Malala Yousafzai is an activist for female education who dedicates her life towards equality. Malala is a winner of several awards an the author of I Am Malala. This book is based off of her life in Pakistan with her family. Throughout Malala’s life in Pakistan‚ she risked her life to stand up for girls’ education. On July 12‚ 1997‚ Malala Yousafzai was born. Malala’s birth was unsung by the whole village because she was a girl‚ but Malala’s father thought differently. He had a feeling Malala
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“I don’t want to be thought of as the ‘girl who was shot by the Taliban’ but the ‘girl who fought for education. This is the cause to which I want to devote my life.” (Yousafzai 309). People all over the world consider Malala as one of the courageous and strong teenager in the world. She risked her life to fight for women to have the right to have an education despite the opposition of her society. In “ I am Malala ” despite her surroundings and the expected roles of women in her society‚ she
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This was the Filipino movie I have been waiting for‚ for a long time. Most of the Filipino movies that I’ve seen are cheap imitations of Hollywood movies with forgettable characters and forgettable plots. But I won’t be forgetting "Jose Rizal" anytime soon. With impeccable production values and a truly great performance by the lead actor‚ Cesar Montano‚ "Jose Rizal" is the equal of anything that Hollywood can produce. The movie tells the life story of Jose Rizal‚ the national hero of
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Why I Am Who I Am Now Life has many things to offer us. Some things offer happiness‚ success and anything that may help us be contented and enjoy our journey. Some things‚ on the other hand can put us down. Like failure‚ hatred and many others. Criticism is one of the things in life that offers both. Criticism is something that may definitely make us or break us. I am the kind of person who doesn’t trust that easily. Yes. I do know many people especially now that I’m in college. But I have
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Reaction paper to The Count of Monte Cristo movie As I have watched the film of The Count of Monte Cristo‚ which was based on the novel written by Alexandre Dumas with the same title‚ I saw how hatred and vengeance can kill and affect every other’s lives. At the first part of the movie‚ Edmund Dantes‚ the main character of the movie‚ He is betrayed by his own friend named‚ Fernand Mondego‚ because he likes Dantes’ fiancee and he is jealous about Dantes being the captain of their ship. Because
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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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and crosses because of "hysterical blindness"‚ the result of previous psychological conditioning of the infected. Driven insane by the disease‚ the infected now react as they believe they should when confronted with these items. Even then‚ their reaction is constrained to the beliefs of the particular person; for example‚ a Christian vampire would fear the cross‚ but a Jewish vampire would not. Neville also discovers more efficient means of killing the vampires‚ other than just driving a stake into
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I am Malala is the memoir of a fourteen-year old girl’s campaign for women’s right to education. In 2011‚ Malala was shot by the Taliban in a bus on her way home from school. Two Taliban men boarded the bus and asked‚ “who is Malala‚” soon after‚ firing shots into Malala’s head (Yousafzai 9). The Taliban‚ a radical Islamic group‚ wishes to instill a conservative version of Islamic law called Sharia. Malala grew up in a society in which women were treated as inferior beings‚ housekeepers‚ and had
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Lucia Vasquez Sparadeo English 9B-H February 23rd‚ 2015 I Am Malala Question Responses Question 1 The role of Malala’s father throughout her entire story played an essential part in the developing of Malala’s character‚ beliefs and values as well as a motive for many of her actions throughout the course of the story. Though several of her father’s actions have impacted her one way or another‚ what appeared to be one of the most significant was the building of the Khushal School- a long awaited dream
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circumstances can be attributed to my current state homelessness. I grew up in a broken home which consisted of my father not being present in my life and my mother who was disturbingly addicted to crack cocaine. My mother’s addiction left me as well as my seven brothers and sisters dirt poor. In order to feed ourselves we would have to go out and steal food from local stores and rob people. I got caught robbing one day and I was sent to jail. I got out a few months later and went to my former home in the
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