Loss In Najmah's Life

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(AGG)Loss affects all of us in our lifetime some at an older age and some at a very, very young age.
(BS-1)Najmah experiences the loss of both her father and brother when they are being taken by the Taliban, this has a massive negative affect on her.
(BS-2) the loss of Najamh’s mother greatly affects her both physically and emotionally.(BS-3) Najmah runs into a serious stop in her journey she is faced with the decision to trust a stranger or leave, which could mean risking her life.
(TS) In the book under the persimmon tree Najmah experiences the worst downfall, she may ever feel, loss, she lost her mother, father, brother, and childhood this greatly affects her throughout the book

(MIP-1) the loss of her brother and father sets the path
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(STEWE-1)Najmah starts to build a strong sense of trust with nusrat because she does not let her uncle come into the home. “ The moment bibi-Nusrat refuses to let in uncle I know I can trust her.” This is the first part of closer that Najmah has had since the beginning of the book, so Najmah decides to stay because she feels this is the best option for her.

Conclusion
(RTS)Thusly, In the book under the persimmon tree Najmah experiences the worst downfall she may ever feel being loss, she lost her mother, father, brother, and childhood this greatly affected her throughout the book.
(BS-3) Najmah had experienced the loss of both her father and brother when they were being taken by the taliban, this had a massive negative affect on her.(BS-2) the loss of Najmah’s mother greatly affected her both physically and emotionally, but in the end helped to shape into who she was meant to be. (BS-1) Najmah ran into a serious stop in her journey as she faced with the decision to trust a stranger or leave, which could mean risking her life. (R) life is hard, survival, is harder, some people go through this on a daily basis, so stop and be great full for the things were benefitted

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