I Am Malala Rhetorical Analysis

We reside in a society in which being educated is highly respected and a base to a future in which many aspire to. Although that pertains to both genders here in the United States, other countries that fall into the LDC category, that is simply not the case. Author of The New York Times Bestseller : I Am Malala, as well as a prominent international symbol of peace, Malala Yousafzai emanates this message of attaining quality educational rights for all women as well as anyone who is underrepresented effectively through her use of word choice and the weaving together of pathos and imagery.
To commence, Malala uses selective word choice to depict her experiences in the sense that subsequently she leaves an open interpretation for self situational …show more content…
This can be seen when she depicts, “ So throughout 2008, as our Swat was being attacked, I didn’t stay silent. I spoke to local and national TV channels, radio and newspapers- I spoke out to anyone who would listen”(Yousafzai, 72). Upon reading this, the reader feels compelled to sympathize with Malala, after all at this point in her life she is 11 years old. She is a very admirable young woman who took it upon herself to act selflessly for the educational rights of women everywhere which is truly inspiring. As such she effectively convinces the readers to see that message and act upon it. She similarly accomplishes this when she describes, “ What a strange world it was when a girl who wanted to go to school had to defy militants with machine guns- as well as her own family.” (Yousafzai, 84). In the culture this book’s audience was aimed towards, the reader finds this piece of information ironic. Here in the United States it is far more common for students to sneak out of school rather than into. As a result of this irony the reader becomes appreciative of the education they have received and thus act upon her call for all women and men to get the same quality education.
To recapitulate, Malala intends to persuade the readers to see that having preconceived ideas about a person based on their gender is inequitable and illogical

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