Cover of The Breadwinner

    The Breadwinner

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    The Breadwinner

    In Chap­ter Fif­teen of “The Bread­win­ner,” Par­vana reunites with her father, who has returned from prison look­ing frail and weary. Despite his tat­tered cloth­ing and drawn face, she rec­og­nizes him imme­di­ate­ly. Par­vana clings to him, over­whelmed with emo­tion, and is tak­en care of by Mrs. Weera, who empha­sizes that her father needs rest. It takes days of nurs­ing before he begins to recov­er. As he regains strength, Par­vana helps him, chang­ing his ban­dages and feed­ing him nour­ish­ing soup. When he is well enough to com­ment, he acknowl­edges her new short hair, affec­tion­ate­ly dub­bing her both daugh­ter and son.

    Though her father’s health improves slow­ly, the fam­i­ly spends joy-filled moments togeth­er, with Par­vana bring­ing home din­ner and shar­ing laugh­ter, par­tic­u­lar­ly when they jok­ing­ly con­verse about their day. Parvana’s spir­it­ed involve­ment in the mar­ket becomes more impor­tant as she now feels she is work­ing towards reunit­ing her fam­i­ly. She shares her aspi­ra­tions with Shauzia, who wish­es to escape Afghanistan alto­geth­er, reveal­ing her con­cerns about an impend­ing mar­riage cho­sen by her grand­fa­ther.

    As the chap­ter pro­gress­es, Par­vana learns about the poten­tial exis­tence of refugee camps where her moth­er might be. Her father, despite his ail­ments, express­es a strong desire to search for her. They plan a jour­ney to Mazar, sig­ni­fy­ing a piv­otal shift in their lives. The upcom­ing jour­ney enhances Par­vana’s hope. Mean­while, Mrs. Weera pre­pares to leave for Pak­istan with Homa to join a women’s group, high­light­ing the plight and resilience of Afghan women.

    In a poignant moment, Par­vana takes time to say good­bye to the Win­dow Woman by plant­i­ng wild­flow­ers in the mar­ket, a sym­bol of beau­ty amidst despair. In the end, as Par­vana pre­pares for depar­ture, she shares an emo­tion­al good­bye with Shauzia, promis­ing to meet again, set­ting a whim­si­cal response in the dis­tant future at the Eif­fel Tow­er in Paris. The chap­ter encap­su­lates themes of hope, resilience, and the long­ing for fam­i­ly in the face of adver­si­ty. Par­vana’s jour­ney becomes a sym­bol of her strength and pre­pared­ness for an uncer­tain future.

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