...Stephanie COM 242 Book Analysis: My Forbidden Face One distinctive theme of this Communication Culture course is the balance between oppression and privilege. These very opposite concepts are seen in almost all of our course readings, films, and discussion board assignments. According to the Fabric of Oppression Theory, privilege is when an individual experiences certain advantages that are based on their race, class, sex, religion, sexual orientation, and able-bodiness (FOOT handout). “The privileged groups have opportunities not provided to other groups because of the current social system in place and may not recognize that they ‘benefit’ from the system” (FOOT handout). Oppression is on the other end of the spectrum and involves an individual lacking the same opportunities as someone who is privileged because of the same sub categories of race, class, sex, religion, sexual orientation, and able-bodiness. Latifa’s novel My Forbidden Face is one that shows many strong examples of oppression for Latifa and her family. Not only do we see disadvantages in her life based on her sex and religion, but the Taliban goes even further to control the people of Kabul by providing restrictions on the media and their everyday routines. Throughout My Forbidden Face, we see the main character of Latifa being oppressed from the very beginning, especially because of her female sex. Outlined by FOOT, we see several “isms” that could be taken out on a person, or group of people. One...
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...When a life held dear to one is almost lost, it causes them to imagine the things that may have happened. It causes one to ask if they would still be who they are today if that near death experience hadn’t happened, or if it had and been successful. Malala’s family and herself sacrificed their safety and country for others for their beliefs. Malala Yousafzai has stood up for her beliefs in many ways, and has had an amazing impact on the world's view of education. In “I Am Malala” by Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb, Malala believes that every child deserves an education, no matter what gender they possess. She stands up for her beliefs by speaking to people in positions of power, sharing her experience with journalists, and in turn the world,...
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...“[Rahim] …the man next to me cheered loudly. Suddenly this young bearded fellow who was patrolling the aisles, eighteen years old at most by the look of the butt of his Kalashnikov. ‘Do that again and I’ll cut out your tongue, you old donkey!’… I was sitting there, blood gushing down my face, apologizing to that son of a dog” (209). Under the brutal control of the Russians, the people of Afghanistan thought the arrival of the American-funded Taliban, under the guise of democracy, was their chance to go back to the peaceful days where there was no fear that one might suddenly disappear and never return (211). Little did the citizens know that a totalitarian dictatorship initiated the darkest day when “They won’t let you be human” (209). In all the inhumane executions the Taliban committed, the most well-known were the ones completed in the Ghazi Stadium. The stadium is located in Kabul, the capital city of Afghanistan, and was built in 1923 as a multi-functional stadium. After Taliban invasion, the officials shot down the stadium and turned it into an execution ground. In a news article published by The Epoch Times, the black-turbaned Taliban (black is the colour of war or surrendering ego in Islam; Taliban claimed themselves as Mujahideen, soldiers of God) would ask the convicts to kneel before the goalposts; then, the so-called felons who had disobey God’s word (283) would be stoned or shot dead. While spectators shouted “Allahu Akbar” (God is greatest) (Afghan). Amir witnesses...
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...Malala Yousafzai Fights for Rights It’s fair that everybody has the choice of education. I chose Malala Yousafzai, she is at age eighteen and has already earned a Nobel Peace prize. Malala publicly stands up for everybody’s rights for education, yet some people did not agree with her. The Taliban shot her in the forehead to try and stop her from speaking up for her beliefs, or for her to at least lose hope although this action only led to everyone standing up for her. This essay will demonstrate how Malala Yousafzai impacted the world today. Malala has changed many things around the world before and after her experience. First off, Malala a social experience, “How dare the Taliban take away my right of education,” Malala stated at the capital of Peshawar for the city’s press club (Staff). Furthermore, on January 3, 2009 Malala’s blog attracted lots of attention, another girl had been asked, but she backed down, and Malala being the brave soul she is, wrote an entire diary on the site (Staff). Additionally, Malala’s father confirmed that she was the BBC blogger, and the Taliban sent threats to Malala along with her family (Staff). Later, the Taliban shot her except she lived to tell about it (Staff). Malala is probably a teenager that has been...
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...education with her voice and fund (Malala Fund). The purpose of this paper is to learn more about education rights and women’s rights in Pakistan, and how one girl took a stand for her village that didn’t have a voice to stand up for themselves against the Taliban. Malala Yousafzai was born on July 12, 1997 in Mingora, Swat Valley,...
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...important issue, next to education, debated during the course of the book. When the story begins the author Malala Yousafzai recounts the experience of her being shot in the head for standing up for girls’ education. People were trying to silence progressive women however they could. Another instance is the narrator from “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, who was never given proper medical attention and therefore suffered a nervous breakdown. Novels imbued with messages expressing the unfair treatment of women are based on facts and they do not have overly joyous endings. Malala faces the struggles of being overpowered a male-dominant society while she tries to prove her worth. When her home was overrun by the Taliban and girls were removed from schools,...
