Imagine a world where siblings and fathers were taken away and kids and mothers were bombed in the middle of a dangerous war and you have to travel on foot to get to safety! People wouldn’t know who to trust, what to do, and what decisions they would have to make. They would learn their own physical and emotional limits because they would have to be more independent. Well, in the book Under the Persimmon Tree by Suzanne Fisher Staples, one girl, Najmah, has to live through all of these feelings in her devastating life. She has to travel to a refugee camp all the way in Torkhum, Afghanistan where she has to travel miles and miles by foot. Then she makes a decision to go to Peshawar where she may find her father and brother once again. Instead,
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This is how she becomes a stronger woman. Najmah changes from meeting Nusrat because, at first, Najmah cannot trust Nusrat, Nusrat starts to care a lot for Najmah, and how she thinks Mada-jan will approve of Nusrat taking care of Najmah. When she meets Nusrat, she is not able to trust Nusrat because she has learned not to trust anyone for a very long time,"Her kindness is difficult to accept after learning not to trust anyone these last week's"(Staples 199). She thinks that trust is not important and is more independent. Her experiences have been important to make this character because she has no family left to travel with her, so she can't trust anyone, except maybe for Akhtar and Khalida. Furthermore, she is starting to approve of Nusrat because of how caring and protective she is starting to be. This is possibly because she wants Najmah to explain to her about what has happened to her family,"I say nothing, but I stare at this bitter woman and wonder why she should be so angry with me. I decide I will call the teacher Bibi Nusrat, a term of respect and affection"(Staples 204). Najmah feels as if she is safe and cared for, so she thinks she can trust Nusrat. This is because she calls Nusrat by a very authentic prefix, Bibi Nusrat. As you can see, trust is a very important quality in this book as it depends on whether you live or you die. If you trust the wrong person, for example Uncle, he would have killed Najmah weeks ago. Lastly, Najmah has full faith in Nusrat because Nusrat wants to do anything that Najmah says is making her feel uncomfortable. This is like when Nusrat defends Najmah when Uncle tries to find Najmah,"The moment Bibi Nusrat refuses to allow Uncle into her garden, I am sure I can trust her...but she is a true Muslim. She is kind and she wants to take care
This is how she becomes a stronger woman. Najmah changes from meeting Nusrat because, at first, Najmah cannot trust Nusrat, Nusrat starts to care a lot for Najmah, and how she thinks Mada-jan will approve of Nusrat taking care of Najmah. When she meets Nusrat, she is not able to trust Nusrat because she has learned not to trust anyone for a very long time,"Her kindness is difficult to accept after learning not to trust anyone these last week's"(Staples 199). She thinks that trust is not important and is more independent. Her experiences have been important to make this character because she has no family left to travel with her, so she can't trust anyone, except maybe for Akhtar and Khalida. Furthermore, she is starting to approve of Nusrat because of how caring and protective she is starting to be. This is possibly because she wants Najmah to explain to her about what has happened to her family,"I say nothing, but I stare at this bitter woman and wonder why she should be so angry with me. I decide I will call the teacher Bibi Nusrat, a term of respect and affection"(Staples 204). Najmah feels as if she is safe and cared for, so she thinks she can trust Nusrat. This is because she calls Nusrat by a very authentic prefix, Bibi Nusrat. As you can see, trust is a very important quality in this book as it depends on whether you live or you die. If you trust the wrong person, for example Uncle, he would have killed Najmah weeks ago. Lastly, Najmah has full faith in Nusrat because Nusrat wants to do anything that Najmah says is making her feel uncomfortable. This is like when Nusrat defends Najmah when Uncle tries to find Najmah,"The moment Bibi Nusrat refuses to allow Uncle into her garden, I am sure I can trust her...but she is a true Muslim. She is kind and she wants to take care