Nobel Causes Although many children believe they have no power to create change in today’s society, Malala Yousafzai decided to stand up for her rights and oppose the obstacles in her life. Yousafzai chose to continue attending school, despite threats made against her and other young girls by the Taliban. The terrorist group then attempted to murder her in retaliation for her defiance. However, she survived and soon became the face of a campaign to give every child the right to education and young girls the freedom to follow their dreams. Yousafzai is the youngest person to receive a Nobel Peace Prize and in her acceptance speech, she uses different rhetorical strategies to spark a call to action for her beliefs. Yousafzai uses pathos
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This emotional appeal is also an instance of ethos because Yousafzai connects with her audience by speaking about her family, which makes her more personable and trustworthy to those listening.Yousafzai describes the situation in her hometown of Swat after the Taliban take control and explains that she had, “two options. One was to remain silent and wait to be killed. And the second was to speak up and then be killed.” Yousafzai prompts feelings of astonishment in her audience because she risked her life to bring attention to the injustices occurring in the world. By standing up for her beliefs, Yousafzai became a role model for other girls in similar positions to gain courage and try to change their societies. This appeal also induces inspiration because the audience is moved to take action for Yousafzai’s causes after learning that she fought against a terrorist group at such a young age. About halfway through her speech, Yousafzai declares that her story “is the story of many girls” and uses the statement to force the audience to realize that, although Yousafzai is famous, she is …show more content…
In the beginning of her speech, she uses“thank you” as parallelism towards important people who have benefitted her life. Through this parallelism, Yousafzai asserts that she could not have reached this point in her life without the support and inspiration of those she thanks. She acknowledges that she is still a child and needs positivity and love from others to continue in her efforts, which makes her speech all the more resonating with her audience because she is extremely young, but has accomplished so much in her life. Yousafzai recounts how she and her friends would attend school and “sit there with big dreams in our eyes.” She uses this imagery to convey how much the young girls loved to go to school and receive new knowledge. This is a stark contrast of what most people think of when they picture children at school. In the United States, most children and teenagers dread attending school and can be seen with a glazed look in their eyes while in class. The imagery that Yousafzai uses is refreshing and shows how passionate children, who do not view school as an everyday occurrence, are about learning. The mental image reveals how large of a problem it is that children, who are eager for knowledge, do not have access to schools and pushes for a solution. At the end of her speech, Yousafzai uses the parallelism of the phrase “let this be the
This emotional appeal is also an instance of ethos because Yousafzai connects with her audience by speaking about her family, which makes her more personable and trustworthy to those listening.Yousafzai describes the situation in her hometown of Swat after the Taliban take control and explains that she had, “two options. One was to remain silent and wait to be killed. And the second was to speak up and then be killed.” Yousafzai prompts feelings of astonishment in her audience because she risked her life to bring attention to the injustices occurring in the world. By standing up for her beliefs, Yousafzai became a role model for other girls in similar positions to gain courage and try to change their societies. This appeal also induces inspiration because the audience is moved to take action for Yousafzai’s causes after learning that she fought against a terrorist group at such a young age. About halfway through her speech, Yousafzai declares that her story “is the story of many girls” and uses the statement to force the audience to realize that, although Yousafzai is famous, she is …show more content…
In the beginning of her speech, she uses“thank you” as parallelism towards important people who have benefitted her life. Through this parallelism, Yousafzai asserts that she could not have reached this point in her life without the support and inspiration of those she thanks. She acknowledges that she is still a child and needs positivity and love from others to continue in her efforts, which makes her speech all the more resonating with her audience because she is extremely young, but has accomplished so much in her life. Yousafzai recounts how she and her friends would attend school and “sit there with big dreams in our eyes.” She uses this imagery to convey how much the young girls loved to go to school and receive new knowledge. This is a stark contrast of what most people think of when they picture children at school. In the United States, most children and teenagers dread attending school and can be seen with a glazed look in their eyes while in class. The imagery that Yousafzai uses is refreshing and shows how passionate children, who do not view school as an everyday occurrence, are about learning. The mental image reveals how large of a problem it is that children, who are eager for knowledge, do not have access to schools and pushes for a solution. At the end of her speech, Yousafzai uses the parallelism of the phrase “let this be the