Parvana is a girl living in Afghanistan, which is under Taliban rule at the moment. She was forced out of her school, just because she was a girl. When this story starts, we see Parvana sitting on a rug in the marketplace with her father. Her father reads letters to those who can’t read. Parvana lives with her mother, father, sisters, and younger brother. One night, the Taliban come to her house and take away her father. He was the bread winner of the family, hence the name. He was the only one who could make money for his family. Her younger brother, Ali, couldn’t get money for them, because he was too young. She choose to go out and get some Nan (flat bread) for her family. She got chased by a Taliban soldier, and met an old teacher. The teacher, Mrs. Weera, …show more content…
Shauzia has been saving up to leave for Paris for a while now and she is super close to her goal. Some days later Shauzia has a plan to get more money but Parvana doesn’t like the plan. The plan is to dig up bones and sell them. Parvana agrees to do it and they dig up bones for a few days. After a while days are getting pretty routine until they go to a soccer field to watch some soccer and Taliban soldiers come on the field with prisoners and cut their hands off. They both run out of the field and stay home for a while. Once they get back to work Parvana finds out that her older sister is getting married and her mom’s going to the wedding and they want Parvana to go too. Parvana refuses and stays home. Then, her father gets out of jail and they all decide to go to her sister’s wedding. What I learned about facing challenges in this story is to face them no matter what. Parvana goes against the Taliban rule even though she could have gotten killed. She goes to the prison to get them to release her father and she got beat up. It takes bravery to stand up to authority. That is what the story taught me about
This tale shows one never to give up and persevere and no matter the odds. Many time the youngest son was doubted, though he continues forward to succeed in his quest. Even the king, his own father was suspect of his son’s chances saying , “ Your older brothers perished on this quest, and you who are still a tender youth will perish even sooner than they” (Afanas’ev 315). Likewise it teaches one to be wary of others no matter if you know them as they may be looking to take advantage of you. The maiden Dunia takes advantage of the eldest brothers tricking them into slavery just by asking them , “lie closer to her, so that they would be warmer” which cause they to fall through a trapdoor into the cellar ( Afanas’ev 314). Then even after the younger brother frees the elder brothers from slavery they look to steal his success by taking the apples and exiling him, though they don’t succeed. Moreover this will become extremely helpful as one grows older. Everyone is going to face challenges in life and must learn to push through them. Also it is good to keep an eye out on others making sure they don’t betray you or exploit your
Lastly Khaled Hosseini looks at a Afghan family and how its each family members commitment and strong bond is what is essential in ones future/identity. In the novel it was evident that Pari’s relationship with her family, mainly her brother, Abdullah was Pari’s source of unconditional love and it was that very thing that kept Pari connected to her roots which is the very thing that shaped her future/identity. Pari’s uncle was the very reason why Pari was sold in the novel and the cause of Abdullah being stripped from his only family. In the novel the separation of Pari and Abdullah caused sever pain as Abdullah was not just a brother rather he played the mother and father figure for Pari. In the novel the author, Khaled Hosseini uses many
Joseph Campbell describes the hero’s journey as a quest where the “hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won: the hero comes back from this mysterious adventure with the power to bestow boons on his fellow man” (Campbell 7). The heroine’s quest, according to Valerie Estelle Frankel includes “battling through pain and intolerance, through the thorns of adversity, through death and beyond to rescue loved ones” (Frankel 11). Contrary to the hero’s journey, the heroine’s journey focuses on the “culture on the idealization of the masculine” while the hero’s journey focuses on the adventures. In the inspiring autobiography, I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban, Malala Yousafzai represents a heroine because she goes through the stages of the heroine’s journey as she refuses to be silenced and risks death to confront the Taliban on behalf of the young Pakistani girls that are deprived of education. The stages of the journey include the ordinary world, the call to adventure, the supernatural aid, the crossing of the first threshold, the road of trials, the ordeal, death and rebirth, and the return with the elixir.
To begin with, one of the lessons the story shows is that the situation one wishes and hopes to be
As a conclusion, I find that this story is really can motivates and inspires us. I understand now, it is not only motivational books that can motivate us, but also one’s autobiography. All of the good part in his chapters of life should we take as the model for us to follow and the negative part, is for us to take as lessons. Whatever bad things that we had done will be affecting us in the future. There is no other person that will regret for our past mistakes accept us ourselves. However, every people learn from mistakes, whether it is our own mistakes or others. The most important is we realize the mistakes, and we do not repeat it again.
