Impact Of I Am Malala Yousafzai

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A book is a literary work of art and an escape from the everyday life to many people young and old, including the young Malala Yousafzai. A book is assigned a genre once written, giving it a general topic description. The books specifically noted throughout Malala’s childhood included “A Brief History of Time” by Stephen Hawking, “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho, “Anna Karenina” by Leo Tolstoy, and the classic novel “The Wizard of Oz” by Jane Austen. These novels, read by Malala include a variety of genres including, popular science, adventure, realism, and fantasy fiction. Through reading such a variety of books, Malala has prepared herself to come upon simple and tough situations in life with confidence, strengthened her intellectual abilities, and provided her with enough information to view the world and create opinions through of her own beliefs. The role …show more content…
Reading can knowingly or unknowingly affect one in so many ways. Through the variety of genres, she read Malala prepared herself for a full ride on the rollercoaster of life. Through reading, Malala elevated and strengthened her intellectual abilities, every book that she read gave her insight to new information to apply to her education and success in life. In every book that Malala read the author's opinion was expressed, with every book that she read, then she was able to formulate her opinion on the subject, and each opinion on each subject allowed her to have personal and societal attitudes. When one's attitudes and intellect are added together views of the world are created, and that is just what happened with Malala. She wanted a perfect world with childhood education, and this view of the world would

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