Najmah Under The Persimmon Tree Analysis

Terrorism is a real time problem faced by lots of people everyday. It also affected Najmah in Under the Persimmon tree by, Suzanne Fisher Staples. Najmah is affected by the taliban because the taliban killed most of her family and took her brother to fight in the war. This is important because all around the world people are being treated poorly by the Taliban. These people are forced to give up in what they believe in and replace that with there own strict laws. My piece is about the harsh laws the Taliban enforce,the culture that the Taliban controls and how they treat people.

In the novel and in real life the Taliban effects people with their harsh laws. The Taliban is harsh they kill people all the time "Baba-jan is dead" he says softly, his voice cracking. I knew he would say these words before they formed in is mouth. Why would he come here alone if our father was alive." (Staples253). Baba jan was killed by the Taliban just because he did not follow the Taliban's strict rules. Baba jan was to kind for the Taliban to accept him and keep him alive. The Taliban don't treat the boys that they make join the army with respect "He is just a boy" Baba jan says, standing between the man and Nur and holding his hands out to his sides with the silent appeal. The Pashtun continues to stare at my brother not even paying attention to baba jan.” (Staples15). The Taliban does not care that Nur is only a boy but they still took him to war. Even though Nur is young they …show more content…
The Taliban makes the people of Afghanistan and Pakistan follow there rules believe there culture and even worse they are punished if they do not follow these strict rules. This is unfair because nobody should have to be treated like this. Basically the Taliban wants to take over, enforce their rules and culture and treat people poorly. Truly, the Taliban effects the people that they control greatly both in the book and in real