Differences And Similarities Between Parvana And Malala

In Deborah Ellis’s The Breadwinner Parvana is a twelve year kid who lives in Afghanistan forced to dress up as a boy to provide food and money for her family after her father is taken by the Taliban. Malala is an activist who received the nobel peace prize for her campaign against the Taliban. Parvana and Malala are both strong and courageous women who have been affected by the Taliban and prevailed. They have both had to spend the majority of their lives under the Taliban regime. Both Parvana and Malala have been affected in similar ways by the Taliban. Parvana lives in Kabul which is controlled by the taliban.as well Malala was born in the Swat Valley in Pakistan and she is eighteen years old. Her father owned a school in the Swat Valley not much is known about her mom. Malala was born July 12th 1997 she is a single child whereas Parvana has three siblings Nooria her older sister Maryam her younger sister and Ali her little brother. Malala is an activist fighting for women's education while Parvana is a girl forced to dress as a boy to provide food for her family after her father is taken by The Taliban. Parvana lives in Kabul the

They both have educated parents who believe in education for women. Parvana's parents were both teachers before The Taliban took control they both received a foreign education in England. Malala’s parents Pekai Yousafzai and Ziauddin Yousafzai run a chain of schools in Pakistan they also received a foreign education. Parvana was not allowed to attend her 6th grade class when the Taliban took over. Similarly Malala was also not allowed to attend school she had strong feeling on the topic of education for women. Parvana has been thought by her father to speak Pashtu one of the main languages in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Malala grew up with Pashtu a prominent language in The Middle East as her native language in