In the novel “Parvana,” by Deborah Ellis Parvana faces a lot of challenges because of the Taliban and their laws. The theme of family courage and hope are used throughout the entire novel and are demonstrated in different ways by Parvana, her family and her friends.
Parvana and her family are very close. Each member of the family has their own means and responsibilities within the household, Parvana is relied on by her family to dress up as a male, buy food, earn money, support everyone and survive relies. Mother and Nooria work together to clean the little house they have and make sure there are enough supplies to live off. Mother and Nooria’s controlling ways encourage Parvana’s responsibility to continue her Father’s role reading and writing letters. When father was arrested living conditions were hard, although mother disciplined them they still managed to show happiness and work together to change things for the better. Although Parvana and her family were going through a difficult time they still cared and helped each other to survive.
Nearly all the characters in “Parvana” show courage during the novel. Courage is shown throughout the novel by most of the characters in the book like when Parvana and her mother showed a lot of courage when they went to the prison to retrieve her Father. Another example of “courageous characters” in this novel is when Parvana and her family made the decision to turn Parvana into a male to support her family and help them to survive the difficult time that they go through in the novel.
hope is shown a lot throughout “Parvana”. Hope is shown by L.T.S lachycorn 2014