Quote: Seeing her mother on the ground finally put parvana in action ,when the soldiers dragged her father outside, she flung her arms around his waist . P.31
Connection : Parvana's brave actions remind me of When my old horse whisper was stuck on/in a prickle bush I had to be brave by risking getting scratched , cut or getting kicked to get her unstuck.
Shauzia is determined Determined: means to never give up and keep working on what you are trying to accomplish . " There is a way to make money . Your not going to like but neither do I , but it will pay better than what we have been doing . "
Mrs.Weera is reliable and very helpful : helpful means to : provide assistance or a useful function . Reliable means to : be worthy of reliance and or trust .
Quote : Parvana turned to Mrs.Weera and said "about mother , she's not well . " " then it's a good thing I'm stopping by to take care of her ." Said Mrs.Weera. P.58
Connection: I can relate to Mrs.Weera because one time I had to stay home from school because my dad was really sick I felt helpful that day because my mom was on a business trip in white rock so I had to be the responsible one and take care of my dad when he was really sick . This reminds me of when Mrs.Weera had to take care of Parvana's mother .
Quote : " who are you to tell me what to do ? " Get out of here he yelled again , " he spat at Parvana and her mother as they left the prison . P. 42'43
Connection : I can relate the to this because on Thursday December 3 2015 it was lunch time and all of sudden the bell rings early and the police showed and all of the teachers and duty moms started to yell at us saying " RUN AS FAST AS YOU CAN GO TO YOUR HOMEROOM RUN !!!!! So when I got to my classroom we turned of the lights locked the doors . It was a lock down a real one there was an intruder at our school ! And half our class was gone hopefully safe in a classroom somewhere .