...we try avoiding it, it will always be a part of our journey through life due to our separate set of ideas, beliefs and values as individual human beings. In some cases, the conflict experienced can strengthen the value or moral already held and reinforce our beliefs. In some circumstances of conflict, one’s values and morals are strengthened despite the threat of harm to themselves or others in the future. This occurs when the value initially held by the individual is one of great significance and meaning to them, and not even the risk of suffering can distinguish that moral principle. This can be shown through the case of Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani activist for female education in her hometown where, at that time, the Taliban had banned all girls from attending school. Malala reached out and followed her ambition, attending a school set up by her father, only to one day be shot at on her way back from school by members of the Taliban. She suffered major injuries and together with her family fled to Britain to seek treatment. But this conflict did not put an end to her, rather it strengthened her means and she vowed to return to Pakistan and continue her advocacy despite threats from the Taliban, stating that “the soil of Pakistan is waiting for me and I need to work there, I need to fight for my people”. Often in extreme situations where our life is at risk, we will alter ourselves and beliefs in order to...
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...___________________________ LIVING HISTORY Hillary Rodham Clinton Simon & Schuster New York • London • Toronto • Sydney • Singapore To my parents, my husband, my daughter and all the good souls around the world whose inspiration, prayers, support and love blessed my heart and sustained me in the years of living history. AUTHOR’S NOTE In 1959, I wrote my autobiography for an assignment in sixth grade. In twenty-nine pages, most half-filled with earnest scrawl, I described my parents, brothers, pets, house, hobbies, school, sports and plans for the future. Forty-two years later, I began writing another memoir, this one about the eight years I spent in the White House living history with Bill Clinton. I quickly realized that I couldn’t explain my life as First Lady without going back to the beginning―how I became the woman I was that first day I walked into the White House on January 20, 1993, to take on a new role and experiences that would test and transform me in unexpected ways. By the time I crossed the threshold of the White House, I had been shaped by my family upbringing, education, religious faith and all that I had learned before―as the daughter of a staunch conservative father and a more liberal mother, a student activist, an advocate for children, a lawyer, Bill’s wife and Chelsea’s mom. For each chapter, there were more ideas I wanted to discuss than space allowed; more people to include than could be named; more places visited than could be described...
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