Outside Reading by Haley Michel https://padlet.com/20michelh/IAmMalala Book: I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai en-us 2018-11-16 14:37:50 UTC 2024-12-15 18:44:17 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/File.png Week 1 20michelh https://padlet.com/20michelh/IAmMalala/wish/305275947 Pages 1-89]]> 2018-11-16 14:53:55 UTC https://padlet.com/20michelh/IAmMalala/wish/305275947 Week 2 20michelh https://padlet.com/20michelh/IAmMalala/wish/305276227 Pages 90-134]]> 2018-11-16 14:54:25 UTC https://padlet.com/20michelh/IAmMalala/wish/305276227 Week 3 20michelh https://padlet.com/20michelh/IAmMalala/wish/305276558 Pages 135-301]]> 2018-11-16 14:54:58 UTC https://padlet.com/20michelh/IAmMalala/wish/305276558 Why I chose this book 20michelh https://padlet.com/20michelh/IAmMalala/wish/305278020 I chose to read the book I Am Malala because my mom told me that it was good. I had also heard from other people that it was interesting and inspiring. The book is about a teenage girl living in Pakistan that advocates for girls' education and ends up getting shot by the Taliban. She lived, became the youngest ever nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize, and wrote this book. I thought it was very cool that such a young person could be so accomplished, so I decided to read this book.]]> 2018-11-16 14:57:28 UTC https://padlet.com/20michelh/IAmMalala/wish/305278020 20michelh https://padlet.com/20michelh/IAmMalala/wish/305284675 2018-11-16 15:08:20 UTC https://padlet.com/20michelh/IAmMalala/wish/305284675 "As in most families, the girls stayed at home while the boys went to school. 'They were just waiting to be married,' says my father"(29). 20michelh https://padlet.com/20michelh/IAmMalala/wish/310026045 This quote sums up a topic frequently brought up in the book: boys having more privileges than girls. In Pakistan, girls are often left at the house to cook, clean, and care for their fathers and brothers. Unlike many girls, Malala attends school and has many hopes and dreams for her future, including being just as free as the men in her society. Malala repeatedly brings up this gap between the rights of men and women, setting the stage for later in the book when she will defy these expectations.]]> 2018-12-01 03:43:13 UTC https://padlet.com/20michelh/IAmMalala/wish/310026045 "When he finally found my father, he learned that he had heard a woman crying that her husband was trapped in their house and he had rushed in to save him. Then he had helped them save their fridge"(54). 20michelh https://padlet.com/20michelh/IAmMalala/wish/310026732 Malala's father, Ziauddin, is always willing to help anyone in need. He would do whatever he could to rescue anybody calling for help, as he did in this quote where he saved a man during a flash flood. He also would take people in to stay at his house, give away free places at his school, and just always doing everything possible to help his friends and neighbors. Malala tells these stories about her father in order to demonstrate to the reader what a kind, welcoming person he is.]]> 2018-12-01 03:55:05 UTC https://padlet.com/20michelh/IAmMalala/wish/310026732 "Having so many people around made it hard to study. I had been delighted to have my own room, and my father had even bought me a dressing table to work on. But now I had two other girls in the room. 'I want space!' I'd cry. But then I felt guilty, as I knew we were lucky. I thought back to the children working on the rubbish heap. I kept seeing the dirty face of the girl from the dump and continued to pester my father to give them places at our school"(83). 20michelh https://padlet.com/20michelh/IAmMalala/wish/310027762 In this quote, the children Malala references from the "dump" are kids that spend their days searching through trash trying to find plastic, glass, paper, and bottle caps that they can sell to make money for their families. Malala's description of the children makes the reader feel sad and understand the poverty that many people in Pakistan had to face. For Malala, the children are reminders that while she isn't rich, her situation could be a lot worse. There is also irony in this quote because the girls that are staying in Malala's room are girls that once were forced to collect trash and were given free places in Malala's father's school. He also allowed them to stay in Malala's room. Malala says she wants a room to herself, but she also begs her father to take in the kids from the dump. This is ironic because those kids would probably end up staying in Malala's room as well.]]> 2018-12-01 04:15:02 UTC https://padlet.com/20michelh/IAmMalala/wish/310027762 Vocabulary 20michelh https://padlet.com/20michelh/IAmMalala/wish/310028645 "The year before I was born a group called the Taliban led by a one-eyed mullah had taken over the country and was burning girls' schools"(67).