A twelve year old's life was turned upside down. This little boy named Ishmael Beah was running around with all his friends. Then suddenly people started coming into his village sad and scared. Ishmael Beah and his friends started running from the rebels that were at war with the government. He ends up getting caught and killing a lot of people. At the end of the story they go to rehabilitation center to put then back into the community. Never loose hope, people can change, everything bad comes to an end. Ishmael Beah uses imagery to teach us that we should never give up and try our best to the last moment to have hope, and to teach us to have strength in bad times and bad things make us stronger. This is about a boy soldier forced into the line of duty to protect his life and make it without dyeing. The lesson of resilience that Ishmael Beah is trying to teach us, is that you should never lose hope and always stay strong.
Against the backdrop of a brand-new liberalized world, Kapur sketches out Shagun’s boredom, Raman’s hurt and the confusion of their children, Roohi and Arjun, who are batted back and forth between parents and across chapters. The two new partners in the equation, boss man Ashok and divorcee Ishita, struggle to woo their step kids while supporting
The attempts the women tries so to be in vain till the end when it over boils. The women set herself free in the only way she knew how. Sometimes when people are in tight situation, or when their goals are being blocked, they react even when it doesn’t make sense. The women reacted to being closed up and oppressed and, to her family, it didn’t make
In conclusion, in every short story the main character is challenging or going against the world in many ways. Whether it 's by challenging the Law, Themselves, or society. Everyone has something they have to prove and they try their best to live life the way they want without regrets at the end of the day. Each one has a lesson behind it that you can relate to one way or another. Everyone’s
I believe the conflict in the story is an internal one. I think it is the conflict between the old woman's will power and Mother Nature. She encounters many obstacles that would influence most people to give up but she has motivation to get her task done. These encounters include a bush catching onto her dress, a scarecrow frightening her and discouragement from a white man. She also had to climb hills, cross streams and crawl under barbed wire fences which is certainly not considered an easy task for an elderly woman.. If I was forced to deal with these obstacles I know that I would most likely have turned around but her will power was too strong to let Mother Nature win.
Parvana’s father is a great teacher who is not only educated but teaches her how to read and write and the history of her country, “Parvana had grown up with his stories, which made her a very good student in history class.” (p.29) They discuss life before the Taliban, providing Parvana with hope for a better life. The geographical experiences people have, gives Parvana a small knowledge of places outside of war and Afghanistan. These people teach her as she works, “Sometimes they told her of the beautiful mountains or the field of opium poppies blooming into flower, or the orchards heavy with fruit.” (p. 134) Shauzia, Parvana’s friend through the novel, teaches her about geography and shows Parvana new places when they chat together, “’In Pakistan, I head down to the Arabian Sea, get on a boat, and go to France!’” Parvana has exceptional teachers around her who may not have a degree or the occupation of a teacher but, go on to teach her things about life and the geographical landscape that she has never
The book relates on a girl named Parvana who is 11 years old and lived in a war torn city with disastrous things happen. The city she lives in is Kabul in Afghanistan. Taliban set curfews for the people’s to be home by. At night the city was dark and gloomy with no lights. Parvana would do work for the family cause her dad went to prison because the Taliban found that he had books and girls were not allowed to be educated. He would always read to Parvana at night and that’s what made Parvana feel safe to go to sleep. Parvana would read letters to people to earn money for her family. Mrs. Weera was Parvana’s gym teacher before the Taliban took over. Mrs Weera would always tell Parvana to go fill the water bucket for her family. Mrs. Weera decided
Although the story bounces between these two main "insinuations", it is never clear to me what or who the story is about and I found this to be an unfulfilling reading. In retrospect my previous readings of literature have been more of the atypical writing style. One that leaves you comfortable and secure and without guesswork "The Indian Uprising" avoids this style at all cost. The author's intent on writing in the style of a collage, although fascinating, is very confusing. I will be the first to admit I'm not the most avid of readers, but having to read a story two or even three times and still not fully perceiving its meaning made it an even more arduous read.
... Malala, as well as her parents are very brave for breaking some traditional Pakistan and Muslim traditions. It amazes me how Malala survived an attempted Taliban assassination. The Taliban shot her in the face, just missing her brain. The bullet came out through her shoulder, and she shockingly survived it. She was believed to not survive the attack. Malala’s survival amazes me. The reason why the two Taliban men attempted to kill Malala was all because she was fighting for education, and women's rights in the Swat Valley region. The book gave me a better understanding of Pakistan, but what mainly intrigues me about stories from Pakistan are the lives of remarkable young women. These young women could be dealing with arrange marriages, women trafficking, or like Malala, fighting for women's rights and education. I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai is a worthwhile read.
One of the important messages that were taught through the story is that true beauty comes from within. Also, if love is true it will prevail through any means. Beauty is scared of the Beast at first because ...