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    you are a teenaged girl who has had school banned, who has been shot in the head, and who has been tragically separated from her home, friends ,and family. This scenario sounds terrible. What if I told you that this actually happened to a girl in Pakistan? Malala is now 19 and has endured all of that and more. The Taliban had come and told people that girls should not be allowed to go to school, so it was banned. Malala loved school so she got her dad who was running the girls school keep it…

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    Najmah's Loss Of Hope

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    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.…

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    Amir spent his whole childhood in Afghanistan with his wealthy father and best friend Hassan, son of their servant, who Amir witnessed being raped in an ally, and did nothing about. Soon after, they were forced to leave Afghanistan because it was becoming war torn. Amir continued to live his life in America, where he married the love of his life and his father died. Later in his life, Amir went to Afghanistan and retrieved Hassan’s son, who was his nephew, out of trouble with the Taliban. The…

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    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…

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    1. How do you interpret the following quote: “You can’t truly be Afghan if you don’t know someone who’s been in prison.” “I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation. War is hell.” This quote was once said by William Tecumseh Sherman, an American soldier who fought during the American Civil War. The American Civil War is known for being…

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    in the future. Despite the fact that Malala grew up in a society that prized sons, she had been treasured and taught to stand up for what she believed in for her entire life. Malala was born into a lower middle class family in the Swat Valley of Pakistan. Her parents provided her with a wealth of support and cherished her while living in a society where women are not equal…

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    Once upon a time in a world a lot like our own. This is Firefight island it snows 9 months a year and hails the other three. Except for two things. One is the people are all Vikings. The other are the pest. While some have rats or termites. We have, DRAGONS! Most people would leave, not us were Vikings, we have occupational hazards. Hi, I’m known as Dagur the Deranged. People call me this because it’s deranged to think like a little guy like me can kill a dragon. I will be your guild while…

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    the book we see instances of conflict including the women of Pakistan versus the society there that believes the women are inferior to men. Along with external conflicts, we see Malala deal with internal conflict deciding whether to continue fighting for the rights of women and attend school even with constant threat from the Taliban. In the book “I am Malala”, Malala faces many conflicts as she is fighting for equality. In Pakistan, women are believed to be inferior to men. Malala and other…

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    Malala Yousafzai who is a nineteen year old girl is a powerful teen activist who stands up for what she believes in because she wants girls to get education. Really what she is trying to do is making this world a better place for not just girls but for everyone. She is a teen activist who tells speeches that say that she wants girls to get education and that she does not want girls to get married of and still not get education. And she won a Nobel Peace Prize she is also the youngest person…

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    Western Culture Dbq Essay

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    The people of India had many views on how to handle western culture ranging all way from assimilation to complete rejection. Many things such as religion, social class, and political ideology influenced an Indian’s position on whether to westernize and to what extent. For example, Mohandas Gandhi in a private letter following his experiences living with the peasants of India insisted that all western technologies and customs must leave with the British and all upper-class Indians must give up…

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