Nujood flashes back to the time before she went to the courthouse.Everything in her life seemed fine and worth living.  She had a care free life.She wasn’t allowed to attend school because her father believed she was to fragile.Most of the women in her village were illiterate anyway. Nujood said”We were living rather happily, to the rhythm of sun.It was a simple life, but peaceful, without electricity or running water”(Nujood,30).I think the authors purpose of writing this was to display the innocence of Nujood. She wanted to show the reader her child like side before she was forced to grow up to fast.