The+Breadwinner+Vocabulary

Discussion about **vocabulary** in //The Breadwinner// will go here.

**What is a breadwinner? Does it really mean that you win bread?** I think that a breadwinner is the person in the house that earns all of the food for the family. I think a breadwinner is the person who provides food and money in their family. Why is it called a breadwinner? I believe that since Parvana helps her dad sell her familys' merchandise, and he gets taken away that she will have to take over his job somehow to provide a living for herself and her family.
 * QUESTIONS & ANSWERS ABOUT VOCABULARY**

After two chapters, I think a breadwinner is someone who obtains bread for less fortunate people. Does the breadwinner really win bread though? I was thinking last night about that topic, and figured that they just buy the bread (and the all other food). They don't win the bread because the women can't earn money and the men can earn the money. Then I thought about it more and came to the conclusion that the wife can't buy the food even with her husband's money because, under rule of the Taliban, they weren't allowed to go outside alone, even to get food.

After reading through two chapters of the Breadwinner, I think a breadwinner is a woman who stands up for her own rights and goes against the Taliban. A breadwinner is like Malali, the girl that helped the Afghans fight the British in 1880, brave and strong.

I think that breadwinner is the person that is the leader and the provider of the family.

Breadwinner means, a person who earns livelihood. I don't think she wins bread I think she earns it.

As said before, a breadwinner is a person whose earnings are the main source of money for a group of people. When Parvana's father is taken away to jail, Parvana becomes the breadwinner. Women and girls are not allowed to leave their house without a male accompanying them, so Parvana pretends to be a boy. While she is a boy, she is able to find work in order to support her family until her father comes back, if he ever does. For example, since her father is no longer able to read and write for customers in order to make money, Parvana uses her reading and writing skills while pretending to be a boy to make money.

I think a breadwinner is the person in the family that goes out to earn the money for a family to buy what they need to live or survive. In the beginning of the book the father is the breadwinner. But, once the father is put in

jail, Parvana becomes the breadwinner.

A Karachi was mentioned a few times in the book, so I looked it up in the glossary and it was a cart on wheels, pushed by hand, used to sell things.

When I was reading chapter three, I was wondering what Eid was when, on page 24, the book said, "It had been an Eid present from her aunt in Mazar-e-Sharif, a city in the north of Afghanistan." Eid, or Eid al-Adha, is an Islamic festival which celebrates Ibrahim who sacrificed his son, Ishmael, to follow the Allahs, or gods, command. During this holiday, animals are dressed in plastic jewelry, the people wear new clothes, and all members of your family participate in sacrificing an animal to symbolize the sacrifice made by Ibrahim. To learn more about Eid, visit [|time and date.com] **Allah is singular, not plural. It is the Arabic word for God-- the same as the Christian or Jewish God (the God of Abraham -- in Arabic "Ibrahim")**.

I looked up "Breadwinner" on dictionary.com and I found out it means "one whose earnings are the primary source of support for their dependents."

I was reading the Breadwinner and on page 26, I read the last paragraph saying that Father wore his good "shalwar-kameez" and I thought that those were only were women. Is that true? If it is true, it is like the same thing with embroidery?

I also looked up breadwinner and found something on [|merriam-webster.com]

After reading the first few chapters in the Breadwinner. I think that breadwinner means a person who is the only one who works and he/she make all the earnings for the family. This includes the food, clothing, and the necessities of life.

Bread winner doesn't literally mean, "one who wins bread", it means the primary income-earner in a household. I found that definition on dictionary.com. When I was reading __The Bread Winner__ it said that Parvana's father was the bread winner and Parvana's mother couldn't be a bread winner anymore because of the Taliban.

I think the breadwinner is some one who runs the errands and keeps every one in line, like the breadwinner of the house.

I was wondering what a chador was so I found my answer on [|wiseGEEK]. It is a Muslim religious tradition for women to where it. A chador is like a veil that covers everything but the hands, feet, and face and it is cut in the shape of a half circle. Women pull it over their heads and button it down in the front. A traditional chador comes in a wide variety of colors, which are more common in the Middle East and they were mostly common in black in the 20th century.

