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    dress like a boy, to earn money for your family. Perseverance means: Steadfastness in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success.The Breadwinner book by Deborah Ellis, is about families living under the Taliban rule and even some girls have to change their appearance just to help their families survive. Parvana perseveres to help her family survive when they have almost lost everything.This demonstrates Paravan having perseverance because, she perserverse when they have almost lost

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    The Breadwinner is by Deborah Ellis. The Breadwinner starts of in Afghanistan were Parvana and her father are in the market selling old things. Women are not allowed to go outside unless being ocumpined by a man or having note from their husband. Parvana is very lucky that she gets to go outside. One day her father gets taken away and her family is very sad. Parvana goes out to get food for her family and has Nooria(her sister) write her a note. She then runs into Mrs. Weera. Mrs. Weera comes help

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    job. But little do they know that you are secretly a girl. The Breadwinner By Deborah Ellis is centered on a young girl named Parvana who lives with her family in Afghanistan during the reign of the Taliban. Perseverance is when someone works hard and never gives up to accomplish something difficult. Parvana's character in The Breadwinner demonstrates perseverance many times throughout the book. First of all Parvana shows perseverance through becoming a boy. For example when Pavana has to cut

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    The Breadwinner Analysis

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    In both The Breadwinner and Kids of Kabul, Deborah Ellis illustrates several themes about life through her characters and the young people she met while in Afghanistan. The most significant theme was we are made stronger through our struggles. Sara is one of the young people Deborah Ellis met while in Kabul. “But it didn’t matter that I was afraid to come back. We came back and started our lives again in Kabul(Kids of Kabul 114).” Even though Sara was afraid to go back because she had bad memories

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    him again. The Breadwinner, by Deborah Ellis is about the life of a family from Afghanistan who has suffered unimaginable terror. The themes are violence, poverty, and freedom. Parvana is the main character who must overcome daily violence to find a better life. She also has to work at a young age to support her family and avoid poverty. Her freedom is constantly at risk and she desperately seeks to regain her earlier life. Body:Theme: Violence Paragraph 2:

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    ‘“Get out of my house!’’’ Parvana jumped onto the Taliban soldiers before they could destroy her home and hurt her family. She felt a swift beating and fell to the ground. All she could do was watch helplessly as her father was dragged away by the Taliban soldiers. She knew she had to persevere to get through this. Perseverance is a putting forth a continuous effort even when things get difficult. The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis is about the struggles Parvana and her family face when the Taliban

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    he did something wrong he would be punished and hit with a cane on his buttocks. He also had to endure long trips at sea which would make him seasick. ‘Parvana’ by Deborah Ellis is a story about a girl who struggles to live in Afghanistan. She had to go through a lot of things such as having to walk a fair distance to just get water. Parvana had a tough time in Afghanistan because her brother was killed by one of

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    The Breadwinner, written by Deborah Ellis is a book about a girl named Parvana. She lived in Afghanistan at the time when the Taliban were in control, so the the living conditions were rough for her and her family. Parvana lived with her mother, father and three siblings. The women in her family didn’t have permission to leave the house without a male escort. They weren’t allowed to work, so Parvana’s father had to support the family at the market. Parvana's family already had low income. Their

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    The novel that I have studied is “The Breadwinner” by Deborah Ellis. The protagonist is Parvana a young girl living in war torn Afghanistan. When her father is imprisoned, Parvana is faced to provide for her family and throughout the novel. We see her immense courage and determination as the breadwinner of the family. Parvana’s father refers her as “My Malali” which represents the strength, fearlessness, and tenacious nature of a girl called Malali. Parvana’s fathers last words before he was dragged

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    Breadwinner Hero Quotes

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    the short story The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis we see bravery in parvana when she responds “We can force you to cut off your hair, but you’re still the one who has to go outside and act the part.All right she said, I’ll do it” (para. 22-25).Parvana is brave because she went out to get groceries while pretending to be a boy. Parvana risked her life to get groceries and save her family. Parvana's family is too male to go out and work and get things, so Parvana has to dress up like a boy to get things

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