I Am Malala Rhetorical Analysis

Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistan activist for female education born in Mingora, Pakistan. She defied the Taliban and demanded that females be allowed to receive education. Due to this, she was shot in the head by the Taliban on her way home from school. However, that did not stop her, she has become an international symbol of peaceful protest. Her struggle for educational equality has inspired millions of people worldwide. She conveyed her message through rhetorical devices, her point of view, and her overall purpose. In hopes of getting her point across, Yousafzai used ethos, pathos, and logos to prove so. “In the Quran it is written. God wants us to have knowledge. He wants us to know why the sky is blue and about oceans and stars” (Yousafzai, 154). Through the use of logos, Malala reveals why it is only right that girls receive education despite the social expectation. “The Taliban could take our pens and books, but they could not stop our minds from thinking” (Yousafzai, 77). Malala displays her response to the Taliban halting female education, yet she can still learn in all aspects of her life, and is capable of overcoming the ignorance and fear of the Taliban. …show more content…
I Am Malala is an autobiography, so it is written from Malala’s perspective, which is first person point of view. “Who is Malala? I am Malala, and this is my story” (Yousafzai, 12). Malala is telling her life story, her experiences and her feelings. She is descriptive of the things surrounding her, and gives the reader visuals as to what is happening. Malala is able to explain how she feels towards girls being stripped of their education and how she is going to be the voice of all girls to get their education. With the insight of her life and the events within it, the reader is can acknowledge her