Yousafzai begins this essay by describing a "painting of me looking at the sky" hanging crookedly and a nightmare her teacher had "in which [Yousafzai] came to school with [her] leg badly burned." What is the significance of these stories? a. These stories draw a complete picture of the personalities of Yousafzai's father and her math teacher. b. These stories introduce key events that become important later in the essay. c. These stories allow Yousafzai to show her regret for not believing in prophecy, even though everyone else around her did. d. These stories provide foreshadowing of the danger Yousafzai was in because she wanted an education.

In the story, Malala Yousafzai narrated her experiences as the young Pakistani girl who withstood the Taliban by demonstrating against the banning of girl-child education in Pakistan. For her advocacy, Malala was hunted down and she nearly died at the hands of the Islamic fundamentalists. After surviving the accident, she had remained a vocal advocate for the girl-child education worldwide. For her enduring legacy and outspokenness, she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014.