Historical Lens throughout The Breadwinner Afghanistan, once the center of culture and trade globally, in the beginning of the 21st century had been reduced to a 3rd world country. Through war, coups, and invasions, the once great country had become emblematic of poverty. In Nora Twomey’s adaptation of the book The Breadwinner, Parvana finds her father is arrested on false charges by the Taliban. She is forced to take up odd jobs and to move around war-torn Afghanistan. The Breadwinner is intended to be read through a historic lens due to events in the film from dialogue, and from what we know happened during the period of time, through the Soviet-Afghani War, the Taliban coup of the Afghan Government in 1996, and through the United States…show more content… In 2001, resulting from the attacks on the World Trade Center by Al Qaeda, President George W. Bush declared a war on terrorism, and that meant war with Al Qaeda. Osama Bin Laden, the leader and perpetrator of the attacks, was being protected by the Taliban government in Afghanistan, and the US would not wait for the Taliban to give him up, beginning a full scale invasion with a global coalition. An example of the terror of regular people in the beginning stages of the war on terror is when Parvana’s distant family comes to attempt to save them and bring them somewhere far away from the warzone (The Breadwinner 1:10:09 - 1:11:14), but ends up being incredibly cruel and ends up leaving Parvana’s family out in the middle of a desert road to reunite. Ordinary people begin to be forced from their homes in large cities in fear of bombing runs, and are forced to leave their previous lives behind. Many die, are forced to war, or are simply scared and choose to
