(AGG) With no food, water, clothes and shoes, refugees around the world are forced to travel to camps that are not always considered to be safe havens. (BS-1)This is a story about fictional characters connecting to refugees everyday lives. (BS-2) Refugees are forced to live with barely any of the necessities that humans need to live. (BS-3)The characters in Under The Persimmon Tree put into perspective how real the refugee situation is in the world. (TS) The author uses fictional characters to shine light on the major refugee problem in the world.
(MIP-1) Suzanne Staples wrote a story about fictional characters that connect to refugees everyday lives. (SIP-A) Refugees who have fought in the war are suffering from PTSD because of the trauma …show more content…
She was forced to become a refugee. (STEWE-2) When Najmah found her mother and brother, she was still for a very long time. “I sit in the dirt beside them quietly, not crying, and not even aware that I am breathing”(Staples 83).Najmah had lost her father, Baba-Jan, and other brother, Nur, to the Taliban and when she lost her mother and brother too, she couldn’t face her losses. In the research to follow up PTSD, the video mentioned the feelings people with this sickness would have. “Individuals with PTSD may lose interest not only in the things that they used to enjoy doing but with life as a whole”(“PTSD Symptoms and Signs”). These two details are connected because Najmah also mentioned that she wouldn't care if the Taliban found her and killed her(Staples 83). Although this happened directly after the event itself, the feelings that she had in these moments made it seem like she lost interest with her life as a whole. (SIP-B) Women, not only in refugee camps, but in villages were treated horribly by resistance factions, like the Taliban. (STEWE-1) When Najmah was traveling through a village with Khalida and Akthar to find food, they saw women and children beaten and left starving with no where to go. “Dirty, …show more content…
These children and women were suffering terribly, just as real life refugees are, and because they are suffering without food, they are weak. “The weak, elderly, children and women are vulnerable to attacks within the camps”(Lantero). These two details are connected because the village where women and children were tortured has hardly any resources, which put them in a vulnerable place for an attack from
(MIP-1) Suzanne Staples wrote a story about fictional characters that connect to refugees everyday lives. (SIP-A) Refugees who have fought in the war are suffering from PTSD because of the trauma …show more content…
She was forced to become a refugee. (STEWE-2) When Najmah found her mother and brother, she was still for a very long time. “I sit in the dirt beside them quietly, not crying, and not even aware that I am breathing”(Staples 83).Najmah had lost her father, Baba-Jan, and other brother, Nur, to the Taliban and when she lost her mother and brother too, she couldn’t face her losses. In the research to follow up PTSD, the video mentioned the feelings people with this sickness would have. “Individuals with PTSD may lose interest not only in the things that they used to enjoy doing but with life as a whole”(“PTSD Symptoms and Signs”). These two details are connected because Najmah also mentioned that she wouldn't care if the Taliban found her and killed her(Staples 83). Although this happened directly after the event itself, the feelings that she had in these moments made it seem like she lost interest with her life as a whole. (SIP-B) Women, not only in refugee camps, but in villages were treated horribly by resistance factions, like the Taliban. (STEWE-1) When Najmah was traveling through a village with Khalida and Akthar to find food, they saw women and children beaten and left starving with no where to go. “Dirty, …show more content…
These children and women were suffering terribly, just as real life refugees are, and because they are suffering without food, they are weak. “The weak, elderly, children and women are vulnerable to attacks within the camps”(Lantero). These two details are connected because the village where women and children were tortured has hardly any resources, which put them in a vulnerable place for an attack from