Part of speech: Noun
Definition: A Muslim learned in Islamic theology and sacred law.
In order to gain a better understanding of the Muslim faith, I would speak with a mullah, as they have spent many years studying their religion.

]]> 2018-12-01 04:35:11 UTC https://padlet.com/20michelh/IAmMalala/wish/310028645 "'Girls should not be going to school,' he continued. 'A girl is so sacred she should be in purdah, and so private that there is no lady's name in he Quran, as God doesn't want her to be named.' My father could listen no more. 'Maryam is mentioned everywhere in the Quran. Was she not a woman and a good woman at that?'"(94). 20michelh https://padlet.com/20michelh/IAmMalala/wish/312460707 In this quote, a man is trying to convince Malala's father to close his school because he sees it as sinful for girls to go to school. Malala's father completely disagrees, but fights back calmly and intelligently. I found this passage interesting because the man references the Quran in order to support his ideas, but Mr. Yousafzai just tells him that his evidence was not even true. I think this is ironic that the man who is telling Mr. Yousafzai to close his school is either uneducated about the Quran or just doesn't really know how to argue successfully. Maybe if he valued education more he would be able to use valid evidence to support his claims!]]> 2018-12-08 03:49:14 UTC https://padlet.com/20michelh/IAmMalala/wish/312460707 "My father....wrote a letter to the Daily Azadi, our local newspaper. 'To the Fedayeen of Islam (or Islamic sacrificers), this is not the right way to implement Islam,' he wrote. 'Please don't harm my children, because the God you believe in is the same God they pray to every day. You can take my life but please don't kill my schoolchildren'"(122). 20michelh https://padlet.com/20michelh/IAmMalala/wish/312461643 This quote makes use of Pathos on two different levels. Firstly, Mr. Yousafzai uses Pathos to convince the Taliban that children need education. He uses religious references and offers his own life to keep his students safe. He hopes this will evoke a feeling in the Taliban member's minds and convince them to leave his school alone. Malala is also using Pathos by including this quote in her book because it makes the reader see her father as a caring man who would do anything for his children and students. This use of Pathos when developing Mr. Yousafzai's character is a strategy that Malala frequently uses in her book to paint the picture that her father is a protagonist.]]> 2018-12-08 04:07:05 UTC https://padlet.com/20michelh/IAmMalala/wish/312461643 Vocabulary 20michelh https://padlet.com/20michelh/IAmMalala/wish/312462529 "They barricaded themselves and the madrasa students inside concrete bunkers with sandbags"(127).
Part of speech: Noun
Definition: A college for Islamic instruction.
Since I am an Arabic major, I want to study abroad at a madrasa in Saudi Arabia.]]> 2018-12-08 04:30:43 UTC https://padlet.com/20michelh/IAmMalala/wish/312462529 Vocabulary 20michelh https://padlet.com/20michelh/IAmMalala/wish/313808037 "Mr. Zardari told the high commissioner to give my father a post as education attaché so he would have a salary to live on and a diplomatic passport so he would not need to seek asylum to stay in the UK"(298).
Part of speech: Noun
Definition: A person on the staff of an ambassador, typically with a specialized area of responsibility.
