“I AM MALALA “
1. Present a complete/thorough analysis of:
Main
characters
Protagonist
1. Malala Yousafzai.
Principal Character.
She is very strong and smart strongly
passionate for woman´s rights, and she believe in the right for woman´s
education.
She spoke on radio and on T.V. before
the United Nations. Always she talked
for the same issues she believed. She is
the author and central figure of the book I read.
The heritage of his parents were
strongly rooted in her. She was so
young for politics 2,015 she was only 18 but she seemed older and mature for
the way to talk, through this book she shows her passion for justice. Malala is modest, she remained us that she
is famous now, because of those people who need help. She was influenced by her father who was
always supporting her. His name is
Ziauddin.
2. Ziauddin Yousafzai.
Malala´s father is and educated,
articulate and charismatic man, he passes his passion for freedom, education
and equality. What made me got a big impression about him was that he was
stutterer and how he took advantage of his father positivism, because he pushed
him to speak out in front of people.
3. Tor Pekai Youfsafzai:
Malala´s Mother, she is lovely, even
taught she lacks the education her father does, she is intensively religious
and always prays. She thought her the
way God loves her.
4. Khushal Yousafzai:
Younger brother, has a minor character
in her book. He isn´t especially close
with Malala.
5. Malka e-Noor:
Malala´s classmate and “rival for success
in the classroom. She is very smart as Malala is.
6. Rohul Amin:
Malala´s Grandfather by father side, Ziauddin, his son is always terrified by his
father, as his own embarrassing stutter stands in stark contrast with Rohul
Amin´s eloquence.
7. Hidayatullah:
Ziauddin friend who founds the Khushal School with him.
8. Benazir Bhutto:
An important role model for
Malala. She is talented and charismatic
first female minister of Pakistan, who influences her.
9. General Pervez Musharraf
An important Pakistani leader of Malalás
lifetime. He is brutal , untrustworthy ,
but undeniable talented politician , he
was taking control for 11 years.
10. Safina
Same age young girl as Malala, who
lives nearby. Plays an important part in Malala´s moral development.
11. Raymond Davis
CIA Agent an American diplomat who is
arrested din Pakistan after shooting two Muslims who he claimed were harassing him. Davis´s arrested causes relations between
America and Pakistan.
12. Malauna Fazlullah
Is an influential Muslim leader and
one of the first outspoken advocates for the Taliban in Pakistan. At the beginning of his public kcarrier, he
bills himself as a moderate calling for a balance of “Western” ways and Quran
teachings.
Minor Character (Little mentioned in
the book, but no less important).
1. Atal, Yousafzai Malala´s youngest brother.
2. Usman Bhai Jan
School bus driver.
3. Moniba,
Malala´s best friend in Moniba.
4. Shazia, a Malala´s friend injured by a Taliban.
5. Kainat Riaz, Same experience than Shazia.
6. Jehan Sher Khan Yousafzai, Cousin´s Ziauddin who
celebrates her bith.
7. Jehanzab, A Prominent Leader Militar who controlled
Swat period 1,945-1969.
8. Nasir Pacha,
Ziauddin´s brother in law who continue his studies at an advanced level.
9. Khurshal Khan Khattak, Pakistani Poet, Ziauddin´s
inspiration . School name.
10. Mohammed Naeem Khan, Ziauddin´s friend makes plans to
found a school. He was tired when Ziauddin went out with a lot
of problems.
11. Fatima. Who
makes eloquente speeches and inspires Malala to make their own.
12. Ghulamullah, a
mufti who advices all the time to the school shut down his school.
13. President Asif Zardari, who helps Malala
transportation to England.
14. Abdul Hai Kakar, reporter from BBC.
15. Adam Ellick , reporter from New York Times.
16. Shiza Shahid , he knows the family to bring Malala to
the Western.
17. Asia Bibi, A
Christian woman sentenced to death for criticizing islam.
18. Aunt Najma, A woman that never seen the ocean thanks
the repressive laws.
19. Mohhammed Ali Jinnah The renowned founder of Pakistan.
20.Shehla Anjum, Reporter .
21. Haroon. A young
boy who tells Malala, that he loves her.
22.Miss Shazia, A math teacher, who haver a bad
premonition about Malala´s attack.
23.General Kayani, An important Chief in Pakistani army, who
helped her a lot.
24.Dr. Fiona Reynolds.
Malala´s protector when she was transported to England.
