After her father is arrested, Parvana repeatedly imagines the story her father told her about a young boy who saved his village from evil demons. This story gives her strength and courage to persevere through the challenges she faces.
Parvana runs from the village after her father is arrested by the Taliban. She feels the need to disguise herself as a boy in order to support her family and try to find a way to rescue her father.
Parvana misses work for a few days because her father has been arrested, and she needs to take care of her family, including her younger siblings. She is forced to take on more responsibilities at home in her father's absence.
Parvana has to be the one to always do the task because she is the oldest in her family, and her father is unable to work due to being arrested. This responsibility falls on her shoulders in order to support her family and ensure their survival in difficult circumstances.
Parvana's father is in his late 40s.
The Breadwinner, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sunday, tells the story of an indomitable 11-year-old Afghan girl named Parvana. When her father is suddenly arrested in Kabul by the Taliban, Parvana dresses as a boy so she can work to support her family and venture out to discover if her father is still alive.
Parvana accompanies her father to his job because the Taliban has restricted women from being in public spaces alone, and they fear for her safety. By posing as a boy, Parvana can help support her family by running errands and helping her father in his work.
In Chapter one. Parvana goes to the prison to get father out of jail. And the worst part was she hears father's snoring.
Parvana sells stuff (dressed like a boy) OR when shes with her father she just sits on a blanket.
because Parvana's mother won't make Nooria(Parvana's older sister) go to Marza by herself. And Parvana said she doesn't want to go to Mazar with them, She wants to wait her father out of prison in kabul.
one of fahers last qoutes to parvana as he was taken away by the taliban were "take care of everyone my little malali" father refers to parvana as malali because malali was a great female warrior and showed a lot of strenght as well as determination and this bears a resembelance to parvana's qualities as a person. :) hi
Homa, Fatana Mother,Father, Maryam, Ali, Parvana, Nooria, Shauzia, Kassem, Mrs Weera, her grandchild, Tablain,
When Parvana's father is taken away.When Parvana has to become a boy, and when she goes into the markets as a boy.When she begins to dig up bones.When her mother, and her siblings leave for Mazar-Sheriff.When she meets an old school friend Shauzia