The Skin I Am Malala Sparknotes

Speaking Out “Speaking out against something that is unjust gives you the strength to concur the world.”(unknown) The memoir I Am Malala and the novel The Skin I’m In demonstrate the theme of not letting an external source stop you from doing what you think is right.

Charleese tries to stop Maleeka from doing the right thing and telling Ms. Saunders that it was Char's idea to wreck the classroom by threatening her. Char tries to test her power over Maleeka by attempting to scare her into keeping her mouth shut. Char tells Maleeka, “You better not punk on me…If I get in trouble for you, you gonna have to move to another neighborhood.” (Flake.158) Char threatens Maleeka by trying to make her scared of Char and this would give strength to Char. Maleeka had always obeyed Char throughout

Malala has always stood up for her rights and spoke out if something was unjust but when she stood up to the Taliban they tried to take her voice away. The Taliban thought violence would take away her strength, but they were wrong. Malala was in the hospital for weeks and it took a long time for her to recover but once she did her voice became even louder than before. Malala was getting tons of attention and this caused her to become more well-known, and even more people got the chance to hear what she had to say. Malala gives a famous speech on Malala Day, “Today is the day of every women, every boy, and every girl who has raised their voices for their rights. Thousands of people have been killed by terrorists, and millions have been injured. I am just one of them.” (Malala.191) Malala does not use her voice to speak for herself but to speak for everyone. When Malala was shot she did not lose strength but gained it. She has won numerous rewards including the noble peace prize but this was only possible because she used her