Malala Rhetorical Analysis

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Malala is a girl in her childhood who has to grow up fast to represent the many girls in her village and in her country who can not have a voice because of their belief. Malala is very brave for her speeches and her journals which she shares with the world. Malala emphasizes different rhetorical devices in her testimonies to carry out her life story and her many tellings. She uses pathos to convey her message to the people and to strike their hearts. She also ethos in a way that a whole country could see and believe in her stories told. In addition she juxtaposes her message with the Taliban attempting to deny her rights to speak out but bravely she rebels against their beliefs and speaks out.
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She downplays this by explaining, “My voice was the voice of so many others who wanted to speak but couldn’t”(Yousafzai,p.71). These women were not allowed to argue with any regulation because they would be killed or beat or mistreated and they were afraid of the outcome. When malala comes out with her speech and criticise all the rules and laws put by the “Radio God” she has done what no many women have and speak against. This is, however, against muslim rules and they’re very against her but these tv broadcast are from western countries and are modernized. She uses ethos by giving a speech for women and she is believed because of her life and the way she lives with her family. She is a idol for many girls and many other people in the world and she is credible for all her messages against education. Another example of ethos is in her book is she received a death note from the Taliban and answer to it saying, “And I was as calm as could be. It was as if I were reading about someone else”(Yousafzai,p.118). She has changed as a character, she matured and has become the person from the start of the book, brave and full of integrity. Throughout the book she can be frightful towards her father or fearful of losing her school but now she has changed and now has no fear or frights. She has peaked to her top of her life and now is speaking for the many women out there in Pakistan. She use ethos for this quote because

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