I AM MALALA

This book is I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai. Few years ago, we started doing a project
about Malala’s life at school. I got interested about it and when I read that one of the books
talked about her life, I decided that it was going to be the best choice for me.

This book is about Malala who was a girl in Pakistan who fought for women rights for
education. When she was only 11 years old, she started talking to everyone about this
injustice opposing the Taliban opinions. Malala started receiving death threats at home and
even on the radio. In the summer of 2012, the leaders of the Taliban unanimously decided to
kill her. In October 2012, the Taliban tried to do just that, shooting him in the head as he
returned home from school on a bus. She was moved to England where she recovered and
went through an intense rehabilitation process.

The main external conflict faced by Malala is the conflict with the Taliban. This is a man
versus man conflict. The Taliban’s don’t think the same as Malala because she thinks of
universal education and these opposing thinking’s are the main cause of the external conflict.
The book is about Malala’s fight against the Taliban, because she wanted that every girl in
Pakistan could go to school. She continued her education in the face of Taliban threats and
even started to criticize their views on women. “I for the first time talked publicly about how
we had defied the Taliban edict…girls of Swat are not afraid of anyone.” Said Malala in (I am
Malala; Chapter 17, page 214).

In this because I am like the narrator because I totally agree with the fact that I support the
ideology of universal education, this means that I support woman right to go to school. But I
am unlike the narrator when she talks about exposing all her thoughts in public. Personally,
I’m very shy and I couldn’t talk about something in front of people that want to kill me
because I would be very frightened.
Malala resolves this conflict be making her own destiny and not letting the Taliban control
her. In this conflict we can see that she has a great sense of humility. This means that she is
always looking for the best for others. I would respond me don’t saying nothing to anyone
about my thoughts because I would be scared.

A second example of external conflict found in the book of Malala is the conflict between the
women in Pakistan and the society that finds to justice for their rights. This is a man versus
society conflict. The book says the fact that women in Pakistan are threatened by the society
and treated as second-class citizens. In her home country, Malala must fight against the
Taliban’s who criticize her thinking and accuse her of spreading false things. “In Pakistan we
had had a woman prime minister…yet the fact was that we were a country where almost all
the women depend entirely on men.” Says in the book (I am Malala; Chapter 18, page 218). 
She shows us that she has a love for their people and customs and that she would do
anything for save them or help them. She responds by going to school everyday and without
talking with the Taliban’s. I would do the same as her in this case.
Malala also faces internal conflict because she had to make lots of hard decisions. She had
to decide if she wanted to continue her education in the face of Taliban or to give up her
project and be safe from the constant fear of being killed. Malala continues this internal
struggle throughout the book as she overcomes her fear and fights against the Taliban’s that
oppose her ideas. “This is your second life. Don’t be afraid-if you are afraid, you can’t move
forward.” Says Malala in the book (I am Malala; Epilogue, page 309).
In this last conflict we can see that she is hard, and she does anything for others. She does
not give up at any time and fights for what she wants to fight without thinking about the bad
consequences. I would stand up for women rights for education as she did.
Based on everything that I have learned about mindset I would say that she has a growth
mindset A growth mindset means that she believed in her intelligence and talents and that
they could be developed over time. She mentions in the book “I would fight for every woman
in this country till I achieve my goal”. This means that she wants her plane to be developed
over time.

Based on what I have learned about mindset I would say that I have a growth mindset
because when I believe that I can do something I fight for it until I develop it over time. An
example of this can be at sport when I want to be better over time and I don’t give up.

The writes want us to remember that everyone can have an education. She says “My goal is
not to get the Nobel Peace Prize. My goal is to achieve peace and education for all the
children of the world” and she wants also to be remembered as the girl who fought for
woman rights and not as the girl shot by a Taliban.