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...This leads to the reveal of the truth. At the beginning of the play Oedipus defeats the sphinx which leads him to become king of the city. When the city suffers with a plaque and King Oedipus tries to relieve the city he brings his own fall. In the play it says “ I’d not then be my father's slayer, nor called the groom of her whence I was born.”(1383-1384) He seeks for the truth only to find his defeat. This is an example of irony. During the search for the killer of the King Laius Oedipus ask for Tiresias. During their conversation he says “You are truly pathetic, hurling these insults, which soon every man here will hurl at you.”(392-393) This is where Tiresias foreshadows what will become of Oedipus. This quote is irony because King Oedipus gouges his eyeballs with a sword and becomes a blind man just like Tiresias who he threw slanderous remarks to. Oedipus traveling to another kingdom to avoid the prophecy only for it to come true shows that irony was meant for this play to reveal the truth and lesson of Oedipus...
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...recovered from dreadful injuries after being shot by the Taliban, but has gone on to become a champion for the rights of women everywhere to be educated. Yousafzai’s use of rhetoric in her speech is amazing for her age as she always stays composed and speaks very clearly and forcefully. Malala is able to get the audience to pay attention to her from the beginning. Malala uses rhetorical strategies to convey her message, not as a victim of violence but as a champion against it. Throughout the novel, Malala uses descriptive language and anecdotes about her life, which contribute to the emotion that her writing elicits within the reader. Malala uses pathos by throwing attention off herself by saying she is just one out of many. "One girl among many" (Yousafzai,189). She speaks not for herself but for all the women who were illiterate because they were not educated. “It is not at all uncommon for women in my country to be illiterate, but to see my mother struggle to read the prices in the bazaar was an unspoken sadness for both of us” (Yousafzai, 23). The quote from the novel I Am Malala is an example of pathos because she uses her uneducated...
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...The Kite Runner The novel “The Kite Runner,” written by Khaled Hosseini, is about a young man named Amir and the experiences he went through during chaos in his country, Afghanistan. The story centers around Amir, the main character, and Hassan. Amir and Hassan are totally different people. Amir is well educated Muslim. Also he tends to read a lot of books. With his nerd like attributes, is somewhat disappointing to his father’s eyes. Hassan is a servant to Amir’s family. Aside as a servant he would still treat Amir with a lot of respect. Hassan would basically do everything for Amir even if he is in a dangerous situation Hassan always has Amir back. On the other hand, Amir was very jealous of Hassan because of Baba, Amir Father treated Hassan better then him. Amir would try to disgrace and abuse Hassan, there was one point of the novel where Amir tried to frame Hassan by stashing money under Hassan’s bed. Another part of the book, the Russian invade Afghanistan causing Hassan and Amir to go their separated ways. Amir wanted to return to Afghanistan to mend his wrong doings to Hassan. After talking to one of my mentor about “The Kite Runner” I have notice there was numerous propaganda message that would degrade the Afghanistan people. Many of the messages in this novel contains things about rape and violence that can cause people into thinking that Afghanistan is a filthy place. There are a lot of examples of negative propaganda in the book...
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...conflict. Conflict can affect anyone at any time and we are all bound to experience it. No matter how hard we try avoiding it, it will always be a part of our journey through life due to our separate set of ideas, beliefs and values as individual human beings. In some cases, the conflict experienced can strengthen the value or moral already held and reinforce our beliefs. In some circumstances of conflict, one’s values and morals are strengthened despite the threat of harm to themselves or others in the future. This occurs when the value initially held by the individual is one of great significance and meaning to them, and not even the risk of suffering can distinguish that moral principle. This can be shown through the case of Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani activist for female education in her hometown where, at that time, the Taliban had banned all girls from attending school. Malala reached out and followed her ambition, attending a school set up by her father, only to one day be shot at on her way back from school by members of the Taliban. She suffered major injuries and together with her family fled to Britain to seek treatment. But this conflict did not put an end to her, rather it strengthened her means and she vowed to return to Pakistan and continue her advocacy despite threats from the Taliban, stating that “the soil of Pakistan is waiting for me and I need to work there, I need to fight for my people”. Often in extreme situations where our life is at risk, we will...
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...her life starting from the beginning in a small Middle Eastern village and ending in present day Birmingham, England. She highlights the important things: her struggles, her triumphs, and her family, and how they have all shaped her and motivated her to keep pushing the societal norms and continue to fight for the education of people (more specifically, women) all over the world. Even today, for her courageous and to some, outrageous, deeds, she and her family face threats from the Taliban for what she has done and will continue to do. To many, Malala Yousafzai is a symbol of fighting for what you believe in no matter how bad the situation may get and a...
