Would you forgive someone who tried to shoot you? I know someone who has! Her name is Malala Yousafzai. Malala lived in Mangora, Pakistan until she was shot by a Taliban gunman on her way home from school and she went through multiple operations and survived. This event teaches us about mercy because Yousafzai forgave the person who shot her, would teach the gunman do the right things if she met him again, and Yousafzai did not choose revenge. Yousafzai forgave the Taliban gunman for shooting her. This is a major act of mercy. The Taliban thinks that women should not attend school. Yousafzai did go to school and the Taliban shot her on the left side of her forehead and attempted to shoot her friends to. The condition of her friends has not been released. Yousafai forgave the man who did something very harsh to her. Yousafzai knows if she didn’t forgive the Taliban gunman thing could get worse. She will not choose revenge even she had the oppurtunity to kill him. …show more content…
She would do this because she knows it is right and it would help him. The gunman has been around bad people and was probaly taught bad things. This will make it hard to knock the bad part of him hard. But she will not give up. Yousafzai was interviewed and the host asked her what she would do if she met with the Taliban gunman again. The host said she should take her shoe and hit the gunman with it. Yousafzai laughed and said she would help the gunman do the right