Book Club questions

[angeva...@gmail.com]

Hello ladies!

We have book club this Thursday evening at Courtenay's. Even if you haven't read the book yet try and get a copy - it’s a quick read so it should be possible to still read it through this week. Courtenay was going to research some Afganistan food ideas so that will likely be coming to you soon. Here are a couple different sets of questions to contemplate, and a little bit of info on the author.

Hope to see you all on Thursday.

Deborah Ellis was born and raised in Ontario, Canada, and since the age of seventeen she has been a political activist, advocating nonviolence, women’s rights, and economic justice.  She currently works in Toronto as a mental health counselor. Before writing The Breadwinner, Ellis spent several months in Afghan refugee camps, interviewing women and girls to document their lives. Her experiences inspired her to write The Breadwinner and two other books in the trilogy:  Parvana’s Journey and Shauzia. All the royalties from The Breadwinner are being donated to the education of Afghan girls in the refugee camps in Pakistan.

1. What should the role of women be in society?
2. When is war necessary?
3. What role does religion play in war?
4. In times of hardship, what qualities do women possess that men do not?
5. Can education solve all social problems?
6. Is school the only way a person becomes educated?
7. What are the qualities of a successful school?
8. What constitutes a family?
9. Why is this book told from the third-person instead of the first-person point of view? Wouldn't it be more powerful coming from Parvana's own words?
10. If this book was turned into a movie, who would star as the characters?
11. It's ten years from now... How have the characters changed?
12. How has the Taliban changed U.S. opinions of people in Afghanistan?
13. Why don't these chapters have titles? Create titles for them.

  1. What was Parvana's father's former occupation? What was her family's old home like?

  2. Why did Parvana need to accompany her father to the market? Why does it have to be Parvana and not Nooria or their mother?  
 3. What happened to Hossain? What happens to Parvana's father? 

4. Why doesn't Mother write in the beginning of the book? Explain what happens to make her change her mind. 

5. Describe how life changes for Parvana's family after Mrs. Weera comes to live with them.

6. How do Nooria and Parvana get along? Does it change from the beginning of the story to the end? Find examples of how their relationship changes or stays the same. 

7. Why do you think Parvana keeps the Window Woman a secret? Why does she plant flowers for her at the end of the book? 

8. What does reading the Talib's letter reveal to Parvana? How does this change her view of the Talib in general? Did it change your ideas of the Talib as well?  

9. How does running into Shauzia change life for Parvana? How would the story be different if they hadn't run into each another?

   10. What does the story of Malali mean to Parvana? Do you think Parvana is like Malali? 

11. If you had to make the same decision as Shauzia, would you have stayed in Afghanistan? Do you think she's a “bad person” for wanting to leave? Why? 
12. What do you think was the hardest thing that Parvana experienced? Why? What helped her endure it?

 13. Would you have been as brave as Parvana? What would have happened to her family if she hadn't become the breadwinner?  

14. Why do you think Deborah Ellis wrote this book? Do you think it's still important to read about the Taliban even though they are no longer in power? 

[harriet louwerse]

Thanks Ange!  I plan to be there.

Harriet

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[Anna]

Me too:)

Anna

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[Debra Bouwman]

Looking forward to it!!

On Sep 21, 2015, at 8:43 PM, harriet louwerse <harr...@hotmail.com> wrote:

[Courtenay Gmail]

Ladies! So excited that we'll be meeting again soon. 

I've been looking into Afghan cuisine to make up a menu.... and it all looks yummy. I feel bad sending out recipes that will take a lot of time so just take these as guidelines, maybe you'll find something you'd like to try making (or pick up along your way).  So one person for each rice and naan and 2 people for kabobs. 

1. Rice 

http://www.afghankitchenrecipes.com/recipe-type/rice-dishes/

2. Naan bread and a yogurt spinach dip 

http://www.afghankitchenrecipes.com/recipe/sabse-borani-spinach-yogurt-dip/

3. Kabobs 

http://www.afghankitchenrecipes.com/recipe-type/kebabs/

My address is 47 Mansfield Dr, Ancaster.

See you!

Courtenay

[Anna]

I'll do chicken. Not sure it will make it onto a stick...

Anna

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[Elaine Harsevoort - Adverdea]

I’ll do chicken too.

Elaine

[angeva...@gmail.com]

I will try one of the rice dishes.

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[Jennifer Nobels]

and I will make some sort of yogurt dip  with naan......but I wont be there until 8:30.....

Or did someone claim that?? 

Jen