Research Paper On Malala

1. The scene that I found most impactful was the scene when Malala’s father found out Malala was shot. “My daughter, you are my brave daughter, my beautiful daughter.” When I read that I thought of the pain he must have felt to see his daughter like that. I understand the pain of loving a loved one, but I cannot imagine how it must feel to lose a child. Malala is then taken by helicopter because the Taliban could be planning another attack on Malala. There are soldiers and guards that are guarding Malala at all times. Afterwards things just seem to become more stressful for the Malala’s father. He begins to worry that his son’s lives may be in danger too. The Taliban is cowardly for going after children. Instead of dealing with the issues head …show more content…
The Taliban claim responsibility for Malala. They denied her because of her campaign for education. “Malala has been targeted because of her pioneer role in preaching secularism. She was a young but she was promoting western culture in Pashtun areas. She was pro-west.” (256) After Malala won the national peace prize, she had mentioned one of her favorite politicians was Barack Obama. By shooting Malala because of this, I believe that this brought more attention to Malala and strengthens her cause. The Taliban continued threatening others by saying “Anyone who sides with the government against us will die at our hands.” (257) Secularism is the separation of state from religion. The Taliban may be against secularism because they are using this reasoning to justify shooting Malala. The shot Malala because she is going against what they believe in. They believe that women should not go to school, and to just stay at home. Malala and her father has been strong, and publicly speaking her opinion against the Taliban. The Taliban feels threatened and try to kill Malala. They justify killing her because the Taliban believe that they are doing god’s work. God wants others to follow the rules he sets, therefor the Taliban is enforcing