Najmah's Voice In Under The Persimmon Tree

(AGG) Najmah’s voice is an important component to the story, Under the Persimmon Tree, and conflicts cause her ability to physically talk and also her say in what she does to swing. (BS-1) Events in the novel cause Najmah to not only lose her voice, but what she has a say in and decisions she wants to make. (BS-2) Conflicts throughout the story bring Najmah to a realization, that her father and brother could still be alive. This causes her to regain her capability to talk and make her own decisions. (BS-3) The hope Najmah gains when she believes there is still a chance to find part of her family, helps her to fully reel in her ability to speak and control her thoughts and choices. (TS) Several conflicts cause Najmah to lose her voice and say …show more content…
(SIP-A) Before Najmah had a plan to go to Peshawar, he does not have control on what she does or has a say in. (STEWE-1) Najmah cannot speak here because she feels there is no hope because she just lost her baby brother and her mother. This is before she realizes there is still a chance that Nur and Baba-jan. “I try to communicate, but although the words form inside my head, tongue and lips will not cooperate” (Staples 88). (STEWE-2) This is before she made her plan to find her brother and father. At this point she had no hope and she could physically not speak. “Again words will not come, but the shopkeeper isn't interested in any case, and raises his arm as if to strike me again” (Staples 169). (SIP-B) She starts to regain control when she starts to make a plan to find her brother and father. (STEWE-1) While sleeping in Torkhum, Najmah starts to feel the need to make a plan to get back to Peshawar and find her brother and father. She will not go alone, but she will leave Torkhum and arrive in Peshawar at some point. “I have no intention of staying in Torkhum… a plan has been forming in my head… But I know I cannot travel alone to Peshawar to look for my father and brother” (Staples 131). (STEWE-2) This is where Najmah fully gain her ability to make her own decision and jump on the truck to Peshawar. It’s important that she did this because before this, her decisions would be made for her by other people because she didn’t have the skill to make her own decision. “My chance comes on our twelfth night” (Staples 152). (CS) Before the plan Najmah was a mess, she could not talk or have a say in what she wanted to do, but once she made a plan to find her father and brother, she started to gain hope and regain her strength to make her own