The man used to work at a large company in China, but then moved to America and worked as a business attaché for the Chinese ambassador.]]> 2018-12-12 13:00:38 UTC https://padlet.com/20michelh/IAmMalala/wish/313808037 "He hated the fact that most people would not speak up. In his pocket he kept a poem written by Martin Niemöller, who had lived in Nazi Germany. 'First they came for the communists, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a communist. Then they came for the socialists, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak out because I was not a Catholic. Then they came for me, and there was no one left to speak for me'"(140). 20michelh https://padlet.com/20michelh/IAmMalala/wish/315026183 In this passage, a poem that Malala's father carries in his pocket is embedded into the text. The poem uses anaphora and repetition by repeating over and over "Then they came for the [blank], and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a [blank]." This poem serves as a reminder to Mr. Yousafzai that if he doesn't make the change and speak out, nobody else will. The inclusion of this poem develops Mr. Yousafzai's character by showing how determined he is to speak up and change the world.]]> 2018-12-16 23:37:08 UTC https://padlet.com/20michelh/IAmMalala/wish/315026183 "Leaving our home felt like having my heart ripped out"(178). 20michelh https://padlet.com/20michelh/IAmMalala/wish/315031817 This simile shows how much Swat Valley means to Malala. When she has to leave because of the Taliban, she misses the valley terribly, even though it has been taken over by terrorists. Malala remembers how beautiful Swat was before Talibanization and knows that if she and her father keep fighting, they can help restore that beauty. Malala is also devastated because she knows that while she's away from Swat, she won't be able to go to school.]]> 2018-12-17 00:50:05 UTC https://padlet.com/20michelh/IAmMalala/wish/315031817 "In Pakistan when women say they want independence, people think this means we don't want to obey our fathers, brothers, or husbands. But it does not mean that. It means we want to make decisions for ourselves. We want to be free to go to school or to go to work"(219). 20michelh https://padlet.com/20michelh/IAmMalala/wish/315032880 The sexism in Pakistan is crazy. Women should be allowed to do anything that men can do. Malala is ahead of the curve in saying that women should work and attend school. However, I would say that in American society today, women do not always obey their male relatives. In Pakistan, women do whatever men tell them to do, and even Malala thinks that is perfectly fine.]]> 2018-12-17 01:01:37 UTC https://padlet.com/20michelh/IAmMalala/wish/315032880 "The sounds in my head were not the crack, crack, crack of the three bullets, but the chop, chop, chop, drip, drip, drip of the man severing the heads of chickens, and them dropping into the dirty street, one by one"(242). 20michelh https://padlet.com/20michelh/IAmMalala/wish/315035457 This is a passage where Malala explains the last things she remembers from before she was shot. The repetition of onomatopoeia in this quote creates an interesting type of symbolism. The chickens dying in the streets represent all the Pakistanis who have been killed by the Taliban. Malala says instead of remembering the sounds of the shots that hit her, she remembered the sounds of the chickens. This shows that Malala feels her death was just one of many.]]> 2018-12-17 01:31:27 UTC https://padlet.com/20michelh/IAmMalala/wish/315035457 "He explained to Dr. Javid, 'My daughter is now in safe hands in a safe country. I can't leave my wife and sons alone here. They are at risk. What happened to my daughter has happened and now she is in God's hands. I am a father - my sons are as important to me as my daughter"(269). 20michelh https://padlet.com/20michelh/IAmMalala/wish/315036591 This quote really shows the differences between the cultures of England and Pakistan. While the British doctors are expecting Mr. Yousafzai to care more about Malala since she is injured, people from Pakistan would have thought he should always care about his sons more. The book brings up repeatedly how much boys are valued in Pakistani society and girls are resented. People in Pakistan are sad if they do not give birth to a boy. Malala's father is different. In this quote he says that he cares about his sons and his daughter equally. The British doctors thought he would stay with Malala, but he had a tough choice to make and decided that his wife and sons were in more danger than Malala was since they were staying in Pakistan and Malala was going to England.]]> 2018-12-17 01:43:50 UTC https://padlet.com/20michelh/IAmMalala/wish/315036591 "We human beings don't realize how great God is. He has given us an extraordinary brain and a sensitive loving heart. He has blessed us with two lips to talk and express our feelings, two eyes which see a world of colors and beauty, two feet which walk on the road of life, two hands to work for us, a nose which smells the beauty of fragrance, and two ears to hear the words of love. As I found with my ear, no one knows how much power they have in their each and every organ until they lose one"(301). 20michelh https://padlet.com/20michelh/IAmMalala/wish/315037761 I think this is a very interesting and beautiful passage. Malala's diction is so eloquent and strong and I agree with many of her points. Firstly, I think she is right that God has given humans many attributes that are pretty amazing. I also agree with her that sometimes you don't realize all that you have until you lose it. One thing I would point out that I don't completely agree with is when she says "no one knows how much power they have in their each and every organ...." because there are many people in the world that are deaf, blind, or impaired in another way. These people are still successful, kind, and powerful. However, I don't really think Malala meant it in that way. I think she was just saying that every part of you helps you in some way, and that you should never take your body or mind for granted.]]> 2018-12-17 01:56:07 UTC https://padlet.com/20michelh/IAmMalala/wish/315037761