Fantana Quotes

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It is the year 2000, in Kabul, Afghanistan where the Taliban just took over, enforcing the rule that all women must stay inside or be accompanied by a man or boy. Deborah Ellis wanted to write a story about how one family stuck together to endure the toughest of times. Even when they have different points of views. On page 99 the text shows that Fantana is welcoming anyone into her family. The text states, “ We’re living with my father's parents and one of his sisters. Everybody fights all the time. ‘ Well, you're welcome here any time, ‘ “ This quote shows that Fantana is showing her love towards anyone even if she isn't blood. One issue is, Afghanistan has a lot of terrorist and it is hard to hang onto family. Accordingly, the Los Angeles Times, adapted by Newsela staff , this article states , “Girls who flee arranged marriages are sometimes beaten and even killed by their families. ¨What this ciation means is, some families would kill their own own family just to make sure they won't die. Also from the text, this next quote shows how family can disappear before your eyes. “ ‘ The Mujahideen had already stopped me from going to school, but that was not enough. I …show more content…

In Chapter 5 page 58 the text quotes,”Is this all that you bought? Where's the rice? Where's the tea? How are we supposed to manage with just this?“ What this quote is, saying is that Nooria had higher expectations for Parvana when going to get food. Also from the text it states, “Cut Nooria’s hair! She’s the oldest! She should be looking after me, not my responsibility to look after her.” What you can infer is that Parvana is mad that she has to be the one to cut her hair and that Nooria doesn't. Parvana does not like how she has all the responsibility of her whole family. Parvana feels like she has to support her family cause that's what her father would have want her to

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