economic impact of girl’s education and to empower girls to raise their voices, to unlock their potential, and to demand change.” This quote tells us that Malala wanted to start something even more powerful than just her speaking out so she made a website so other girls can see what she’s done and be inspired by it. In the Barbara Frietchie poem, the line “A shade of sadness, a blush of shame, over the face of the leader came.” This is showing that from what she did by reaching for the flag out the window made the Stonewall Jackson feel a little ashamed when he shot her since she dies trying to protect her country’s
flag.