Response Prep

Ahmad Rifai

Proffessor D.Adra

English 203

26/09/15

Response Prep

Emotional perspective:

The blogger Carol Anne Grayson expresses how angry she is that Malala is overshadowing many other victims in a similar situation as she was in, and is shocked at how Malala gets taken care of very well, and gets media attention while many other voices are left unheard 

“The special treatment of Malala is highlighting divisions in many ways. Week in week out, when I peruse the British press, we are subjected to articles about asylum seekers “ripping off” the UK. These stories show scant regard for torture victims coming to Britain that often end up being held in detention centres or virtually penniless in the community living on vouchers with limited access to health care. Yet one young lady is flown in to the UK and provided with the best possible care at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham appearing to bypass the hurdles faced by many .” (Grayson 595)

The blogger is also outraged by how the media and politicians have made Malala into a commodity she begins to correlate Malala as being a “Brand”, and begins to list whats being marketed on Malala behalf such as “Malala the book, Malala the film, Malala the award nominee, Malala the portrait”(Grayson 596)

Social Perspective:

This blog sheds light on the social outrage that “Brand Malala” actually is. The blogger shows the reader how corrupt the government and the media is by shedding light on some hidden interests they may have with Malala ” Former Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, Malala’s avid supporter, fits that description. He is known as a misogynist by his former work colleagues and to human rights campaigners for his refusal to address the plight of widows whose husbands were unlawfully killed by the state “, why would Gordon Brown be such a Keene supporter of Malala but ignore the demands of widowers (Grayson 594)? Also as stated before not many people who suffered like Malala, maybe even worse then her, get treated the way she does, some are even limited in their basic needs such as health care while Malala gets admitted into a prestigious hospital to heal her wounds.

Rhetorical Perspective:

This post is written in an argumentative way, and it mainly targets questions on the situation of the victims who suffered like Malala who aren’t getting treated like her”I wonder, how many people can name the other girls injured when Malala was shot? What quality of care and support did they receive? Are they represented by PR companies?” (Grayson 596) this sets the reader of the post on a straight forward way of thinking ,which is that the government and the media that support Malala are corrupt, and also brings on the question of why her not them?

Logical Perspective:

Through out the text the blogger gives examples on how the media and the government take and advantage of Malala, these facts, even though they are one sided, provide the evidence she needs to back up her claim on how Malala is now viewed as more of a commodity, examples of the evidence she gives is when she talks about how Gordon Brown denies the pleads of widows, but takes in Malala with open arms, also when she talk about how the BBC and Malala’s dad take advantage of her  “The commodification of Malala appears to have started at the time her father volunteered his daughter to the BBC to document life at school under the Taliban (this was before she was shot on a bus). She is seen on film at a younger age going to school and participating in lessons with her peers.”(Grayson 595).

Ethical Perspective:

This post holds a strong point on the ethical perspective since it outlines how the government and media fail in this area. It shows us that while others who suffered like Malala are ignored, Malala herself is made into an idol to convey hope for those in a similar situation and is thus treated way better then the sufferers are. She pleads for the world to not only open their ears for Malala, but to open their ears for the many other who have a voice as valiant as Malala’s and want to fight for their rights.

Work cited:

Grayson, Carol Anne, “Brand Malala”: “Western exploitation of a school girl”, Shifting Narratives: A Reader for Academic Writing Sinno Z., R., Bioghlu-Karkanawi L., Fleszar D., N. Jarkas, Moughabghab E., Nish J. M., Rantisi R.