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The Novel Parvana, By Deborah Ellis

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The Novel Parvana wasn’t created to just entertain the audience but to expertly teach readers lessons about life. Deborah Ellis’ Novel Parvana (2000) is a very informative text about the harsh conditions the Afghan people faced under the control of the Taliban. The novel follows a girl called Parvana on her journey to find her father who was taken to prison for his overseas education, on her adventure she also must provide for her family and work for money to buy essential resources while meeting a friend from school who also disguised herself as a boy to provide for their family while living in a hell hole know as Afghanistan. Ellis uses many forms of characterisation, symbols, and themes and setting to object a powerful message to the audience to show the endless problems that developing countries like Afghanistan face. …show more content…

Parvana’s journey to find her father is used to teach her audience a big lesson about life as when she visits the to get her father she knocks on the gate and yells “I’m here for my father” (pg43). When Parvana knocked on the gate and yelled “I’m here for my father”, saying that took a lot of courage and discomfort but she had to as she couldn’t be a boy forever as she would mature one day, having Parvana do this teaches the audience to seek discomfort and break away from your fears and overcome them no matter the fear of embarrassment and discomfort you may face. Ellis intentionally uses these forms of speech to cleverly teach lessons of life to the audience of the

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