Under The Persimmon Tree

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(AGG)It is no surprise that not everywhere in the middle east is peaceful with countless deaths at the hands of the Taliban who constrain women and men while also bringing down the progressive Islamic society that the Middle East had before. (BS-1)The author uses a real life conflict; how the Taliban take the boys and men and force them to fight in order to drive Najmah. (BS-2)Najmah splits into 2 different people because the of the extreme confinement on women that are also accurate in real life. (BS-3)In the novel the author uses a real life conflict; how the Taliban take the boys and men and force them to fight in order to drive a main character Najmah. (TS)Over the course of Under The Persimmon Tree the author, Suzanne Fisher Staples, …show more content…
(SIP-A)The Taliban's view on people who hinder progress of the Taliban and inhumane are a real problem for the real world. (STEWE-1)Women who lived under the Taliban were essentially made invisible. “All women were forced to wear the burka, an all-enveloping garment that completely hides the body, with a mesh in front of the eyes to allow for seeing and breathing.”(Dass) (STEWE-2)For the general people anyone who stepped out of line were given punishments the were extreme,”Severe punishment was meted out to those whom the Taliban saw as hindering their progress toward a perfect Islamic state...the method of dispatching the criminal was by cutting of the throat. Those convicted of homosexuality were placed against a brick wall, which was then knocked down by a tank; after thirty minutes, the rubble was cleared; those that could be pulled out alive were exonerated. For adultery, men were given a hundred lashes in a public place, while women were stoned to death”(Dass). There are a lot of other forms of punishments that the Taliban have too that are also very inhumane by U.N standards(Dass). (SIP-B)In the book Nusrat’s characteristics come out when the author uses the real life scenario of the restrictions. (STEWE-1)The author uses how Nusrat wears jeans under her burka-a restriction of the Taliban to unravel her personality about what drives her. Nusrat …show more content…
(BS-3)Not only is the abduction of men and boys an existent problem but the author uses it to motivate Najmah. (BS-2)The author splits Najmah into 2 different egos, and uses that to Najmah's advantage because of the restrictions the Taliban have on women which also occurs in real life. (BS-1)On top of Najmah's changes The author uses the constraints that the Taliban's use in order to also change Nusrat and also reveal her thoughts. (R)Taliban, they shield themselves with the belief that they are doing something good to purify the world for God with inhumane punishments and restrictions, but as a roman philosopher and emperor Marcus Aurelius once said,”Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not a truth.”(“Marcus Aurelius”), so we have to think again, is cruel treatment under their rule really good for the Islamic God or, is it only an opinion made by a man that wants harm to the world and change many lives for worse for people like Najmah and

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