In Malala’s United Nations speech she focuses on speaking for those without a voice and helping them to be able to stand up for themselves. She speaks most often about women and children, because they are more oppressed than any other group of people around the world in terms of education. Malala has a personal connection to these ideas because of her past. She was once in the same situation as the people she speaks for.
Malala begins her speech by stating that the day know as ‘Malala Day’ is not about her, but instead it is about the people she speaks for. This is one example of emotional appeal, better known as pathos. By telling the people that this day belongs to them Malala is in a sense “giving the power to the people” as they say. This …show more content…
The story she tells triggers an emotional response because in this story people are hurt, including Malala herself, and some of her friends even die. She explains that she, along with a few of her friends, was attacked by the taliban. She was shot, as some of her friends also were. However, she was left with one of the worst injuries, a bullet in the left side of her forehead. Though she does not linger on this fact for long, it is long enough to spark anger throughout the audience.
Next, Malala explains that she and her friends did not let this attack silence them, as it was intended to. In fact, she says that none of the girls allowed this attack to change them. Instead they only allowed it to strengthen them. This appeals to the ethics of the audience because it makes Malala and her friends look very morally appealing, this is called ethos. It makes them look good to their audience because even after being shot at and attacked they only grew stronger as …show more content…
She says that she wants women's rights and girls’ education to be improved. She also states that women should not have to gain rights by being spoken for by men. However, she also realizes that men speaking out for women is a good thing, and does not discourage those men, in fact, she encourages them. She would just prefer that women be able to speak up themselves.
She goes on to further inspire the audience, even saying that words and education are similar to weapons. This implies that words and education can win the war known as women’s suffrage. She says that if everyone is united as a whole and focused on a single cause that there is nothing that can keep them from accomplishing their goals.
She speaks about all of the people that she represents and all of the things that they are desperately in need of. Some of these include money, education, and literacy. She also says once again that we need to use our weapons, education and literacy, to fight against each need. She uses this to appeal to the more logical in the audience. She says that we can fight illiteracy with education and words and goes on to cite a few more examples that are also
Malala begins her speech by stating that the day know as ‘Malala Day’ is not about her, but instead it is about the people she speaks for. This is one example of emotional appeal, better known as pathos. By telling the people that this day belongs to them Malala is in a sense “giving the power to the people” as they say. This …show more content…
The story she tells triggers an emotional response because in this story people are hurt, including Malala herself, and some of her friends even die. She explains that she, along with a few of her friends, was attacked by the taliban. She was shot, as some of her friends also were. However, she was left with one of the worst injuries, a bullet in the left side of her forehead. Though she does not linger on this fact for long, it is long enough to spark anger throughout the audience.
Next, Malala explains that she and her friends did not let this attack silence them, as it was intended to. In fact, she says that none of the girls allowed this attack to change them. Instead they only allowed it to strengthen them. This appeals to the ethics of the audience because it makes Malala and her friends look very morally appealing, this is called ethos. It makes them look good to their audience because even after being shot at and attacked they only grew stronger as …show more content…
She says that she wants women's rights and girls’ education to be improved. She also states that women should not have to gain rights by being spoken for by men. However, she also realizes that men speaking out for women is a good thing, and does not discourage those men, in fact, she encourages them. She would just prefer that women be able to speak up themselves.
She goes on to further inspire the audience, even saying that words and education are similar to weapons. This implies that words and education can win the war known as women’s suffrage. She says that if everyone is united as a whole and focused on a single cause that there is nothing that can keep them from accomplishing their goals.
She speaks about all of the people that she represents and all of the things that they are desperately in need of. Some of these include money, education, and literacy. She also says once again that we need to use our weapons, education and literacy, to fight against each need. She uses this to appeal to the more logical in the audience. She says that we can fight illiteracy with education and words and goes on to cite a few more examples that are also