Research Paper On I Am Malala

At this point in my reading about “I am Malala”, I am intrigued on how many obstacles Malala and her family and others of this country had to endure each and every day in order to live. They had to deal with floods, earthquakes, destruction to their homes and schools and the worst part of living there was dealing with the bombings and the Taliban.
Malala’s father believed in education so much so that he started a school to educate girls and boys. He was starting to become a known figure in Swat who started a global piece council that wanted to preserve the environment and promote peace and education. At this time, Taliban was formed and they would destroy girls’ schools and they would blow up the Buddha’s statue. They felt as though women …show more content…
The leader of the Taliban, Maulana Fazlullah, started off with an illegal radio station so that he come off as a good person and took advantage of people’s ignorance so they would join forces with him. He convinced people to get rid of their television and they could only listen to Taliban music. People were becoming brainwashed by him that they would do anything for him. He would commend a girl who left school and would say negative things about the girls who stayed. There were public whippings as punishment for people who disobeyed any of his orders. The Taliban were killing police officers who did not hand over their guns and the authorities did nothing to stop them. They would dump bodies with notes to what they had done in the square at nighttime so the next morning people could see them and be afraid to disobey his orders. They told girls that they needed to be veiled and covered. They were controlling everything and everyone and were succeeding because no one could speak out against them unless they wanted to die. I still can’t imagine how one person could be allowed to be this powerful and control these villages and the government could not stop him. It is really sad to hear about these things in other countries because you always want to live in a free country and not be afraid to walk out of your home because you don’t know if you will come back alive or …show more content…
Malala and her dad would speak against the Taliban in what they were doing. I admire how Malala felt “if one man, Fazlullah, can destroy everything, why can’t one girl change it?” This was such a powerful statement because she is acting on behalf of everyone who was afraid to speak up. She was able to stand up for what she believed in and wasn’t going to give up like everyone else had. She was learning that her voice can be powerful and if you believe in something you should not allow obstacles to get in your