When I was reading I wasn’t quite sure what the burqa was so I leaned that the burqa, which is often blue, is associated with the Taliban. As we read in the book the women of Afghanistan are required to where chadors which are also associated with the Taliban. The purpose of a burqa is that the clothing you wear maintains personal modesty. The clothing that is worn has been recommended by the Qur’an. In certain parts of the Qur’an, Muhammad states that Allah says that women should cover their “beauties”: their chests, hair, legs, and arms. These body parts are only supposed to be seen by the women’s husbands and their families. The chador covers all of these body parts. For more information go to [|wiseGEEK] O\

From reading most of the breadwinner, I believe a breadwinner is someone who works for the family so they can eat enough to live.

On page 9 -- what is a labyrinth? Can you think of other examples of a labyrinth?

A labyrinth is a maze. An example of a Labyrinth would be the market place where Parvana now works instead of her father. A labyrinth i​s a maze, it is a complicated system of paths where it is easy to get lost. A labyrinth is a maze, there is a popular game called labyrinth where you need to get the ball through a maze by tilting and turning the board. I found a picture of a labyrinth on: [|www.images.search.yahoo.com] A labyrinth is a maze, were their is a lot paths and passages. Here is the website I found the information[|Dictionary.com].

A labyrinth is a maze, an example would be her life. when she has to turn into a boy she is a complete different person. if i had to turn into a girl it would be very hard to learn the ways of one.

One example of a labyrinth is the mythical labyrinth from Ancient Greek Mythology. According to The Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology, a Greek man named Daedalus built the Labyrinth to hold the Minotaur, an evil monster. Many people tried to navigate the Labyrinth, but it was such a confusing maze that most everybody who entered never left. A labyrinth is a combination of paths that make it hard to find the exit.

On page 19, what is a toshak? I looked it up and a toshak is an Afghan matress.

If you are interested on what a chador looks like I found a picture of a chador on: [|www.images.search.yahoo.com]

Before I looked the word toshak up I thought it was a chair or a piece of furnerture, but after I looked it up I found out that it is a Afghanistan matress.

A toshak is a kind of Afghan bed that a lot of people use. In the Breadwinner, they talk about two men ripped up Parvana's family's toshaks or beds.

The toshak is an Afghan mattress. Although, it is mentioned in the book that it is very uncomfortable and itchy compared to a normal mattress or bed.

I looked it up and it's a mattress and they use in Afghanistan.Here is a website I found with a toshak in it [|anandaashram.net].

On page 22, it talks about "looters." What are they? Have you heard about looters before? I have heard about looters before. They are basically burglars. The exact definition which i found off of [|Dictionary.com] is anything taken by dishonesty, force, stealth, etc.: //a burglar's loot.//

I think they are called looters because they take the family's 'loot' or possesions and valuables.

From the book Parvana talks about how her family lost almost all their belongings because of two reasons. One is all of the bombs hitting their house. The second from “looters”. I thing looters are people who go into someone’s house and steals his\her belongings .

On page19 it says parvana took off her chador. What is a chador? I looked up chador on [|Dictionary.com], and it said a chador is a traditional garment of Muslim and Hindu women, consisting of long, usually black or drab-colored cloth or veil that envelops the body from head to foot and covers all or part of the face.

I have chador because other country's women wear them, too, and my dad went to some of those countries and brought back some souvenirs. I'll bring it in tomorrow.

I wondered what a "salwar kameez" looked like and so I found a picture on the website: []

The salwar kameez is mentioned quite a bit in this book. I understand that it is an outfit for special occasions, but what are some examples of occasions they wear them for?

A salwar kameez is often worn as casual wear or in weddings, functions, or ceremonies.

On page 94, the book says,"Shauzia melted back into the market?" what does this mean.

I would think that since it says she melted, I would say that she went back to the market, like she blent in. When something melts, it goes down and spreads out. So she probably just blent in.