Analysis Of Parvana, By Deborah Ellis

While she and her husband denounced the Peyote religion due to their first-hand observation of peyote's destructive--often deadly--effects, they asserted the superiority of Indian spirituality over the disregard for nature, disrespect of other cultures, and depredation of people which accompanied alleged Christian practices such as stripping children from their language, culture, religion, family, and environment, the blatant injustice and trauma of which the reader poignantly feels in her fiction during the hair-cutting scene and in the mother's desperate cry to her departed warrior brothers.

Imagine your a young girl in Afghanistan under Taliban rule and your father is kidnapped and put in prison, now what are you going to do without a father to get money for the family. The word Perseverance: Means to not stop doing something no matter how hard the task is or the danger you will face during it. The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis is a book about a suffering family in Afghanistan taken over by the Taliban, and one day the family's father is taken away and imprisoned, and a girl in the family has to dress as a boy to feed her fatherless family. In the book The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis there are many instances in which Parvana demonstrates perseverance through her actions and choices.

The Islamic dress code is imposed upon women in Iran, sparking outrage and rebellion among the women. Simple breakings of the code or mild protests, such as a piece of hair sticking out, leads to the revelation of the extent to which women are detested for their aversion of the patriarchy. Women are subdued with derogatory comments; for example, at one point in the movie, Marji’s mother is told by a member of the religious police that he “fucks whores like [Marji’s mother] and then throws them in the trash.” Some women, however, submit to the religious rule, falling in line with patriarchal religious police, and degrading women who do not submit to the imposed laws; in one example, Marji is threatened to be taken into custody by two women due to her improper veil and even called a “slut.” These two opposing sides reveal the plight of women during this period in Iran; in all reality, they have two choices: obey their government, conforming to the Islamic fundamentalist ideology, sometimes even relinquishing their own beliefs all in order to avoid persecution, or rebel, fighting for their rights and refusing to conform to such oppressing beliefs, most often at the risk of being arrested. Due to the push factors of the harsh realities of the war and the imminent danger Marji faces, due to her fighting spirit and consistent rebellion, Marji’s is forced to move to France, where she can live a life free from her repressive

(1) Marji started off innocent and gullible to everything, specifically what God and her teacher, told her. (2) She came home claiming that she loved the Shah because he was chosen by God; however, her parents did not agree with her statement. (3) As Marji stated on (4) page 19 panel 5, “He did so! It is written on the first page of our schoolbook.” (5) This shows how trusting Marji was as a child; she believed everything she learned at school from her instructors. (6) Eventually, her father explained the truth about the Shah that occurred 50 years ago making Marji realize how society can be so deceitful.(7) Since she was young and easily manipulated, she was convinced by others that the Shah was chosen by God. (8) Therefore, exposing her to a glimpse of the evils she may acknowledge in the near future.

The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis, gives us an insight on what the life of an Afghani girl goes through.The author’s portrayal in The Breadwinner shows us how Parvana/Kassem shows perseverance all throughout the book.

Parvana dressed up like a boy to help her family. “Someone has to be able to go outside, and you are the one most likely to look like a boy.” It shows perseverance because she didn’t have to go to the market, but she did so she could help her family.

Parvana always figured that the Taliban were very mean men that did not have hearts. When parvana’s father got taken away, despite of her and her family’s sadness, they still had to continue with their life. In the text, “ ‘lets clean up’ mother said” proves that parvana and her family had to continue on when her father was taken away. Parvana didn't have time to be sad when her father was taken away, she had to find a way to work without her father. Parvana and her family started cleaning right after the taliban

Your only family was gone. Your home was gone. Your life was gone. This is what happened to Leila in page 147 of Parvana’s Journey, because of the extreme military group/ government, the Taliban. In the realistic fiction books The Breadwinner and Parvana’s Journey, by Deborah Ellis, there is a common theme. In both of these books, Parvana (the main character), and her friends and family are struggling to survive in modern day Afghanistan. Most of the issues that they have can be traced to the chaos caused by the Taliban. Sometimes practices or routines can be dictated by the military or government.

