Malala Yousafzai is the youngest-ever Nobel peace prize winner and not only has she recovered from dreadful injuries after being shot by the Taliban, but has gone on to become a champion for the rights of women everywhere to be educated. Yousafzai’s use of rhetoric in her speech is amazing for her age as she always stays composed and speaks very clearly and forcefully. Malala is able to get the audience to pay attention to her from the beginning. Malala uses rhetorical strategies to convey her message, not as a victim of violence but as a champion against it. Throughout the novel, Malala uses descriptive language and anecdotes about her life, which contribute to the emotion that her writing elicits within the reader. Malala uses pathos by throwing attention off herself by saying she is just one out of many. "One girl among many" (Yousafzai,189). She speaks not for herself but for all the women who were illiterate because they were not educated. “It is not at all uncommon for women in my country to be illiterate, but to see my mother struggle to read the prices in the bazaar was an unspoken sadness for both of us” (Yousafzai, 23). The quote from the novel I Am Malala is an example of pathos because she uses her uneducated …show more content…
Therefore, the author uses ethos to share everything she has learned from her past experiences as she gives credit to many non-violence leaders, for example, Martin Luther King Jr.. “So here I stand, one girl among many. I speak, not for myself, but for all girls and boys.I raise up my voice, not so that I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard” (Yousafzai, 2013). Malala is telling her story from first person point of view and has inherent ethos. Yousafzai gives credit not only to herself but also to everyone who has influenced her in many ways and that have helped her overcome her