Samuvel Sankari

I am Malala - Part One - Chapter - 1 Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani female education activist and was awarded the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize. She is a human right activist and advocate for the education of women. Her autobiographical work “I am Malala” was published in 2013. This chapter deals with Malala’s birth as well as the history of her homeland and family. Malala was born at dawn, and although Pakistani culture is to mourn over a birth of a daughter, Malala’s family celebrated her birth, especially her dad. Her father named her Malala after the greatest warrior heroine Malalai of Maiwand. Malala was born into Swat Valley, a lush, mountainous area in Pakistan. The location is very beautiful and a tourist destination for many foreigners. Swat used to be separate from Pakistan and joined after the British gave India its independence in 1948; it is still very autonomous from the Pakistani government. Malala’s family lived in Mingora, the only real city within the valley. Her fami...

  The Sickness Unto Death by Anne Sexton Anne Sexton was an American author who is known for her highly personal and confessional verse. She won the Pulitzer prize for poetry in 1967 for her book 'Live or Die'. Her poetry details her long battle with bipolar disorder, suicidal tendency and intimate details from her private life including relationships with her husband and children. This poem “The Sickness Unto Death” is published in her poetry collection “The Complete Poems” in 1981. This poem depicts how the author feels hopeless and dejected. She says that God has went out of her and she compares herself to dried up sea. God has left her and she feel hollow deep inside. God has become like a stone. She feels that her body has become like a mutton flesh which has been slaughtered but even that mutton piece has some juiciness to it but her life seems to be filled with despair. The poet says that people gifted her oranges when she was in despair but she could not eat o...