Response Prep

Brand Malala’s issue was supposed to show how some governments are seeking justice and trying to defend women’s rights. But the eagle eye of Carol Anne Grayson caught the hidden truth, which is the exploitation these women, such as Malala, are going through.

This case happened years ago since the text was written in 2013. It raised up a problem, which is the exploitation of women, and caused a social tension as it showed the hidden goals of governments trying to show off on media instead of achieving gender justice. Moreover, such a case is strongly related to the current days, as it is repeated being in the presence of ISIS, where most of who are trying to help the Syrian refugee are seeking hidden goals. In other words those Refugees are being exploited.

As shifting from line to another, the tone of the writer seemed to be sharper. It’s obvious that she was disappoint how not all victims are getting the same amount of attention Malala received. This impression of the writer is clear in this statement, “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.”

Along the edge, Grayson’s style was definitely argumentative. However, when viewing it from a rhetorical perspective, she was discussing an impersonal issue where her long sentences built up the text. In addition to the clear parallelism when she mentioned names of celebrities Malala had the chance to meet such as “Angelina Jolie” and “David Beckham”. Also, the repetition of Malala’s name was to highlight the important role she played in this issue as being a main character.

Furthermore, she was very reasonable while discussing and arguing. She stated examples of women whom are not reaching the spotlights, and quoted from and autobiography. Credibility was achieved as name of celebrities were mentioned “David Beckham” “President Barak Obama”, and names of countries and cities where stated “UK” “New York”. Those all were a good package of evidence to reason her argument.

On top of all, her ethical perspective was kind of a scream to grab people’s attention towards the exploitation happening, and to that there are many other victims were held back from the crowd, “This does not help the cause of any woman while one is exploited and others are being suppressed!” . We’re now supposed to search for real movements and actions to reach gender justice. As this text raised up an important moral; be careful of being exploited!