Analysis Of The Breadwinner By Deborah Ellis - 826 Words

I chose to read â€Å"The Breadwinner† by Deborah Ellis for my historical novel. It was a very enjoyable book to read but it was quite heartbreaking as well. The story delves into many important issues such as female rights and extremism. In the story, Parvana must go out into the market dressed as a boy to shop for food for her family and to make money for them as well after his father is arrested. Before the Taliban took over, Parvana’s family was well off and the family was educated. After the Taliban took over Afghanistan, girls could not have their hair showing and women had to wear burquas when outside. I was really struck by the oppression that women are subjected to in that part of the world. Another part of the book at†¦show more content†¦Going along with my previous point of my poor judgement on the old Afghanistan culture, I did not realize that women had been allowed to be educated and have many rights. I was under the media-pedalled illusion that women in Afghanistan and other parts of the Middle East were all forced to wear a burqua and that it was a long standing tradition. After the Taliban took over, women were not allowed to even leave their homes without a male escort. The windows in the homes had to be painted so that the outside world could not see the women in the house. In one part of the book, Parvana takes her little sister outside and it is said that it was her first time outside in over a year and a half. I was completely at a loss to be able to make sense of why such things had happened. The complete stripping of rights for women is so devastating. Even in western culture, women have only gained the right to vote relatively recently. I do not know if I will ever fully understand why women are the last to gain rights and are even still marginalized sometimes in today’s Western society. In the story, Parvana is only eleven years old and she is thrust into being the sole money earner for her family of four . This is amazing because in Canada, it is frowned upon to even leave an eleven year old to look after themselves. Parvana had to be the breadwinner because she was the only one â€Å"old† enough to work and not so old that she would be recognized as a girl. Also, if sheShow MoreRelatedFundamentals of Hrm263904 Words   |  1056 PagesHRM 28 PART 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 THE LEGAL AND ETHICAL CONTEXT OF HRM Equal Employment Opportunity 56 Employee Rights and Discipline 84 PART 3 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 STAFFING THE ORGANIZATION Human Resource Planning and Job Analysis 110 Recruiting 132 Foundations of Selection 154 PART 4 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT Socializing, Orienting, and Developing Employees 182 Managing Careers 208 PART 5 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 MAINTAININGRead MoreStephen P. Robbins Timothy A. Judge (2011) Organizational Behaviour 15th Edition New Jersey: Prentice Hall393164 Words   |  1573 PagesNorthern Arizona University Bradley Alge, Purdue University Lois Antonen, CSUS Lucy Arendt, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay Anke Arnaud, University of Central Florida Mihran Aroian, University of Texas, Austin Gary Ballinger, Purdue University Deborah Balser, University of Missouri at St. Louis Christopher Barlow, DePaul University Joy Benson, University of Wisconsin at Green Bay Lehman Benson III, University of Arizona Jacqui Bergman, Appalachian State University Anne Berthelot, University ofRead MoreOne Significant Change That Has Occurred in the World Between 1900 and 2005. Explain the Impact This Change Has Made on Our Lives and Why It Is an Important Change.163893 Words   |  656 Pageslamentable. Taken together, the key themes and processes that have been selected as the focus for each of the eight essays provide a way to conceptualize the twentieth century as a coherent unit for teaching, as well as for written narrative and analysis. Though they do not exhaust the crucial strands of historical development that tie the century together—one could add, for example, nationalism and decolonization—they cover in depth the defining phenomena of that epoch, which, as the essays demonstrate