Brand Malala Response Prep

          Carol Anne Grayson discusses the Malala case in order to show the readers another side of the story with different perspectives and gives her point of view on it. She uses several tools to express her ideas in a subjective and objective way to state facts, not only opinions.

          First of all, we can distinguish the emotional attitude towards the subject through the whole text. For example, when she claims that “all this state management behind the scenes strikes me as far as removed from the image portrayed on our screens of a simple very bright girl, with a love for school standing up for her rights” (Grayson, 2013), she reveals disappointment and frustration even though she has full respect for Malala and the injustice she stood up against.

          Second of all, on the social level, Grayson states “there is only special treatment for some of those affected. Why not fly out every child harmed by US drones to the West for the most up to date medical care, there are plenty for well-wishers to assist.” In fact, she is implying that Malala has been treated very kindly and has received great assistance and privileges from the UK over most of the injured children who had the same conditions or even worse. Also, she is, somehow criticizing the British government for using Malala’s case for exploitation and branding. Furthermore, Carol Anne Grayson insists on the fact that Malala achieved her goals and overcame her trauma very easily with all the facilities handed to her whilst “Malala should not be used as a diversion to distract away from other women that have been fighting in British courts for years to highlight injustice and the wrongdoing of the government” (2013).

          She also gives her opinion in a logical way, proving to the readers that she writes in an objective and realistic way. In fact, she points out that many young people have escaped from tough situations such as war or any kind of violence and opened up to the world to talk about their experience by defending human rights and many causes. However, only Malala obtained privileges and was heard by everyone. Thus, she asks herself “I have met many juvenile survivors of torture, outspoken activists on human rights so what makes one person more deserving than another?” (Grayson, 2013)

          Equally important, the rhetorical perspective in Grayson’s text illustrates her arguments. As a matter of fact, the author utilizes a lot of questions that cannot be answered actually, to emphasize the obvious problems in our society. For example, she claims the following: “How many men do you see studying gender to work with women for greater equality though it would benefit society for more males to do so.” – “I wonder, how many people can name the others girls injured when Malala was shot? What quality of care and support did they receive?”. The text is also argumentative, since the author reveals her opinion followed by quotes from other resources and detailed examples. Moreover, Carol Anne Grayson writes in a very formal way employing a developed vocabulary but easy to understand in order to address and attract all kinds of audiences, from teenagers to adults.

          Finally, the ethical aspect is manifested through the text as the author defends our natural rights as well as morals and values by proving her disagreement towards the over-importance and interest given to Malala’s accomplishment: “Malala has been surrounded by care, offered opportunities and her story given immense media coverage. That does not happen for most women. Many go unheard no matter how vocal they may be or what risks they take, they simply don’t fit in to a popular narrative, especially if victims of the state”. Therefore, she reveals inequality and injustice that affects our world nowadays and criticizes how the Malala case affected our society in the way it wasn’t supposed to. In fact, Grayson declares that “As an intelligent young role model, I don’t imagine Malala would want this. I would think all she wants to do is knuckle down and get on with her education and hopefully will be allowed to do so in peace”.

In conclusion, we can find five different perspectives in the text which the author adopts to send her message: as the emotional emphasizes the personal impact that the idea has on her, the social view shows how it affects our society, the logical perspective points out the reasoning behind her arguments, the rhetorical aspect to reveal the tools used to explain her point of view and the ethical approach specifies how the text influences the values or rights of our world.

                               

            

Work cited:

“”brand Malala”:Western Exploitation of a school girl.” (Carol Anne Grayson, 2013) Shifting Narratives: A Reader for Academic Writing.