The role of women, which is centrally discussed throughout the novel I Am Malala, is possibly the most important issue, next to education, debated during the course of the book. When the story begins the author Malala Yousafzai recounts the experience of her being shot in the head for standing up for girls’ education. People were trying to silence progressive women however they could. Another instance is the narrator from “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, who was never given proper medical attention and therefore suffered a nervous breakdown. Novels imbued with messages expressing the unfair treatment of women are based on facts and they do not have overly joyous endings. Malala faces the struggles of being overpowered a male-dominant society while she tries to prove her worth. When her home was overrun by the Taliban and girls were removed from schools, …show more content…
Malala faced the Taliban, who “saw us as little dolls to control, telling us what to do and how to dress. (Yousafzai 124). Malala was only a little girl, but she knew that if she wanted to succeed in attaining girls’ education, she would need to fight the Taliban. The narrator faced her husband and since she was sick, she had no choice but to trust the one she loved. John wouldn’t let her express herself, though she says “ I sometimes fancy that in my condition if I had less opposition and more society and stimulus—but John says the very worst thing I can do is think about my condition, and I confess it always makes me feel bad. So I will let it alone and talk about the house” (Gilman 2). John destroyed the narrator’s ability to easily think creatively and the only time she ever wrote was if she hid it. If her husband had allowed her more creative outlets instead of trying to silence her, she wouldn’t have gone insane and then come to the realization that she deserves