The book I read was I am Malala by Christina Lamb and Malala Yousafzai. I choose this book because personally for me personal stories and biographies are very thrilling. I love reading about extraordinary things happening to people before they became known. This book is a about a young muslim teen from Mingora‚ Pakistan. The Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan‚ one girl by the name of Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education. On Tuesday‚ October
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One of the biggest moral lessons you can learn in this book is that: people are people‚ regardless of race or social class. Throughout the book‚ Scout and Jem face many examples of it as they go about their daily lives. The examples appear everywhere from the beginning of the book all the way to the very end‚ but Jem and Scout don’t catch on to the lesson until later in the book. One of the first examples was when Jem invited Walter Cunningham to go home and have dinner with them in chapter 3. Scout
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WHO AM I? I consider myself many things‚ some positive‚ most negative‚ but one trait that comes to mind when someone asks me‚ “What is one adjective to describe you?” I cannot really answer that honestly. “Hi‚ I’m Andrea and I would say that my overarching trait of all others is cynicism. I believe that I am the way that I am from learning how to cope with tragic events that have happened in the past. Sigmund Freud’s ego defenses could clearly back up this idea. I am not cynical because I saw
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"Who am I?" Well I’ll start from the beginning I guess‚ I’m Wyatt Robert Sykes I was born August 16th 2002. I have lived in the same house‚in the same town my entire life‚ I was born and raised here. Now to go more in depth. I did soccer 1-4 grade I started acting and singing in 4th or 5th grade I can’t remember but one of the two. I have been acting ever since then . I’ve gotten more serious about it and a lot better at it and performing over the years same with singing I took singing lessons
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Female rights play a big role in the novel “I am Malala”‚ by Malala. The story tells and goes through the struggles of a female education in a third world country. The problem with jobs that females want and what they need to do for their country. Also just rights in general as Malala struggles to get something we take very lightly‚ an education. This is Malala‚ and here you have her story. Inside Malala’s story there is a friend called Moniba‚ who happens to be Malala’s best friend. Moniba wants
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Who am I? As I sit here trying to write this personal statement‚ I have accidentally stumbled across the most life altering question. Who am I? If you go by the obvious answer‚ then of course I know who I am. I have a name‚ so that’s who I am. But in another definition‚ I am the best of my parents combined genes. And in another definition‚ I am who I chose to spend my time with. An in another‚ I am who I choose to listen to. And in another I am this…and in another I am that…and in another…and in
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writer‚ I have always tried to keep at least one goal in mind to make on paper as close as possible to what I was thinking. Ever since I was in school‚ I do my best work with using computer technology to do my writing or typing. Writing is a time for me to be real and arrange my thoughts‚ as I assimilate my own ideas. It’s a time when I can be me and appreciate every moment. Writing is a freedom of expression. It is beauty and truth‚ a way for me to understand my thoughts. I write when
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grew up in a place that tried to bring her down. The people in Swat‚ her hometown‚ created multiple social constructs to convince themselves that men should be valued higher than women. In the book‚ I Am Malala‚ by Malala Yousafzai‚ Malala explains how the women around her never stopped to question what these laws were doing/where it was leading the society‚ and the way these rules made them feel‚ which is hopeless. Malala was a woman who chose not to put up with being silenced‚ so she spoke up about
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Why am I in college and what should I try to learn here? According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics‚ 2.1 million freshmen were currently enrolled in college in October 2012. I was a part of that statistic. I graduated high school in 2012 and decided to start college that summer at Florida Atlantic University. Similar to many high school graduates‚ I decided to go to college because I am unsure of what I want to do with my life and I am hoping that I will eventually figure it out while
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What is courage? Courage is the thing that is needed in the world to overcome what frightens one the most. Having courage and not having courage is what makes the difference in whether or not there will be change or not. In I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai‚ Malala’s courage is displayed throughout her autobiography. Despite the dangerous environment where she resides and constant threats that Malala receives‚ she did not stop advocating for women’s rights to an education. Because Malala continued
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