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Under The Persimmon Tree By Suzanne Staples

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(AGG) Going through the phase of loss makes someone a new person, Najmah’s story is based off of this experience in her life. (BS-1) As a result of Najmah’s father and brother being kidnapped, Najmah changed her way of living for the rest of her journey. (BS-2) After the death of Mada-jan and Habib, Najmah’s view of her family was changed. (BS-3) Najmah becomes courageous towards the end of the book, and knows what she will do in order to survive. (TS) Najmah’s life changed from the loss of her family members throughout the entirety of the book Under the Persimmon Tree by Suzanne Fisher Staples. (MIP-1) Najmah is shaped by the loss of her father and brother in a significant way. (SIP-A) Before Baba-jan and Nur get kidnapped, Najmah has everyone …show more content…

(SIP-A) Before Mada-jan and Habib die Najmah isn’t very hopeful that they will come back into her life. (STEWE-1) Mada-jan says to Najmah, “‘Your father will return,’ my mother says… ‘We will be here when he comes, just as he asked’” (Staples 41-42). Before Mada-jan and Habib died Najmah didn’t have a lot of hope that she would be able to see her father and brother again, and that it would be all a mystery. (STEWE-2) Najmah says to herself, “I try hard not to think of Baba-jan and Nur without weapons pitted against American bombs, but my heart thumps dully in my chest and I realize that’s all I can think about” (Staples 63). Najmah won’t stop forgetting them and doesn’t know how she would be able to forget them. (SIP-B) After they die Najmah gains confidence and tries her best to be able to find them again. (STEWE-1) Najmah believes that she needs to survive she has to pretend to be Shaheed. “I must pretend to be Shaheed if I am to look for my father and brother in Peshawar...I gain strength and my resolve grows to leave Peshawar”(Staples 150-151). She believes that she will be able to find them. She also becomes very confident and has hope. (STEWE-2) Najmah didn’t believe anything her uncle said from the beginning. “When Uncle said that Baba-jan is dead, it struck my heart like a knife. But I will not believe him. I’m sure it’s a trick” (Staples 221). Najmah is sure that Baba-jan is alive and that she can find him. Because throughout the book Najmah isn’t sure about Uncle and doesn’t know if she can trust him. So specifically at this moment she doesn’t trust her at all, because she believes she will be able to find both of them. (CS) Najmah is very different before and after Mada-jan and Habib

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