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
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