Towards the beginning of the autobiography Malala agrees to write a diary for the BBC that speaks out against the Taliban, when Ayesha’s father, the father of the girl who was going to originally write the diary, forbids her from writing it. The diary is about what life is like under the Taliban’s tyranny. While Ayesha’s family reacts with fear, Malala courageously agrees to write the diary. Malala says, “[Ayesha’s Father] would not allow his daughter to tell her story. ‘It’s too risky,’ he said…I was only eleven, but I said, ‘Why not me?’ I knew he’d wanted someone older, not a child” (76). Malala responds to problems unconventionally while many people fear to stand up against the Taliban because it could get them killed. The Taliban would