Malala Yousafzai Rhetorical Analysis

Malala Yousafzai advocated for women’s right to learn in areas where it was prohibited due to personal religious beliefs or traditions. She did so at a very young age and did it bravely since many groups targeted her due to them wanting to preserve their culture in which women are superior. The Taliban ,an Islamic fundamentalist organization, was one of those groups who targeted her. They gave her death threats because of her movement that wanted a world where women could get an education which would be considered disgraceful to the Taliban. The Taliban ended up shooting her but only wounded her in the facial region. She overcame that obstacle and now she told her story. Her story of bravery and standing up to the people that constantly pushed her down. Malala Yousafzai describes her accounts using pathos, syntax and narration effectively.
In her story Malala uses pathos to make the audience feel a mix of feelings at the events that happened to
This novel is Malala’s point of view of what happens to her over the course of her fighting to get women the right to education. For example in the beginning Malala says ,“I am Malala, and this is my story,” (Yousafzai,pg. 7). The use of “I” is a dead giveaway that it is in first person but that words makes it so much more empowering than it really is. It is like something in her writing emphasizes it and makes her narration that much more dramatic. It makes the reader feel like they are participating with her and really experience what she went through. In another speech she gave at the nobel acceptance speech she said ,“I am here to stand up for the rights to their voice,” (Yousafzai, 2014). Her narration makes it seem like she is our leader in this course of history. Malala adds that, “And today i am really happy that we are together,” (Yousafzai, 2014). Her voice and tone is inspiring to the audience. Therefore the emotional and useful device was