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    Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis Parvana is a heroic, kind, brave girl. Wonder woman is a brave, heroic superhero. Parvana was born and lives in Kabul, Afghanistan. Wonder Woman ( real name Diana Prince) was born on paradise Island in Olympus. Parvana And Wonder Woman Are both people that have similarities and differences alike. However they are different to like how Wonder Woman is a superhero and parvana is just a girl. Parvana and wonder woman were born and lived in different places. Parvana lived in

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    is Parvana. By standing up for herself and taking risks to buy goods for her family, even when times are hard, Parvana is showing perseverance. Perseverance is never giving up despite difficulty. In the book The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis, Parvana works hard to make money for her family. Parvana shows perseverance through defending herself against the Taliban, helping others, making money for her family, and going above and beyond to make money for her family. To begin with, Parvana earns

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    Parvana and +Captain Marvel(Carol Danvers) Within the book The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis, Parvana is the main character. She has many qualities that suit her well as a heroine. She is brave, courageous, and has a strong will. She isn’t a superhero but she is still a hero. Another heroine is Captain Marvel. Now Captain Marvel is actually a superhero with superpowers. Captain Marvel is brave as well but has many differences too. Parvana and Captain Marvel are two intelligent women who can adapt

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    The book The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis it is set in Afghanistan in the 1990’s when the Taliban invaded so women had virtually no rights such as they couldn’t leave the house without a male chaperone so as a result couldn’t work. The lesson Deborah is trying to teach is to treat everyone as an equal no matter what religion, race, or gender. Parvana and Shauzia have both lost their dads, Parvana’s to jail also Shazia's to sickness. Their parents not being able to work their girls cut off their

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    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

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    Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis, Parvana, are two heroes in their own ways. The two heroes have different as well as similar ways of exploiting those characteristics. Selflessness is an important quality of a hero. Both Malala and Parvana show that quality of selflessness but, they show it in different ways. For instance, Malala has always put herself first and Parvana also does very selfless things for her family and friends. But, Malala is crusading for Women's rights and education while Parvana is

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    Parvana is a novel written by Deborah Ellis. Parvana and Shauzia are 2 young girls who life in a Taliban ruled country, known as Afghanistan. Both girls are faced with many difficulties throughout the novel. The 2 girls are given the chance to leave the war-torn country and Shauzia immediately takes this chance. By doing so, Shauzia will no longer be living under the Taliban’s rules. Being an 11 year old girl, Shauzia deserves to get an education. Shauzia’s family does not value her in any sort of

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    haven't I recommend you read The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis. It is about a girl in Afghanistan who has to dress up as a boy and earn money for the family. At the time Afghanistan was controlled by the Taliban. Her father got arrested because he had an education. After read the book I realized Parvana and I have simaitis and differences. Parvana and I have some things in common. One thing that we have is common is we both have siblings. Parvana has three siblings and I have three siblings. Pravana

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    Katniss Everdeen and Parvana are brave female characters that have been affected by their government. In the book The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis, the main character Parvana, is forced to dress like a boy and has to go out and work for her family after her father is taken by the Taliban. Parvana is a brave young girl at the age of eleven, living in Afghanistan. Parvana has 6 people in her family, Nooria, Mother, Father, Maryam, Ali, and herself. In The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, Katniss Everdeen

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    tears Parvana continues to persevere through life.Doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving something. In the book,” The Breadwinner”, by Deborah Ellis, parvana shows perseverance in many ways.Some of the reasons that parvana showed perseverance is when she she continued to work even when risks were high, and she faced the taliban on a daily basis, and when her father got taken away. Parvana shows perseverance when her and Shauzia went to dig up bone despite the fact that Parvana did

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