Throughout Khaled Hosseini’s novel, The Kite Runner, the reader observes many injustices committed due to the presence of the Taliban and cultural conflict in Afghanistan. One of the most concerning issues in Afghanistan is the mistreatment and inequality that women face on a daily basis due to Taliban mandates. Women in Afghanistan are treated as inferior beings to men and are unable to stand up for themselves due the laws the Taliban enforces. Hosseini uses the wives of Amir and Hassan, Soraya and Farzana, to represent the injustices to which women in Afghanistan are subjected.

The role women play in this novel demonstrates a significant part in how Afghanistan is portrayed. The first most important part of a woman’s life shown in The Kite Runner is her reputation. The level of respect they get is dependant on their reputation of being a proper woman. Maintaining a good social status for Afghan women is a lifelong restriction because when they do something against the role of a good woman, their reputation is tarnished. One example of this shown through the reputation of Soraya Taheri in the novel. Soraya runs

The quote that I thought would work with this book is It was then that she heard the sound of a woman crying.” (p.g 126) Another quote is “‘Where is your burka? She looked around, but couldn't see one.” (p.g 128) this quote was when Parvana what looking to see if there was anyone on the street so she could take the girl home because you have to have burka outside. This was a big risk that she was taking but not only that the soldier found them and saw the girl with no burka on. Even though she saw the girl she didn't have to help the girl, but she did and that has a lot of courage to help someone that could get in trouble.

The incident in the stadium also reveals to Parvana and Shauzia the complete horror of living under such a regime and haunts Parvana for the next few days. As a Muslim, the writer believes that the actions of the Taliban like the one’s depicted in this novel disgrace Muslims in the present times. Islam is a peaceful religion that promotes morality and generosity among all people, not the twisted version portrayed by the Taliban.

Honour killing is a poem written by Imtiaz Dharker which depicts the struggles of women within countries in the middle-east that oppress women whether it be verbally or physically, and Dharker being a Pakistani woman expressed her views through this piece of work. An honour killing is the act of taking someone’s life who has disrespected themselves and their family, an example of this is a Pakistani woman who was shot by her family because she wanted to divorce the man she was with. The true difference between a western culture and a middle eastern culture can be shown in the fact that the Pakistani senate refused to condemn what happened to this woman and deemed it an honour killing. The poem is an outcry for freedom for woman who are being oppressed and kept down by cultural ideas within the countries which commit these acts.

Dharker emphasizes the message of freedom by stating the goal of schoolgirls is gaining “the right to be ordinary” (15). The “ordinary” dream reveals that the girls want to be treated equally. They want to be able to “go to school” and have the right to chace beauty (18). By using “ordinary”, Dharker demonstrates how little rights girls in Pakistan have (15). As young girls, they are supposed to be free to think, talk, and do what they want. However, due to the war, oppressive rules of government happen in life, and they have to give up freedom in order to live. Dharker expresses the desire of being free and determination of perseverance by stating the goal of being “ordinary” (15). She uses another word, “swarm,” to represent the intense of war: “A murmur, a swarm. Behind her,/ one by one, the schoolgirls are standing up” (23-24). Swarm demonstrates that there are a large number of schoolgirls who are defending freedom. The word “Swarm” illustrates the fierce war by describing the numerous soldiers (23). It creates a tense tone and indicates the difficulty of holding perseverance. Dharker uses the device of diction to describe both schoolgirls and the enemy to show that perseverance results in

E.M. Forster’s classic novel “A Passage to India” tells the story of a young doctor, Dr. Aziz, and his interactions with the British citizens who are residing in India during the time of the British Raj. Throughout the novel, the reader gets many different viewpoints on the people and the culture of India during this point in history. The reader sees through the eyes of the Indian people primarily through the character of Dr. Aziz, and the perceptions of the British through the characters of Mr. Fielding, Adela Quested, and Mrs. Moore. Through the different characters, and their differing viewpoints, the reader can see that Forster was creating a work that expressed a criticism that he held of the behavior of the British towards their Indian subjects.