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The Breadwinner Trilogy Character Analysis

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The main character is very courageous in The Breadwinner Trilogy. In this book, Parvana is willing to do whatever it takes in order to provide for her family and bring them all together. This can be clearly seen first of all when Parvana and her mother decided to go and try to get their father out of prison, even though it is very risky. "Another soldier joined in the beating. He hit Parvana, too" (45). Even though they knew the risks, they decided to go and try to get Parvana's father out of prison. This shows a lot of courage because they were willing to take the chance of getting beat up, in order to get father back. They knew that they had to at least try and get their father back, no matter the risk. In addition to this event, Parvana

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