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The Breadwinner Theme Of Risk

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The BreadWinner By:Angel Fontillas Adriel Nebres Intro the 2000 novel by Deborah Ellis many themes are showed.The most important one is risk.Many characters in the books showed this theme. Parvana is one of these characters she shows her risk by pretending to be a boy when she is not.This is risky because the taliban don’t let women go outside.If Parvana gets caught she will face consequences like getting executed or thrown in jail.So this is a huge risk by just doing simple things but the Taliban has very strict rules for women.They can’t work,drive or even go to school to get a good education. Parvana’s mom Fatana is another character that shows risk by making a article

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