My Challenge Book: This book was a challenge for me because it is an autobiography‚ meaning this book was also nonfiction and full of facts‚ which is hard for me to read because I find it not as interesting as fiction. Also this book is based in Pakistan so I wasn’t able to relate to a lot of things referenced in this book and I had to do a great deal of research to actually understand what was happening. Plot Summary: This book is about a young girl facing the wrath of the Taliban and gaining
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SHORT STORY The sun’s rays beamed upon Kabul. It had not rained for many months now. The grass had almost vanished and any remaining patches of grass looked rough and shaggy like uncombed hair that felt coarse as my feet brushed across a patch of dried grass along the ground. The heat was particularly unbearable this morning as I was drenched with sweat. It trickled down my down my face and back like a waterfall and made a puddle on the ground‚ almost as if I was being teased by Mother Nature. I
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The autobiography‚ I Am Malala‚ is about Malala Yousafazi‚ a girl who stood up for education‚ despite the difficulties to do so. She and her family struggled as the Taliban prevented education‚ thinking it went against their religion. They especially did not approve of girls attending school. Throughout the memoir‚ two quotes caught my attention. Initially‚ a quote on page 162‚ provided the essence of Malala’s story‚ it says‚ “‘Education is education. We should learn everything and then choose which
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Randy Phommala Mrs. Smith ENG4U 18 June 2013 In The Kite Runner‚ even though Hassan remains loyal‚ forgiving‚ and good natured‚ he is still the character who suffers the most. Hassan is a character who is discriminated against from the start of the book‚ till the very end. He is a part of a poor ethnic group called Hazaras whom are considered victims in the Afghan society. Amir and Hassan are half brothers‚ but because Hassan was a Hazara‚ he grew up in a hut as a servant working for his own
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Culture Definition A simple definition of culture is that it is the human response to the forces of Nature and History. According to the (World Conference on Culture Policies‚ Mexico 1982)Culture is “the whole complex of distinctive spiritual‚ material‚ intellectual and emotional features that characterize a society or social group. It includes not only arts and letters‚ but also modes of life‚ the fundamental rights of the human being‚ value systems‚ traditions and beliefs."
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El Titanic aparece como una metáfora de la ciudad de Kabul bajo el Talibán‚ la ciudad‚ como el barco‚ se dirige a ciertos desastres. Como sus vecinos‚ Kabul ha oído que los talibanes traen la paz a los territorios que conquistan‚ y después de años de guerra‚ todos de Kabul está listo para el alivio. Pero paso lo contrario‚ los talibanes pusieron reglas que quitaromn la libertad y creatividad de las personas para asi poder controlar. Cuando la película Titanic llega a Kabul en el verano de 2000‚ cuatro
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Newspaper commentary: Pakistani girl got shot In the last century‚women empowerment movements swept across Europe clamoring for gender equality.The successful struggle granted girls and women the right to education in many countries.Nevertheless‚until today‚the blessing hasn’t reached Pakistan.Falling into the shadow of Taliban‚universal education is nothing more than a pipe dream to many girls there. Malala‚a 15-year-old activist who promoted women’s right to education in Pakistan was shot
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There are people in the Middle East from all types of religious backgrounds & beliefs. This diversity could affect people in either positive or negative ways. The Pakistani culture greatly impacted numerous aspects in Malala’s life in the book‚ I Am Malala. For example‚ in Pakistan all women are required to wear burquas in public. Malala was forced to obey this rule‚ despite her longing for all women to be treated equally. She saw them being hit by the Taliban for their disobedience of this particular
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Photography Yousuf Karsh Yousuf Karsh was born on December 23‚ 1908 in the city of Mardin‚ which is now present day Turkey. As a young boy he watched his sister die of starvation and relatives massacred during the Armenian Genocide. The Ottoman Empire forced one of the world’s first modern genocides. As many as 1.5 million Armenian people were murdered. Yousuf fled to Syria with his family at age 14 where they found freedom of persecution. At 16‚ Yousuf was sent to live
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Toward the beginning of the novel‚ Amir and Hassan have a very close brotherly relationship when they are alone. Amir is afraid to be Hassan’s true friend in public because they are from two different social classes (Amir being a Pashtun and Hassan being a Hazara). Hazaras are thought of to be lower class and should not be fraternizing with upper class Pashtuns. Amir tests Hassan’s loyalty and resents Hassan because he is secretly jealous of him. Baba is always treating Hassan like a more favored
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