Brand Malala

Malala is a young girl from Pakistan who got shot by the Talibans and stood up for education. Her story has been all over the media since the beginning, and she is considered to be the bravest girl in the world.

Her injuries and health problems were treated in a hospital in Birmingham UK.

Carol Anne Grayson is the author of the text “Brand Malala”: Western Exploitation of a SchoolGirl.

She has studied the process of terrorism in Pakistan and Malala’s story. A story of courage, and evolution; a fight for Equality and peace, etc…

However, Carol sees the story in another perspective. Being a british writer, she wants to convey a message as if it is a warning. What about Gender justice back home? What about all the men that should support Women rights and women’s rights for education? What about all the other victims ?

As for the emotional perspective, she is clearly angry and frustrated about the lack of answers, and wants to show her readers the bigger picture of this whole story of heroism. Not everything is showed in the media. Malala is sometimes being exploited by companies who claim to support gender justice.

The text is written in small paragraphs in where the precise ideas are developed in an argumentative way. The rethorical mode is impersonal, and Carol is often using rethorical questions, small sentences, and a bit of irony, to express her opinions on the subjects, as well as the informative facts she wants us to know.

On the logical perspective, it is evident that the author is admirative of Malala’s work but opens up the subject of exploitation and injustice over other women. She uses a deductive mode, because she starts with the general idea , and progressively points out the cases where exploitation and injustice were revealed.

Finally, for the ethical perspective, the moral values are mainly justice and equality. Malala is working for the betterment of the world , and shouldn’t be exploited to hide other victims or cases, or to help companies who are not truly devoted to her work and values.