25.Dr. Javid Kayani, Doctor in the hospital of
Birmingham.
26.Arfa Karim, a young woman who join Malala´s job.
27.Rehanna, A muslim Chaplain.
28.Rehman Malik , delays Malala´s treatment in England
because she doesn´t want to embarrassed Pakistan.
29.Ataullah Khan. A Taliban soldier who shooting her.
30.Adnan Rashidm, A Taliban soldier who was arrested for
trying to assassinate President Musharraf in 2,003.
31. Nawaz Sharif, a prime Pakistan form 90´s and early
2,000´s.
32.Colonel Junaid, Dr. who saves Malala´s life, by performing complicated surgery.
33.William Hague, The British foreign minister.
34.Sheikh Adbullah bin Zayed, The foreign minister of the
united Araba Emirates.
35.Faiz Muhammed,, brother of Tor Pekai, influence in
Ziauddin´s moral education.
36.General Zia ul-Haq, The dictator of Pakistan at the
end of the Cold War, promotor of the religious extremism in his country. Encourage ring the rise of the Taliban.
37.Barack Obama, The 44th President of the
United States and a hero of Malala.
38.Ban Ki-moon , Secretary of United Nations.
39.Malalai, A legendary heroine of the Pashtun, Malala,
ethnic group. She fought against the
British Empire. And she won.
40.Khan Abdul Ghaffer Khan, A Poet philosopher and
disciple of Mahatma Gandhi, whose writings influence Malala in her commitment
to peace, freedom and education.
41. Madam Maryam , The principal´s Malala´s school.
42.Aunt Babo, who is killed by her doctor when she goes
in for treatment.
43.Mayor General Athar Abbas, The commander of the
Pakistani army, reclutant ally of Malala.
44.Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, Prime Minister of
Pakistan, critized by Malala for his lack of interest in women rights.
45.Zahid Khan, and old
friend of Ziauddin, attacked and nearly murdered by Taliban in 2,009.
Antagonist:
Talibans.
“A fundamentalist
Muslim movement whose militia took control of much of Afghanistan from early
1995, and in 1996 took Kabul and set up an Islamic state. The Taliban were
overthrown by US-led forces and Afghan groups in 2001 following the events of
September 11.”
Plot:
This
story starts on October 9, 2012, Malala Yousafzai was a teenager girl, she
makes her way to school by bus. While
this is happening, she thinks about how her hometown of Mingora, Pakistan has
changed in the last 10 years, and how the Taliban (a radical Islamist group),
continue to defend the woman´s rights among that is the education.
Suddenly
the bus stops, and a man get into the bus.
He asked: “Who is Malala?”, but she was someone who didn´t hide, her
presence was obvious: She was not
wearing her burga (female veil).
Then the man raises a gun and shoots Malala in
the head.
Then
appears some words about Malala´s birth. When she was born, few people in her
community bothered to congratulate her
Parents, Ziauddin and Tor Pekai, because
the birth of his girl is seen as a failure on the part of the parents. She is Pashtun, is an ethnic group situates
mostly in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
She lives
in the Swat Valley a beautiful part of Northwestern Pakistan. She also is a
devout Muslim, and has been all her life.
Muslim
belief are 6 principals:
1. Belief in Allah (one God)
2. Angels
3. In Holy Books (Quran)
4. Prophets.
5. Day of Judgment
6. God´s predestination.
Since she was a girl, she was conscious
of the restrictions being placed on her about her sex.
Malala´s father Ziauddin, is a
charismatic, and educated man. He grew
up studying poetry and literature, and earned his family´s respect by winning
several prestigious debating competitions, even though he was stutterer when he
was a little boy, he was motivated by his father. In the 1980´s when Pakistan fell under the
control of the brutal of dictator General Zia, Ziauddin founded a series of
schools that offered education to girls as well as boys.
Many Muslims in Pakistan refused to
believe in a woman´s right to an education. Ziauddin became succeed and he
married Tor Pekai for love which is irregular in Pashtun culture. He also advocates for 3 speeches: 1,
Education, woman´s rights, and education.
Malala grew up listened all these speeches.
As a child she participated in
speaking and debating competitions she gradually worked her way up to become
the most talented speaker.
When Malala was young she noticed that
her community was so poor. So, then she begged her father to allow more
children to enter his school on scholarship, and Ziauddin agreed. Her parents showed her how to be a pious Muslim. Despite the believe of Islamic Faith, Malala
noticed that Pakistan’s would cite Islam when they belittled women and forbade
them from learning. So, she made her own
interpretation of her own beliefs, whereby women could educate themselves while
also being perfectly faithful Muslims.
