Response Prep: "Brand Malala" According to the Five Perspectives

              Concerning social perspective, the text sheds light on how Malala is being used by politicians and media to hide from the world their actions of social injustices like the suppression of many women. The blog of Grayson aims at enlightening a different angle on Malala’s case to show how Malala’s situation is being dissected from to manipulate an audience who has been following the media blindly. And that is viewed when she talked about Malala’s old friends who are still in school but getting several threats which left them studying in fear.

               Concerning emotional perspective, one can definitely see that the author is angry and irritated from the use of Malala’s case for she does nothing to hide the way she feels in her blog. She cannot embrace the fact that Malala got all the care and attention she needed and more whilst many other victims who even have been more endangered than Malala are overlooked and not even heard by the government. Although she’s frustrated that only Malala got all the attention, she clearly states that Malala is a smart girl who wants to continue her education and she respects her for that. In addition, the blog was harboring in certain parts with sarcasm added to her anger. Her tone of sarcasm was vivid, for example,” The commodification of Malala appears to have started at the time he father volunteered his daughter to the BBC to document life at school under the Taliban” (Grayson 595).

               Concerning logical perspective, the author is screaming through her words that Malala is being exploited for western interest. Not everything you see on television is coming from the best intensions. Grayson comes to the conclusion that citizens all over the world do believe the media and politicians and they disregard the fact of injustice of the government. And this vivid by her using the following sentence, “the plight of widows whose husbands were unlawfully killed by the state” (Grayson 594). She argues that most women go about being "unheard no matter how vocal they may be or what risks they take" (Grayson 597).

              “How many men do you see studying gender to work with women for greater quality though it would benefit society for more males to do”. This is a question asked by Grayson, yet she does not expect an answer because she already knows the answer. Concerning rhetorical perspective, the text is seen as a nonfictional argumentative essay posted on a blog. It depicts events that happened (Taliban threats to Malala’s old school for instance) and connects them to her central claim, without intruding. Illustration and comparison are two rhetorical modes Grayson uses in her blog, for she shows the unfairness in treating one Pakistani girl right and turning a deaf ear to many other. In addition, the author uses very clear language to depict her argument instead of using big tall words that would just confuse the readers whoever it is. Moreover, yes she repeats but only the things she sees are worth repeating only like the fact that Malala is getting all the attention but there are many other unnoticed victims worse than Malala.

                Concerning ethical perspective, Grayson strongly believes that it’s the duty of the government to treat every victim equally no matter what the case. Also, her ethical convictions are political and are global for she doesn’t only address the British. The author mentions several times how politicians (for example the British) are behaving in an unethical and unfair manner when dealing with the issue of gender rights. She mentions that in Britain the country that has embraced Malala and her case that “women that have been fighting in British courts for years to highlight the injustice and the wrongdoing of the government” (Grayson 598). She dearly hopes and wishes that gender equality will someday be achieved.


             All in all, the author of this text asks for nothing but gender equality and for people to be treated equally right. Moreover, she mentions Malala specifically to shed light on the fact that not all people are good for Malala was exploited more than helped.

Works Cited:

Grayson, Carol Anne. "'Brand Malala': Western Exploitation of a Schoolgirl." Shifting Narratives. Zane S. Sinno, Lina Bioghlu-Karkanawi, Dorota Fleszar, Najila Jarkas, Emma Moughabghab, Jennifer M. Nish, Rima Rantisi, and Abir Ward. Mazraa, Beirut: Center for Educational Consultation and Research, Educart, 2015. Print.