Internal Conflict In I Am Malala

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“I am Malala” is a book following the life of Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani girl who is fighting for girls/women's rights. We see her struggle with wanting to be educated in a country whose majority thinks women should tend to their husbands. Throughout the book we see instances of conflict including the women of Pakistan versus the society there that believes the women are inferior to men. Along with external conflicts, we see Malala deal with internal conflict deciding whether to continue fighting for the rights of women and attend school even with constant threat from the Taliban. In the book “I am Malala”, Malala faces many conflicts as she is fighting for equality. In Pakistan, women are believed to be inferior to men. Malala and other

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