Rigoberta Mench Tum And Malala Similarities

Elizabeth A., Bradford B., Michael V., Ramen M., Mrs. Connolly English II pd. 3 17 March 2024 Around the world, the education of people is stopped by the harmful traditional ideas of certain leaders. This can be seen in the two similar stories of Rigobert Menchu Tum and Malala Yousafzai, who both went up against their countries to call for education. Although Malala Yousafzai and Rigoberta Mench Tum have some differences, they have more similarities because of their impact on global education and their leadership characteristics. Starting, Rigoberta Mench Tum and Malala Yousafzai have different beginnings. Malala was a risk-taker and tried to "get (her) education if it’s at home, school, or somewhere else" (Yousafzai 4). Malala wanted her education against the Taliban and took a risky approach by speaking out and being public with her discontent.
Menchu Tum started helping her people after leaving her country, which was different from Malala's origin of fighting for freedom at a young age in her home country. Another difference in their beginnings is the struggle they faced. Menchu grew up close to oppression and violence as," (her) brother and parents perished at the hands of the security forces in 1981"(Rigoberta). Menchu Tum and Malala both believe in global education, but their reasons differ. Menchu Tum believes in the " need. to be allowed to exist, to live, to let (her) own culture develop, and to recover the meaning of (her) own history" (Menchu Tum 5). Menchu believes in global education for peace and for the truth to be spoken and heard. Malala differs as she wants education for everybody because, "If you are a girl in Afghanistan, the Taliban has decided your future for