Persimmon Tree Thesis

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(AGG) In life and the book “Under the Persimmon Tree, by Suzanne Staples” refugees are known for having a very tough life filled with pain, suffering and bad experiences. (BS-1) Najmah, as well as real world refugees have horrible experiences no matter what the age. (BS-2) They may see things such as their family or friends being killed, houses being blown up, people being blown up, almost anything bad you can think of happening in the Middle East, refugees most likely have experienced. (BS-3) As we see in the book and real life women are in danger everyday because of the Taliban. (TS) Clearly, the author of the book, Suzanne Fisher Staples uses real world examples of refugee conflicts in her book “Under the Permission Tree”.

(MIP-1) Life for refugees is very hard and they see many terrible things that are shown both in the book and in real life. (SIP-A) The book’s conflicts are much like real life problems the refugees face in many ways. (STEWE-1) For example we see from a real article that “At the age of 12, Juma Khan has the face of a boy, but the wary presence of a grown man who has known more than his share of hard times” (Cheney, Peter). (STEWE-2) This is similar with the book Under the Persimmon Tree when Haroon says (talking about Najmah when she is dressed as a boy) "No doubt he has seen terrible things” (Staples 188). Both of these show conflict because they both indicate Juma and Najmah have seen many …show more content…
(BS-3) Due to the Taliban, women are in danger everyday all over the Middle East. (BS-2) Everyday refugees both in the book and the real world see horrible things happen to them, their family and their friends. (BS-1) No matter what, refugees have all seen terrible things. (R) So you might want to stop and think, is my life really that

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