Within the book the reader will find the seriousness of child abuse, how it can be prevented, and viewpoints on how the government should deal with child abuse and sex offenders. It offers information the reader easily with fast facts on the pages. Four children die each day due to abuse or neglect, this number can be lowered if we inform the public on child abuse. Easy to comprehend the serious issues of child abuse in the style it was written so the public can educate themselves on everything they need to…
In her autobiography, I am Malala, Malala Yousafzai tells the world of her courageous fight for women’s education in Pakistan, which is overwhelmingly controlled by the Taliban. She talks about the violence, injustice, and struggles she witnesses in her city everyday, including an earthquake that devastated Swat, the valley she lives in. Writing her account of the earthquake, Malala uses a variety of rhetorical strategies to bring the effects it had on her and her people into perspective for the reader. Malala purposefully draws emotion into this passage, and forces the reader to feel something.…
Do you think people are being over judged? There was an interesting story on the news recently when Ahmed Mohamed built a clock for a science project and the science teacher took the wrong impression of it. The project resembled a bomb by all of the wires in a box, the teacher called the police. "I built a clock to impress my teacher but when I showed it to her, she thought it was a threat to her,” Mohamed said sadly. The profiling of other nationalities has gotten to the extreme.…
Vague and disjointed language makes the public perceive the issue as “not a big deal”. As Dorfman (2011) presented, the media fails to express how the community feels about the incident and what could be done to prevent these cases of terrifying abuse. The media language redefines child abuse cases as less severe and makes it seem like child abuse is due to adults making a mistake. For example, there are many cases where parents forget their children in the back seat of their cars only because they either did not see them or have been going through so much stress that remembering their child seems like a hard task. The news media talks about other people’s lives; thus they need to be reasonable and take a more balanced approach when talking about others specially victims of child abuse.…
" A..B...C..." - this could be anyone reciting the alphabet. Go up to any child atleast the age of five nad they will tell you theses letters in their correct order with clear percision. Iin the United Sates of America, education is a value tool, a tool that is given for free to billions of people, but this was not true all all the time. Education is not something that is available to evryone right now, or ever was in the record of history. Over the centuries, many have endure unaccountable sufferage to learn, to learn to read, to write, to speak.…
“If I were to go to America, I would be hated.” Noor Khwaja, a Pakistani-Muslim teen, said these strong words in the spring of 2010. Muslim men and women are discriminated against in our country. The attacks that transpired over 15 years ago, still strikes a cord with American’s everywhere and has caused a type of discrimination that is unjust and unlawful. This type of discrimination is vastly similar to the type seen in the 1950’s to African Americans and is an ethical prejudice that needs to change.…
Third world countries are constantly facing global controversies as time progresses through the 21st century. In one part of the Middle East, a girl named Malala sparked a movement for female education across the globe through her book, I am Malala. As Malala shares her experiences in her hometown Swat Valley, her determination for education in a restricted male dominant society developed a goal in advocating for giving education to everyone. Along with this, the event of Malala being shot sparked even more controversy to help create a movement in order to reveal that the Taliban’s education suppression should be stopped so everyone can receive an education. Throughout her book, Malala was able to effectively use the rhetorical strategy of…
There are many people who are passionate about something, but there aren’t many teenagers who are willing to do whatever they can for there passion, sometimes even risk their lives. Those people are called teen activist. Teen activist will always use the internet, they will always be brave, and they will always have obstacles and challenges to overcome. Teen Activist’s such as Malala Yousafzai and Iqbal Masih have to be brave in order to make a difference in the world. Malala, a teenager from a village called Swat in Pakistan, had to be brave in all the time in order for her to get her passion for girls education around the world.…
It has often been said that the present is what matters most. Resolve to live in the now. While that may be true, we often shed importance of our past. Our past dictates who we are and who we will become. For example, take a look at the inspirational Malala Yousafzai, a seventeen year old women’s rights activist.…
The human species has, is, and will always be separated into two distinct categories: those who succeed, and those who fail. Why is this? Why isn’t everybody a success? Those denoted as failures will argue only the lucky succeed, or only the privileged prevail. Those failures will claim that their deficiencies are circumstantial; that they never had a chance, because they adopted their identities, as failures, at birth.…
On 10 December 2014, Malala gave her Nobel Peace Prize Lecture in Oslo, Norway. According to Malala, the award is not only for her, but also for those “voiceless children” (Yousafzai), who don’t receive education. Malala is from Swat, Pakistan. Her name was inspired by “Malalai of Maiwand, who is the Pashtun Joan of Arc” (Yousafzai), and Malala means “grief stricken, sad. ”(Yousafzai)…
My mom ran to the phone - I could tell she was fearful. My own trepidation was initiated when she would not tell me what happened. This was the first time I was exposed to my mother’s weak side. Through thick and thin, she has always provided us with a strong sense of security. I knew something dreadful happened when I ran to my father, who was tensely watching CNN.…
What does it take for one person to affect the lives of 7 billion people? Through the right combination of personality, opportunity, and an extreme amount of effort, a true leader can change the world, whether directly or indirectly. The current President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, started off as a student in Egypt’s national military school. After graduation, he worked his way through the ranks of the military, eventually becoming Commander of The Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF), which is the Egyptian Military’s governing force. Many have heard of the numerous headlines about Egypt’s many revolutions without understanding what really transpired.…
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.…
Cover Letter My essay is about what I believe a hero can be. Many people believe heroes are the people in movies running around in tights, or the people who sacrifice everything, but I believe a hero is someone who can be a simple savior in any everyday situation. My audience is anyone who wants to know what I believe being a hero is. Since the definition can be very scattered, this essay was written to say that being a hero is situational.…