Three Cups Of Tea Book Report

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Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin is a novel about Mortenson's humanitarian acts to build schools for girls in Pakistan and Afghanistan so they can get an education while fighting the Taliban. Women all around the world need to feel empowered and having the right to an education is one way to start. Today, many women feel degraded for who they are because they are put out to seem like they incapable of doing anything superior to a man. However, in reality, women can do anything. Not allowing women to have an education is unfair and targets young girls for no reason. If girls are not allowed to go to school from a young age, they grow up their whole lives feeling unavailing. Because of Mortenson's humanitarian acts, he helped spread awareness and change the future of girls lives so they can have the right to an education. I choose this book because women's rights has always been a problem but recently many women have been speaking out and starting equality movements. This book is relevant today because women's rights is a monumental problem for everyone. Not all women have the same …show more content…
He provides his thoughts, feelings and experiences of his journey which help convince the reader of his mission. This book helps open the eyes of others to really show people how mistreated women are. Mortenson helps make his point by providing stories and the effects he had on these families. He lets the reader know women are capable of anything and we must not disrespect them for who they are. Many women feel they have no voice because they cannot be taken seriously. Women are constantly sexulized and taken advantage of. Women must stand up for themselves and feel prominent. Mortenson helps speak out and leads with his actions to help empower women. He helped spread awareness and change the shape of the future for

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