I Am Malala Essay
I Am Malala: Independent Reading
I. Cultural Connections
Malala Yousafzi is the protagonist, narrator, and author of I Am Malala. She is born into a religious Pakistan family in Swat during a time of women oppression. Yousafzi makes a point to write about her happiness and freedom before Taliban took over. Her Pakistan heritage encourages many cultural traditions including dressing conservatively. Women are instructed to show respect by wearing burqas, which covered their face and body. The role of women is to cook and care for their families, “We’d [women] be expected to cook and serve our brothers and fathers. While boys and men could roam freely about town, my mother and I could not go out without a male relative to accompany us, even …show more content…
This word attracted me because it was surrounded by similes. It describes the clothing women had to wear, supporting the idea that women do not have it easy.
Aba: affectionate Urdu term meaning “father”; “‘Aba, I am confused.’ I told my father” (101). This word attracted me because aba means father in Hebrew, too. This word describes how Malala was bilingual as sometimes she refers to her father in Urdu.
Barbaric: exceedingly brutal; “If anything the Taliban became even more barbaric” (86). This word attracted me because my brother used to use it frequently in his vocabulary. This word describes how cruel and powerful the Taliban became.
Commiserated: express sympathy or pity; “When I was born, people in our village commiserated with my mother and nobody congratulated my father” (1). This word attracted me because I was unfamiliar with it. It describes the tragedy that it was to be a girl at the time.
Autonomous: having self-government; “…we went with the newly created Pakistan but stayed autonomous” (13). This word attracted me because I was unfamiliar with it. It is used to describe the independence once Britain divided from
I. Cultural Connections
Malala Yousafzi is the protagonist, narrator, and author of I Am Malala. She is born into a religious Pakistan family in Swat during a time of women oppression. Yousafzi makes a point to write about her happiness and freedom before Taliban took over. Her Pakistan heritage encourages many cultural traditions including dressing conservatively. Women are instructed to show respect by wearing burqas, which covered their face and body. The role of women is to cook and care for their families, “We’d [women] be expected to cook and serve our brothers and fathers. While boys and men could roam freely about town, my mother and I could not go out without a male relative to accompany us, even …show more content…
This word attracted me because it was surrounded by similes. It describes the clothing women had to wear, supporting the idea that women do not have it easy.
Aba: affectionate Urdu term meaning “father”; “‘Aba, I am confused.’ I told my father” (101). This word attracted me because aba means father in Hebrew, too. This word describes how Malala was bilingual as sometimes she refers to her father in Urdu.
Barbaric: exceedingly brutal; “If anything the Taliban became even more barbaric” (86). This word attracted me because my brother used to use it frequently in his vocabulary. This word describes how cruel and powerful the Taliban became.
Commiserated: express sympathy or pity; “When I was born, people in our village commiserated with my mother and nobody congratulated my father” (1). This word attracted me because I was unfamiliar with it. It describes the tragedy that it was to be a girl at the time.
Autonomous: having self-government; “…we went with the newly created Pakistan but stayed autonomous” (13). This word attracted me because I was unfamiliar with it. It is used to describe the independence once Britain divided from