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...tale in a dangerous country, while also displaying her passionate dedication to making the world a better and equal place. This nonfiction piece of writing was published on October 8th, 2013 by Little, Brown and Company. It has since received the Goodreads Choice Awards Best Memoir & Autobiography for the great achievement of recollecting Malala’s brave endeavors. In I Am Malala, she begins with recounting her younger years in which her demand for equal women’s rights had stemmed from, and afterwards, how she grew into an independent, young woman who spoke for millions of females in her country that could not receive education. In the beginning of I Am Malala, Malala describes her home as “the most beautiful place in all the world. My valley, the Swat Valley, is a heavenly kingdom of mountains, gushing waterfalls and crystal-clear lakes” (15). She also spoke about everything that she had loved and was proud about in her home: from her admirable father who, unlike most Pashtuns, rejoiced upon receiving a daughter in a country that honors sons, to her best friend Moniba, with whom she had laughed and confided in, and Malka-e-Noor, her rival for top of the class at Kahshul School. Her name derives from Malalai of Maiwand, “the greatest heroine of Afghanistan”, who “inspired the Afghan army to defeat the British in 1880 in one of the biggest battles of the Second Anglo-Afghan War” (14). Malala’s father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, had foreseen that his daughter would become a strong...
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...one believes. Malala Yousafzai is a 19-year-old Pakistani female who has fought for the right to education, especially for females. She wrote publicly about her life in a Taliban controlled area. The Taliban shot her after refusing to stop going to school and speaking out against their oppression. Even after being in critical care, she said that she would not let them rule and dictate her life and refused to stop going to classes. Malala risked her life to fight for the rights of other and herself. She protested against a group of extremists in an incredibly dangerous area of the world, to stand up for what she believes in....
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...I AM MALALA The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and was Shot by the Taliban Malala Yousafzai with Christina Lamb Weidenfeld & Nicolson LONDON To all the girls who have faced injustice and been silenced. Together we will be heard. Contents Cover Title Page Dedication Prologue: The Day my World Changed PART ONE: BEFORE THE TALIBAN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 A Daughter Is Born My Father the Falcon Growing up in a School The Village Why I Don’t Wear Earrings and Pashtuns Don’t Say Thank You Children of the Rubbish Mountain The Mufti Who Tried to Close Our School The Autumn of the Earthquake PART TWO: THE VALLEY OF DEATH 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Radio Mullah Toffees, Tennis Balls and the Buddhas of Swat The Clever Class The Bloody Square The Diary of Gul Makai A Funny Kind of Peace Leaving the Valley PART THREE: THREE BULLETS, THREE GIRLS 16 17 18 19 20 The Valley of Sorrows Praying to Be Tall The Woman and the Sea A Private Talibanisation Who is Malala? PART FOUR: BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH 21 ‘God, I entrust her to you’ 22 Journey into the Unknown PART FIVE: A SECOND LIFE 23 ‘The Girl Shot in the Head, Birmingham’ 24 ‘They have snatched her smile’ Epilogue: One Child, One Teacher, One Book, One Pen . . . Glossary Acknowledgements Important Events in Pakistan and Swat A Note on the Malala Fund Picture Section Additional Credits and Thanks Copyright Prologue: The Day my World Changed I COME FROM a country which was created at midnight. When...
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...Khaled Hosseini – Biography Khaled Hosseini is an American novelist and physician of Afghan origin. He has lived in the United States since he was fifteen years old and is an American citizen. His 2003 debut novel, The Kite Runner, was an international bestseller, selling more than 12 million copies worldwide.[2] His second, A Thousand Splendid Suns, was released on May 22, 2007.[3] In 2008, the book was the bestselling novel in Britain (as of April 11, 2008), with more than 700,000 copies sold.[4] Khaled Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 1965. His father was a diplomat with the Afghan Foreign Ministry and his mother taught Farsi and History at a large high school in Kabul. In 1970, Hosseini and his family moved to Iran where his father worked for the Embassy of Afghanistan in Tehran. In 1973, Hosseini's family returned to Kabul, and Hosseini's youngest brother was born in July of that year. In 1976, the Afghan Foreign Ministry relocated the Hosseini family to Paris. They were ready to return to Kabul in 1980, but by then Afghanistan had already witnessed a bloody communist coup and the invasion of the Soviet army. The Hosseinis sought and were granted political asylum in the United States. In September of 1980, Hosseini's family moved to San Jose, California. Hosseini graduated from high school in 1984 and enrolled at Santa Clara University where he earned a bachelor's degree in Biology in 1988. The following year, he entered the University of California-San Diego's...
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