Read the excerpt "pakistans malala "
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 love vanilla ice cream,"" ellick recalled. "here is this girl that can go from being at a negotional table , a high-level diplomatic meeting, but she also wanted ice cream.
ellick remembers another time when they were out shopping in islamabad , having fun and hunting for english launguage 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 ellicks viewpoint.

options:
a) malala is wise beyond her years and should not waste time on pop culture or television.
b) malala displays the characteristics of both capable activist and a bright young girl.
c) malala should not attend diplomatic meetings because she is a young girl.
d) malala should focus on the joys of childhood instead of difficult and dangerous adult issues.

The correct answer is B. Malala displays the characteristics of both capable activist and a bright young girl.

Explanation:

Malala Yousafzai is a young activist from Pakistan that supports human rights and education for women and children, she is mainly known for being the youngest person in winning the Nobel Prize. In the excerpt presented, one reporter called Elick describes the way he discovers while interacting with Malala he founds she has the preferences of any other common girl including her like for ice cream and American sitcoms, which the author finds funny and interesting as he realizes even though she is an important activists and deals with important issues, she is still a girl. This shows the perspective of Adam Ellicks is that Malala displays the characteristics of both capable activist and a bright young girl, considering Ellick realizes Malala has the characteristics of a common girl but despite this is able to be an activist.

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