Power to the People Essay Over the course of history many people have stood up and fought to improve society‚ but two of the most influential people then and today are Martin Luther King Jr. and Malala Yousafzai. They have greatly affected society by raising people’s awareness of certain political issues. Martin Luther KIng Jr. was born January 15‚ 1929. He was a Civil Rights Leader and Baptist minister who campaigned against the segregation of African Americans. On December‚ 1955‚ the accepted
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Malala Yousafzai said‚ “We were scared‚ but our fear was not as strong as our courage.” To some people‚ courage is seen in everyday acts of bravery. When a person does what seems to be a brave act during a calamity‚ without proper training‚ it is not bravery. It. Is. Courage. Courage is doing something that is dangerous and noble‚ but not irrational. It should also make you a better person‚ or the world a better place. Odysseus in The Odyssey Odysseus was definitely courageous in The Odyssey. Odysseus’
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of a terrible breakup and the story that I am comparing it to about Malala she is fighting for girls education that many are against. Jennifer the main character of the book says‚ “I’d gotten a lifetime’s worth of depressing “help” just from The Breakup Bible’s table of contents and introduction. The last thing I needed right now was for Nana to read the entire book out loud to the like it was the actual Bible” (Kantor 136).Malala has a situation relating to Jennifer because they both experience a
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Pakistani girl was released from a Birmingham‚ England hospital recently after recovering from two gunshot wounds. Malala Yousufzai‚ only 15 years old‚ was shot twice by the Taliban back in October. Malala is an advocate for girls to be educated in Pakistan‚ after the terrorists banned all girls from schools in her town of Swat‚ back in 2009. The Taliban do not tolerate people like Malala‚ so when she was located‚ she was shot. The gunshot wounds caused swelling in Malala’s skull and she became deaf
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President Obama and Malala Yousafzai both share the central idea of equality for all humans. Both President Obama and Malala presented speeches about equality‚ but stated their ideas differently. President Obama’s 2nd Inaugural speech was before the Chief Justice‚ Members of the United States Congress‚ special guests and fellow citizens. Malala spoke before the UN Secretary‚ General Mr. Ban K-Moon‚ President General Assembly Vic Jermic‚ the UN envoy for Global Education Mr. Gordon Brown‚ and other
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For instance‚ Malala Yousafzai from Mingora‚ Swat Valley‚ Pakistan‚ had to face threats from the Taliban. The Taliban‚ a terrorist group‚ that took over Pakistan at the time that Malala was living there. The Taliban forced all girls out of school‚ and all women out of jobs. Malala stood up for women’s rights in Pakistan; when the Taliban found out about this‚ they were furious with her. The Taliban
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Gandhi and Malala There has always been someone who has resisted the law or spoke up about their right. But there are only a few that has made a change. As you read through this essay I want you to keep in mind that if you opposed the government during these two different time eras in any kind of way they would take you prisoner or get you killed. The people that I will review today are from two different time periods and had two different ways of using civil resistance. How did these civil resistance
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strong belief that things should be different in their community. Some examples of teen activists that show this are Malala Yousafzai‚ Faye Carey‚ and Craig Kielburger. I believe all of these teen activists fight for what they believe in. One teen activist who fights for what they believe in is Malala Yousafzai. According to the ´´Diane Sawyer´´ video and ´´The Daily Show‚´´ Malala is a girl who lives in Pakistan. When her
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would do such a thing to another human‚ treating them with punishments and cruelty? A story of a young girl named Anne‚ From “The Diary of Anne Frank ”she faced the grueling punishment from the Nazi concentration camps and another tale from “I am Malala” Malala faced many challenges she was shot by her own kind the Taliban just because she was standing up for girls’ education. Pursuing your dream is very important those dreams could be as simple as wanting every girl to have the right to education or
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of teens are Malala Yousafzai who advocated for girl’s education by writing blogs‚ journals‚ Alex Lin‚ he refurbished computers and reduced the amount of E-waste in the world‚ and Iqbal Masih a child slave who spoke up for children labor rights. These teenagers speak up for what they think is right. Teen activists are brave‚ conscientious‚ and adaptable. They also do what they know is right and don’t give up on that. Lastly they speak up for people without a voice. Firstly‚ Malala Yousafzai is
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