Following the terrorist attacks of
September 11, 2001, Malala´s community became violent and religiously
extreme. The organization called the
Taliban rose to prominence in the area, headed by Maulana Fazlullah. The Taliban offered a strict, repressive
interpretation of Islam, whereby women should have remained covered by a burqa
in public, and certainly not attend school.
Claiming that all other religious were
worthless, the Taliban grew up the enormous Buddha carved into the side of the
Swat Valley. This horrified Malala and
her family. In 2,007Pakistan´s situation
deteriorates still further when the Taliban assassinate Benazir Bhutto, the
female prime minister, and an important role model for Malala, (Who is ten at
that time), and aftermath old the assassination, the Taliban becomes more
violent blowing up schools blowing up schools across Pakistan that offer education
to girls as well as boys. Ziauddin uses
his influences to write series of articles against the Taliban for their
cruelty and nonsensical interpretation of the Quran (Islam´s holy book)
In 2,009 Ziauddin uses his contacts
with the BBC to arrange for Malala to write a series of diary entries, about
her life under the Taliban.
Malala assumes a false name for
protection, and her diaries become widely read a both Pakistan and the Western
world. Meanwhile, threaten to attack
all women´s school that don´t close.
Reluctantly, Ziauddin, shuts down his school, too. And Malala is forced to stay home from
school, too.
Then the Taliban´s Head Fazlullah
decides to allow girls to attend school, proving that Ziauddin´s protest and
articles have been somewhat successful.
Malala, encouraged by the success of her diaries, makes a small
appearance in a documentary about the Taliban directed by an American
journalist Adam Ellick.
In 2,009, the Taliban enter a long war
with the Pakistani government. Malala, along with the rest of her family, is
forced to leave her home in the Swat Valley.
Ziauddin takes his family to
Islamabad, for three months, and when they return, they´re relieved to find
their home more or less intact.
Same year, Malala continues giving
interviews in which she condemns the Taliban for interfering with her
education, and in 2010, she takes a trip to Islamabad, accompanied by Shiza
Shahid a journalist and friend of her father, she takes the trip to Islamabad.
In 2,011, following the death of Osama
Bin Laden, Malala learns that she´s been nominated for an International award
recognizing commitment to children´s rights.
While she does not win, she´s
nominated for futher humanitarian awards in recognition of her broadcast and
diary, and wins several of them. She
meets important head of state, including the Prime Minister of Pakistan, and
her reputation grows, she continues oppose the Taliban. They threaten to kill Malala if she persists
in her denunciations.
After that comes full-circle to
Malala´s shooting. She rushed to a
military hospital, where a skilled surgeon, Colonel Junaid, tries to save her
life. He succeeds in performing a difficult
brain surgery on Malala, it seems to be she was the first who recovers,
it takes 15 to 18 months to recover.
While her parents and friends
frantically wait for news, 2 British doctors , Dr. Javid Kayani and Dr. Fiona
Reynolds.
Doctors insist that Malala
is in danger of losing her life. They
insist that the facilities are sub part (below average), General Kayani , and
important government official, agrees to
arranged for to be transported to
superior medical facilities hospital in
Birminghan, England. Parents left
behind, while the Pakistan government delays their travel for fear that they´ll
try to remain in England.
While she waits in the
hospital, Malala learns that she´s become globally famous following her
shooting. Celebrities send her flower,
and other humanitarians, inspired by her example, speak out about Taliban´s
brutality.
The book ends in
2003. Malala´s family has taken up
residence in England. Ziauddin works as a consultant for both Pakistan´s
educational system and a committee on education for the United Nations. Malala attends school in Birmingham,
focusing on her studies despite her enormous fame.
She feels little
uncomfortable in her new country, no least because her classmates think of her
as a celebrity. Malala has emerged from
her shooting stronger and more determined to fight injustice than ever.
At the end, she reminds
readers that they are lucky to be alive and to loved by God. “They couldn´t kill the global crusade for
education and equality”.
This video shows how the shooting of Malala impacts all the Country.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlXXI4YX2lM
In the following video an explanation of the Talibans reason why they shoot her.
Bounty offered in Pakistan activist shooting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=59&v=U3oH0FhU4_0
Country
Swat
Pakistan, and Birminghan, England
Genre
Biography.
