The hero is also‚ in many ways‚ similar to an ordinary person and must undertake the journey and obstacles along the way. In the modern day‚ Malala Yousafzai is considered a modern day hero with the same qualities as Odysseus. They were both identified as brave leaders‚ undertake extraordinary journeys‚ and embodies the highest value of a culture. Firstly‚ Malala has the trait of great leadership which helped empowered the people around
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Pakistani activist for equal female education‚ Malala Yousafzai‚ in her biography‚ I am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up For Education And Changed The World‚ actively articulates how she has strived‚ yet struggled through much resistance in order to advocate that girls should have the right to an equal education anywhere despite the cultural difference. Yousafzai’s purpose is to illuminate the world by elucidating her culture and journey as a whole in order to portray to world that female students deserve
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experience especially when an individual suffers adversity. It’s a quality admired by many for its adaptability and elasticity when faced with failure‚ however‚ it isn’t a quality that many possess. For instance‚ Malala Yousafzai is an excellent example of resilience. In I Am Malala‚ Malala says “I don’t want to be thought of as the ‘girl who was shot by the Taliban’ but the ‘girl who fought for education. This is the cause to which I want to devote my life” (Yousafzai
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Malala Yousafzai‚ an activist of education rights‚ survived a gunshot to the head at the young age of 14. She helped her dad build a school in Pakistan where everyone could go to school‚ no matter what‚ she made lots of speeches and kept fighting for education rights. A group centralized in Pakistan‚ called the Taliban‚ shot her in the head while she was on her way home from school because they didn’t want education rights for all; considering they feel females are lesser than men. Malala was immediately
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within it. As reported by‚ Malala Yousafzai‚ Maya Angelou‚ Franklin Delano Roosevelt‚ and Luisa Valenzuela‚ to be free means to be unattached from any form of oppression and to be an independent citizen‚ determining the course of one’s own life. Next‚ a free citizen is able to live throughout the course of their life equally with others. We recognize this when Malala states‚ “But first of all‚ thank you to God‚ for whom we are all equal…”(Yousafzai
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It’s hard to choose a specific leader I admire the most‚ but if I had to choose one‚ it would be Malala Yousafzai. From what I read from her autobiography‚ I greatly admire her acts of leadership‚ courage and determination for change. She may not be as known‚ but her story and her beliefs are just as great as those we look up to today‚ such as Martin Luther King Jr.‚ Gandhi‚ Abraham Lincoln and so on. She is a young Pashtun girl from Pakistan who is suppressed by the Taliban from getting an education
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life which makes them who they are today and who they will be tomorrow. These social constructs either make us or break us whether we come out stronger as a person‚ depends on us. In the novel I Am Malala by . is a great example of the possibilities and effects social constructs can have on a person. Malala was born and raised in modern day Pakistan‚ she explains not only her life story but also her father’s and her father’s father‚ along with the history of her nation. One social construct that plays
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Heroes become heroes when they are treated like such‚ this treatment comes to a being when they prove they are worthy through their actions. Pakistani Activist for youth education‚ Malala Yousafzai‚ in her speech to the UN Youth Takeover‚ reflects her time as an activist and confronts the issues with the Taliban and how it has affected the rights of many people. Yousafzai’s purpose is to show that people are struggling to achieve their goals in peace‚ education‚ and equality. She accumulates a tenacious
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in my Honors World literature class we have read two books‚ many short stories‚ and watched two films/ movies‚ and what I have noticed is that some these characters have been socialized somehow either by their families or society such as Jonathan‚ Malala‚ Rudy‚ and Siddhartha. These characters are the special among society‚ they are not reading off the script that civilization picked for them‚ and they set out to break the cycle of socialization. The “Cycle of Socialization” was one of the first things
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to everyone‚ no matter the circumstance. The availability of education has been an ancient debate. In many countries‚ education is very limited‚ and not accessible to those of a certain gender‚ race‚ or economic standing. For example‚ in Pakistan‚ Malala Yousafzai is an eighteen-year-old education activist‚ and youngest Nobel
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