The Breadwinner
In Chapter 3 or 4 in Bread Winner, did Pavana and her mother relationship change what page number?
Breadwinner
Breadwinner
In the conclusion of Chapter Three, after Parvana's father's arrest, she and her mother realize they will have to walk to the prison to get Parvana’s father free. Pretending to be their father, Nooria writes a note giving Parvana’s mother permission to be outside without him. They wonder if it will protect them from the Taliban, as many of the Taliban can’t even read. Parvana helps her mother down the stairs, which are difficult to descend in her burqa. Her mother shows people a picture of her husband. Though photos are illegal, and anyone could report them for having it, the people simply shake their heads. At the prison, she holds the photo to the guards and demands her husband’s release. Parvana joins in demanding they free her father. A solider rips the photo in pieces. Others begin beating Parvana and her mother with sticks. Parvana gathers the torn photo fragments under her chador. They agree to leave as the soldiers spit at them to leave. They hobble away slowly from the prison.
As evidenced in this section, Paravana comes to understand the obstacles that women, including her mother, face in the outside world. What she'd previously resented she comes to understand, though the resentment remains. Women must follow the law or be beaten... sometimes killed, and the episode at the jail highlights the danger that women face.