What Is Rhetorical Devices In I Am Malala

In the book I Am Malala, Malala Yousafzai explains the struggles of her hometown, Sway Valley, and the problems that occur in Islam. One of the enormous problems in Islam was the fact that Women were not allowed to have an education and furthermore, were not allowed to be even seen outside. In Islam, it is extremely hard for women to do anything besides staying home and if they were caught outside without a burqa or a niqab, they could be killed. Malala Yousafzai was torn with these new laws that were implanted by the Taliban’s which made Malala take action against the Talibans with her prominent words and leading her to becoming an international symbol of peaceful protest. Although, Malala could not convince the Taliban’s for educational equality

“And my school uniform-my white shalwar and blue kamiz-is on a peg on the wall, waiting for me” (Yousafzai 1). Malala Yousafzai builds her credibility by introducing herself as a student who goes to school in Islam, which portrays that she lives in Islam and is educated and furthermore, makes Malala a reliable source to inform the audience about the enormous problems in Islam. The rhetorical strategy, ethos, is powerfully utilized to convey Malala’s audience because Malala has proven that she could be fully trusted about the information she will give to the audience about the Taliban’s. Malala claims that the Taliban’s are taking over her hometown and making new laws such as, denying women’s rights to education in which the audience could easily believe Malala is lying however, because Malala built her credibility of someone who could be trusted by addressing how she lives there and witnesses everything, she has gained the trust of her audience. Therefore, Malala Yousafzai powerfully utilizes ethos to convey her message to stop the Taliban’s control over Islam by claiming that she is from Islam and goes to school there which makes her trusted by the