...read the book Bread Winner by Deborah Ellis? Parvana is an eleven year old girl who has to be dressed like a boy in order to get money for her family. Parvana has to do a lot of work unlike me. Later on in the book I realized that Parvana and I have a lot of differences and similarities with the way that we live our lives. Parvana’s life is way more difficult than my life. Parvana goes through a lot more struggles in her life than I have to deal with. Parvana has a different life because she has to do all the work for her family like, get water for her family,get food,and earn the money to buy the food. Parvana has to dress up like a boy in order to get food for her family.“ As a boy,you’ll be able to move in and out of the market, buy what we need, and no one will stop you” said Parvana’s mother, Mrs. Wera and Mother decided that it would be good to transform Parvana into a boy. Parvana is way different than me...
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...were living in a place where woman were treated with no respect, the Taliban controlled your life, and you could easily be punished in life-threatening ways? This is exactly how the conditions were for Parvana, her family, and the rest of the population. Living in Afghanistan for multiple years trying to survive with low quality food and only her father paying numerous expenses for a job that pays with hardly anything.One day, her dad was taken away and Parvana had to say goodbye to her… . “The Breadwinner”, has been written by the famous Deborah Ellis. The spectacular book that ties into a series of four, falls into the genre historical fiction. The main protagonist of the book is eleven year old, Parvana. Her characteristics...
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