I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up For Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

What would we say is good, the snake or the lion?

If there is a snake or lion coming to attack us, What would we say is good, the snake or the lion?

Explain what this quote means to Malala and the people of Pakistan.

Asked by Bookragstutor 4 on 22 Nov 03:02

Last updated by Cat on 22 Nov 03:15

1 Answers

Answered by Cat on 22 Nov 03:15

Malala uses the snake or the lion as a metaphor for the political climate in the SWAT Valley. Malala asks her classmate Attiya, comparing the army and the Taliban to the snake or lion: both choices are undesirable and bad for the people in their own way.