The Bread Winner

parvana is BRAVE

• The definition of brave is to be willing to do something dangerous or stupid or to demonstrate courage.

BRAVE

• Quote: "Parvana watched in horror as the soldiers bent down to yank the things out of the bottom shelf. "Get out of my house!" she yelled. She threw herself at the soldiers with such force that they both fell to the ground."
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CONNECTION

• This part of the story reminded me of the time I tryed to do a backflip on a trampoline and landed on my head and almost broke my neck. I had to be brave.

Mrs. Weera

Demanding: Making others work hard or to meet higher expectations.

DEMANDING

• "I'll be moving in this afternoon and you can help me Parvana"
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CONNECTION:

• This reminds me of when I'm trying to show somebody how to do something and they are not getting it right so I demand that they do it right.

THE WINDOW WOMEN

Mysterious Definition: Difficult or impossible to understand,
explain, or identify.

MYSTERIOUS

• "When Parvana saw a shadow go by in the window it was the window women".
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CONNECTION

• "My connection is when I was following somebody and they never noticed me because I would hide behind something new every time they turned around."

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