The Breadwinner (The Breadwinner collection)

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Mother: Also university educated, but is no longer allowed to work. She's seen her share of hardship, losing both her son to a landmine and her husband to prison. lessons in math, English, science, history, and more. Plus, get practice tests, quizzes, and personalized coaching to help you Parvana's father, referred to throughout the book as just Father, is an intelligent and educated man. During the bombings in Kabul he lost his leg, and he sold his prosthetic to help support his family. His foreign education gets him arrested by the Taliban. Since Parvana is the only family member who could pass for male, Mrs. Weera and Mother cut her hair, and Parvana dresses in her dead brother's clothing. Parvana then goes to the marketplace and resumes her father's job of earning money by reading letters for illiterate people.

The book starts with Parvana and Father at the marketplace, where they are selling some of their household items. They decide to end the day and head home, where Mother and Nooria are cleaning. After dinner that night the Taliban bursts into the house and arrests Father for his diploma that he earned overseas.One day, Mother announces that Nooria is getting married to a man from Pakistan. Nooria sees this as a huge opportunity for her. She will be able to live somewhere that is not controlled by the Taliban and will be able to attend university. Mother decides that they will all go to Mazar in Pakistan for the wedding, but Parvana refuses to leave her father. Mother and the rest of the family leave without her. In an invaluable, eye-opening narrative history, Ellis (the Breadwinner series) presents interviews with dozens of youth ages nine to 18 from among the 565 federally recognized Native tribes in the Continue reading » As conditions for the family grow desperate, only one solution emerges. Forbidden to earn money as a girl, Parvana must transform herself into a boy, and become the breadwinner.

Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact).It has been 20 years since Parvana and Shauzia had to disguise themselves as boys to support themselves and their families. But when the Taliban were defeated in 2001, it looked as if Afghans could finally rebuild their country. Many things have changed for Parvana since then. She has married Asif, who she met in the desert as she searched for her family when she was a child. She runs a school for girls. She has a son, Rafi, who is about to fly to New York, where he will train to become a dancer. Mrs. Weera: A former teacher and women's rights activist; she's also Mother's friend. She has lost her whole family to the war except her granddaughter. That was where she needed to be, in a field of purple flowers, where no one could bother her. She would sit there until the confusion left her head and the stink of the camp left her nostrils.

PARVANA felt the shadow before she saw it, as the man moved between her and the sun. Turning her head, she saw the dark turban that was the uniform of the Taliban. A rifle was slung across his chest as casually as her father's shoulder bag had been s... During a 2011 visit to Kabul, Ellis (the Breadwinner trilogy) recorded the stories of 27 Afghan children, represented in this stirring collection. While some are from prosperous families, others live Continue reading » Parvana's mother becomes depressed, lying speechless on a thin mattress. Mrs. Weera, a former physical education teacher and friend of Parvana's mother, comes to stay with the family to help run the household. Soon, she and Parvana's mother plan to start a secret school in the house and write a magazine that will collect Afghan women's stories, which they will smuggle to Pakistan to publish. They dress Parvana in her dead brother's clothes so that she can buy groceries and work. Parvana begins to work as a boy and runs her father's stall in the market. Throughout the book, Parvana grows closer to her older sister Nooria as well as the woman who appears in the window of a building close to where Parvana works. She throws small gifts onto Parvana's blanket from her window.Did you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Violence & Scariness in your kid's entertainment guide. Get started Close Imagine living in a country in which women and girls are not allowed to leave the house without a man. Imagine having to wear clothes that cover every part of your body, including your face, whenever you go out. Hossain was Parvana's 14-year-old deceased older brother who died after stepping on a landmine. Parvana was only a toddler when he died and has no memory of him.

Spring turns to summer. The market ceases to interest Parvana, though the tribal people who sell fruit share their stories, which Parvana then shares them her family. Mother and Mrs. Weera start a school for girls. Nooria teaches, but it’s hard with limited time and resources. The Window Woman continues to drop gifts, but one day, Parvana hears the woman’s husband beating her. She plans to tell her family, but Mother announces that Nooria is getting married. Later, Nooria tells Parvana that this is a great opportunity—her new in-laws will send her to university, and the Taliban doesn’t control Mazar-e-Sharif, where her future husband lives. Mother decides that they’ll all go to Mazar for the wedding, but Parvana refuses. She’s afraid that Father will get out of prison and no one will be home. Incensed, Mother decides to leave Parvana.

The Breadwinner essays are academic essays for citation. These papers were written primarily by students and provide critical analysis of The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis. The next morning, Mother and Parvana set off for the prison. As they walk, Mother shows people a photo of Father. At the prison, Parvana remembers Malali and helps her mother yell at the soldiers. They beat Mother until Parvana agrees to go. When they get home, Parvana realizes that Mother’s feet are bleeding—she hasn’t been out since the Taliban arrived. Nooria tends to Mother while Maryam washes Parvana’s blistered feet. Mother cries and lies on a toshak for days. The food runs out, and since Parvana and Nooria are too afraid to fetch water, they stop washing Ali’s diapers. On the fourth day, Nooria tells Parvana to buy food in the market. Keira Hulihan has taught preschool and elementary-age children for over two years in science, English and other subjects with some experience in lesson planning for middle and high school levels. They have a Bachelors in English/Creative Writing from SUNY New Paltz. They have several short stories published in a campus literary journal and won an Honorable Mention award for creative non-fiction. Without a man to escort the women anywhere, the family becomes hungry and depressed. Mrs. Weera and Mother come up with a plan: They will cut Parvana's hair and dress her as a boy so that she can work in the marketplace. Parvana reluctantly agrees.