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Stereotypes In The Breadwinner

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In the early 1990s, a new militia, the Taliban, was formed and took over a large part of Afghanistan by 1996. The economy became stagnant, and the restrictions on women’s rights made jobs go unfilled and families starve. Many struggled to survive off the little resources they had, and poverty became the most common status among people. In Nora Twomey’s The Breadwinner, Parvana, a little girl, is forced to act as a little boy in addition to working low-paying jobs to provide for her family while her father is imprisoned. The Breadwinner is best read through a socio/economic lens because it shows how the economic situation in Afghanistan at the time affected the common family, reinforces the stereotypes of poverty, and provides an insight into the sociological effect …show more content…

It shows the commitment that Parvana has to helping her father and her family, along with her hard-working nature, which was increasingly common in the wake of the upcoming war. The Breadwinner gives the viewer a clear idea of the sociological effect of the anticipation of the war that plagued all the people in Afghanistan at the time. All Parvana wanted to do at the time was to get her father back from prison, which was made clear in all her efforts. She goes off without her family to the prison where her father is held after they get news that they must leave. With the help of some old men and some luck, she reaches the prison. She asks for her father’s name and starts to panic about not seeing him. She waits for hours outside the prison waiting to hear from her friend, Razaq, to know if her father is okay. He shows up in the knick of time and delivers her father to Parvana, sacrificing a bullet wound for her father (The Breadwinner 01:13:13-01:14:40.01:17:28-01:18:51). The thought of the war coming upon them so soon makes Parvana and her family panic about their

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