Rhetorical Analysis Of I Am Malala Yousafzai

Malala Yousafzai has become a brilliant world leader and advocate for women’s education. She has also become the voice for all the voiceless girls in the Middle East. In her book, I am Malala, Yousafzai enlightens the Western Hemisphere on what life is genuinely like for young girls in the Middle East. Malala utilizes numerous rhetorical strategies to convey her message to her audience. Yousafzai’s sophisticated utilization of ethos, pathos, and juxtaposition elucidated the audience to not think ethnocentrically and educate themselves on other countries. Malala’s plausible usage of ethos declares her credibility with her audience. Throughout her book Yousafzai states numerous examples as to how she is a normal girl. For example in the book she states, “I am Malala, a girl like any other…”(Yousafzai, pg. 11). In this quote Malala is informing her readers that she is just a normal girl. Malala does this to build a

Throughout her book Malala reveals to her audience how passionate she is about advocating for women’s education. In her book she states, “Here was a call for my death… and I was as calm as could be.”(Yousafzai, pg.118). This quote reveals that Malala was unperturbed by a death threat made against her by the Taliban. Malala being unflustered by a death threat not only reveals her bravery for someone at such a young age, but also her passion for advocating for women’s education. Even after the death threats Malala did not stop fighting and voicing her opinion. That goes to show that Malala was willing to risk her life for a change. That appeals to her audience emotionally because they see her passion and want to do something to help make a change. In her book Malala also writes about her shooting from the Taliban. Furthermore, that event evokes the audience to believe that the Taliban will kill someone to silence