Question

In 2010 she met with U.S. Special Envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke. Ellick remembers being with Malala in a coffee shop after the meeting. "She said, 'I want to get ice cream . . . I love vanilla ice cream,'" Ellick recalled. "Here is this girl that can go from being at a negotiating table, a high-level diplomatic meeting, but she also wanted ice cream." Ellick remembered another time when they were out shopping in Islamabad, having fun and hunting for English language books and DVDs. "I was disappointed that she wanted some trashy American sitcoms," Ellick laughs. "I kept telling myself, 'I know you want her to want to watch a documentary about Sierra Leone but she is just a girl.'" Which statement best describes reporter Adam Ellick’s viewpoint?

Answer 1

Ellick probably thinks that a girl with Malala's disposition would be wanting a more educational form of entertainment rather than just shallow American flicks but the thing he realized is that he was actually talking to a young girl in her early teens and that just like any other girl, she just wants to have the normal kind of entertainment that girls her age enjoy. Aside from this, he was humbled by the fact that it is a young girl in the face of the most ruthless men in Taliban fighting for something so big as education.

Answer 2

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Sample Response: Malala's situation was caused by a change in her setting. The Taliban took over her city and forced all girls' schools to close. Because of this situation, she had to grow up quickly and overcome her fears. She stood up to the Taliban and continues to fight for girls' education even after they attacked her.

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