I Am Malala Reading Part Five
My abstract theme: Alienation of GENDER
In the next few chapters (23-24), Malala wakes up about a week after the shooting and is terrified because she doesn’t know where her father is and she doesn’t know how her father is going to be able to pay the hospital bill. None of the doctors or nurses were answering her questions regarding her family and that was irritating her to no end. Her left eye kept watering and blood kept coming out of her left ear, she was extremely confused to say the least. When she first woke up, she was confused as to whether she was still Malala and confused as to what happened to her. She slowly began to remember everything. Eventually, her parents decided to go to Britain to stay with her and when she found out she demanded that they bring her school books for she needed to prepare for her upcoming board exams. She believed that she would be going home soon. Before her parents came, she discovered that she couldn’t walk properly and that she would need to go through physiotherapy. She didn’t know that her story had gone worldwide, but it was soon known to her when she saw all the letters and packages that had been sent to her. She realized that the Taliban shooting her made her campaign global. She was getting recognition from huge celebrities and she just couldn’t wait to tell her best friend, but this was before she learned that she can go home again. Her family finally arrived and were shocked to see her unable to walk, unable to hear out of her left ear, unable to speak in anything but baby languages, and unable to smile or laugh. She was having a surgery to repair the left side of her face’s nerves. The operation went well and she slowly started being able to use her left side of her face again (still not the same as before) They also put a hearing device in her left ear to allow her to hear again. She also got her other half of half reattached. She started to go to school in the UK because it was no longer safe in Pakistan. She still misses her friends, the warmth, her home, and her village. Her feelings about the Taliban and her mission have never changed even after being shot, she still believes that every child deserves an education and she wants to help make that possible.
This section wasn’t exactly focused on gender alienation, but it was the effects she faced after fighting for equality. She could never go back to her home again, she’d never be able to see her friends again, and she could never go back to Pakistan again. I cannot imagine to be in her shoes and to never be able to go home again. She knew the risks of speaking out against the Taliban, but she took them anyway because it was right. I don’t think I could’ve continued my mission after being shot, I would’ve lived in constant fear, but not Malala. She used her shooting as a platform to help her campaign grow. She took a negative situation and made it positive. I don’t think, actually I know I don’t, have the same determination or courage as her to do the same.














