A Long Way Gone, I am Malala, and Persepolis

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Social Change in I Am Malala and A Long Way Gone
Maria Montessori once pointed out, “No social problem is as universal as the oppression of the child… Never were the rights of man ever so disregarded as in the case of the child” CITATION Mon70 p 5 l 2057 (Montessori 5). The United Nations indicates that children undergo inconceivable suffering in times of civil war. For instance, a report on the Syrian civil war mentions that the children have been subjected to sexual violence, loss of parents, recruitment into combat, closure of schools, and denied access to food and shelter. In this paper, I will discuss social change as it pertains to human rights and human development. Notably, I will talk about how children are affected by civil strife in the books I Am Malala and A Long Way Gone.
The authors of the two novels experience war and terror in two totally different settings. However, they go through these experiences as children and suffer detrimental effects of war regardless of their gender. In both cases, they are denied certain basic human rights that should be accessible to all children universally. Children have the right to live in a safe and protective environment, have access to adequate food and shelter, and receive adequate care and education. In I Am Malala, Malala reveals how the girl child is affected by war. In A Long Way Gone, Ishmael Beah, reveals how the boy child is affected by the war.
In I Am…