(AGG) Everybody lives under different sets of rules, some easy to follow and others that break people down and try to make them “perfect” or try to make the people live in fear like the Taliban’s laws. (BS-1) The Taliban have taken away almost all of women’s freedom, restricting them to either stay in the house or go out only in the accompany of a close male relative. (BS-2) Women also have no access to education, although boys don’t have the best education either. (BS-3) Harsh…
Adam Galinsky, a psychologist at Northwestern University conducted a series of experiments to find whether powerful individual give importance to others or not. As part of the experiment, Galinsky asked the participants to write letter ‘E’ on their forehead. The results of the experiment showed that participant who were primed with the feeling of power wrote ‘E’ backward, when seen by another person (Lehrer, Jonah. "How Power Corrupts."). This experiment clearly shows how powerful individuals…
Disasters form when hazards and vulnerability factors collide. The underlying causes, conditions, triggers and inadequate measures to reduce risk are all important aspects to consider when studying disasters. I will be using the social vulnerability perspective in this essay to examine the floods that occurred in Pakistan in 2010. These floods were considered to be a massive humanitarian disaster, leaving millions suffering through loss and insecurity. Specifically, I will be taking a practical…
(AGG) Najmah has gone through many as you have seen, but which ones have changed her and how, that is exactly why this essay was written.(BS-1) First I talk about her taliban experience and how that influences her and motivates her to mature and take up responsibility.(BS-2) After this I talk about how the bombing destroyed her perseverant spirit and it changed to a hopeless spirit.(BS-3) Last but not least, I talked about the effect of PTSD and how Nusrat helps her out of this.(TS) This is all…
Many times war can make people have an emotional change.The characters become more aware and grateful for what they had, and realize the true things that really valuable."Sometimes I listen to her and she infect me with hope, listen to me as if hope we're a disease! Sometimes I want to shake her and say, 'Ma He's dead! You can't go on pretending! " (236). This was said by Faiz's sister about how his mother is in denial that he will come back after not responding for such a long period of time.…
16-year old Malala Yousafzai gave the speech given at the United Nations regarding education for girls in Pakistan. Yousafzai is an activist who promotes education for girls in Pakistan. Malala plays an essential role in the insurrection against the Taliban regime in multiple Middle-East countries, but primarily Pakistan, when it comes to educational rights for children. Her actions became internationally known after the Taliban shot her in the head. Malala Yousafzai is not just an average…
(MIP-2)The Taliban rule that women cannot go outside without a male creates conflict for Najmah and Nusrat, but both find a way to bend those rules to their advantages. (SIP-A) As Najmah travels to the Pakistani border, she disguises herself as a boy to hide her real identity as a girl because of these Taliban laws. (STEWE-1) Khalida, another women traveling with Najmah, tells her that “'It isn't safe for a woman or girl in a strange city,'...shifting her chin toward where the Pashtun talib had…
Discuss the use of language use in Malala’s “Malala day” speech to the UN Youth Assembly. –Emily Jones. Malala Yousafzia delivered her speech to the United Nations Youth Assembly on her 16th birthday. This speech was significant as Malala is the youngest person to date to receive the Nobel Peace prize. The purpose of this speech was to unify and help society move forward with education becoming a right for boys and girls worldwide. During her speech Malala refers to her audience as her…
repertoire of behaviors for dealing with both challenges and opportunities. For a successful woman, the strategies she has developed and her style will inevitably be shaped and influenced by her society 's definition and expectation of gender. Benair Bhutto was born on June 21, 1953 in Karachi, Pakistan. She came from a prominent political family. At the age of 16 she left her homeland to study at…
Education is the only solution. Education first. Thank you” to sum the speech up. Malala´s ethos ,which is the credibility to speak, is when she say that it is an honor for her to be here at the UN and also that she is wearing the shawl of the late Benazir Bhutto which she is very grateful to wear almost like a cape for a hero. To establish her ethos in the beginning of her speech she…