Response Prep

Larissa Abi Nakhle

Dania Adra

203

26 September 2015

“Brand Malala”

: Response Prep

         ‘Brand Malala” is a recent post on Carol Anne Grayson’s blog. It deals with social issues that has been there from the past, like neglecting women’s rights, and is still being brought up with the rivalry between men and women.
For instance, women are being exploited in endless forms in our society: ’Exploitation of women whether emotionally, physically, financially is so ingrained in our society and institutions that I am not even sure whether some men realize their actions.” In addition to that, they’re being manipulated like Malala, resulting into taking away the attention of society from the essential.
The conflicts between the east and the west are clearly highlighted by the actions of the western politicians, which profit from Malala, the young Pakistani girl, and may be the reason behind prolonging their occupation:” to ease the entry into western homes via multimedia, we told Malala likes popstar Justin Bieber or even David Beckham”

         To deliver her emotions, Grayson used a very specific vocabulary and intonations, not to forget her projection with an objective view. Her angry tone is delivered very clearly using words like “misogynist” while describing the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown. Plus, the writer of this blog used sarcasm especially in the conclusion: “This does not help the cause of any women while one is exploited and the others are being suppressed!”

          The author uses the impersonal rhetorical form because this argumentative text is related to Malala and not to Grayson. The sentences are long and we find rhetorical questions:’ Malala was shot? What quality of care and support did they receive? Are they represented by PR companies?” .Parallelism is used to describe how Malala is being know: ‘there is Malala the film, Malala the film, Malala the award nominee, Malala the portrait “

For instance, the debate is that Malala have been manipulate with the government or the west politicians. The conclusion cloture the women’s right that Malala distracted by taking all attraction from media … “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 wondering of government.”  The text is then inductive.
           On the ethical side, Carol Anne insisted on the fact that Malala is one lucky chosen victim amongst many other unheard ones because “they simply don’t fit in to a popular narrative, especially if victims of the state.” (24-25). In other words, the blogger is fighting the injustice and the wrongdoing of the government through her post.

Works Cited

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