(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 of 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…
(STEWE-1)First the author uses the treatment of women under the Taliban to change Najmah physically to inflict character change. After the bombing Najmah is taken in by Akhtar and Khalida and dressed as a guy to avoid the punishments that the Taliban give to those who don’t follow their rules and she is named Shaheed,”Khalida gently turns my face back toward her and holds out my long hair to the side of my face. She picks up a pair of scissors that lies in the pile of quilts and snips at my hair in short short strokes until it bristles out all over my head...Afterward Akhtar shakes out a length of striped grey silk and winds a turban over my cropped head”(Staples 84). Najmah is changed from a girl to a boy in looks in order to protect the from the harsh rule and punishments of the Taliban for the women that Najmah would have to face if she was roaming around as a girl. (STEWE-2)Najmah faces a big change because of her split. She uses the silence from her alter ego; Shaheed, to go wherever she wants to go. In order to get into Nusrat’s school easily she had to use one of Shaheed’s characteristics, silence,”’where is your family?’ He asks. my body continues to sway. I cannot answer him, no matter how hard I try”(Staples 183). Najmah clearly is silent, and later on in the conversation she uses the silence to convince the Malek of Nusrat’s school to let her in. Najmah would have gotten nowhere with Nusrat if the author did not put the aspect of the Taliban's restrictions in the book. (CS)Najmah, originally a little girl has split between 2 different personalities because of the author's specific nonfiction detail that she included in the
Grace is a very sweet and sensitive girl. She made some mistakes herself, but because of her foster parents she got through the tough parts. In Far From the Tree written by Robin Benway, she created a character that had a child in highschool and Her little girl was adopted and has a better life than what Grace could have offered her. Once Grace got told she had a sister named Maya she bursted into joy. Her heart was beating out of her chest when she was emailing Maya to meet up. When Maya replied with an answer Grace was ecstatic, but at the same time she did not know what to think. The moment when she saw the answer was ¨yes¨ she ran downstairs to tell her parents. Her whole life was now different because she had a relief that she had someone
“The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy of each other’s life” -Richard Bach. Far from the Tree by Robin Benway explores the meaning of family, and the impact that loved ones have on identity. The novel tells the story of three siblings who have three very different lives reunite after spending all of their lives separately. Grace, Maya and Joaquin grow dependant on one another, and unknowingly give and take values from each other that help them solve their own issues slowing being brought to light. With the help of his parents and siblings, Joaquin reveals a critical capacity for change as he leaves his old self behind and moves on to a better future with a loving family.
Rumors spread to Najmah that “woman wearing henna on their fingertips had their fingers chopped off”(Staples 12). When Najmah heard the clink of bangles under a woman’s burqa and the click of her heels on the pavement, the sound created an unsettling sensation within her. Suddenly, Najmah recalled how the “Taliban would whip women whose shoes made a sound on paving stones (Staples 180).” She wanted to warn the woman, for her mother had told her that “women risk their lives by hiding their jewelry” (Staples 180). As for Nusrat, notwithstanding the fact that she just moved to Pakistan not long ago, she was extremely vigilant and prudent when the Taliban was around. One time, a servant of Nusrat’s disappeared. Nusrat sent someone to search for her and discovered that “she had been badly beaten and was held without charges” (Staples 99). From this incident, the unfair treatment towards women helped Nusrat to learn more about the Taliban’s rules in Pakistan. Given the facts above, it is very apparent that Taliban’s cruelty toward women is depicted precisely and vividly through the different stories of two
The Taliban regime was infamous for its treatment of women. Windows had to be painted black so men could not look into the windows of houses and see the women inside. Women were unable to work. Under Taliban rule, women were not allowed to be educated, unable to go to school or university. 9 out of 10 Afghan women are illiterate. Unfortunately, Meena was unwillingly cast into the role of teacher to young girls who wanted to learn how to read. Because she had been to university, girls flocked to...
Social injustice is revealed throughout the novel and Hosseini really goes in depth and indulges the reader by portraying every aspect of the life of women in Afghanistan at the time period. He also reveals most of the social injustice women still have to deal with today. This novel is based on two young women and the social injustices they face because of their gender. Gender inequality was very common in Afghanistan
Different events occur when the Taliban gains power. Their invasion on women's rights shows a theme throughout the novel.
In 1997, the Taliban made a law banning girls from ages 8 and up from going to school and forced all girl’s learning facilities to be shut down, according to Explora. Some girls still tried to go to school regardless of the Taliban and one of those girls is Malala Yousafzai. Her family did not hide their feelings toward the ban of girls in school to the public, when Malala was twelve she began blogging for the British Broadcasting Corporation about what life was like under the Taliban rule anonymously, and she also campaigned publicly for girls education rights, this enraged the Taliban. As a result, On October 9, 2012 when Malala was riding home from school, her bus was stopped by 2 Taliban members and they fired 3 shots at Malala, thankfully none of them killed her but she was seriously injured by this, as declared by NobelPrize.com. Furthermore, this is not the only harsh rule of the Taliban to women. Women were forced to wear a head-to-toe covering known as a burka, they were not allowed to leave the house without a male, and they made it a rule to publicly stone women who were convicted of adultery, as stated in The Other Side of the Sky, by Farah Ahmedi. Arguably, you can see their was a definite bias in sexes in the Taliban that is very unfair to women
When Hassan asked if I wanted to hike up the hill, I said I was tired. Hassan looked tired too- he’d lost weight and gray circles had formed under his puffed-up eyes. But when he asked again, I reluctantly agreed. We trekked up the hill, our boots squishing in the muddy snow. Neither one of us had said anything. We sat under our pomegranate tree and I knew I’d made a mistake. I shouldn’t have come up the hill. The words I’d carved on the tree trunk with Ali’s kitchen knife, ‘Amir and Hassan: The sultans of Kabul’...I couldn’t stand looking at them now.
(AGG)In the book Under The Persimmon Tree, the character Najmah has developed in many ways and some of these changes have to do with some of the life changing experiences that occurred in her life. (BS-1)In Under The Persimmon Tree, Najmah was just a lazy girl that didn’t feel like waking up in the morning and had a fear of lepards. (BS-2)Najmahs life changed completely due to the things she has seen with her own eyes, unspeakable events that she has witnessed. (BS-3)Najmah has loved, and she has lost people she has cared about in her life to make things right again.(TS)To make things right again, Najmah has to pull forward and leave behind all of her childish fears so her and her family can survive.
The play “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry has many interesting characters. In my opinion, the most fascinating character is Ruth because of her many emotions and captivating personality. She goes through extreme emotions in the play such as happiness, sadness, anger, stress, and confusion. Ruth is very independent, firm, kind, witty, and loving.
There are many examples throughout the text that specifically focus on the overbearing treatment of women. During the country's revolution there is a shift to extremely conservative religious conviction that force women to cover themselves head to toe while in public. Ultimately, Nafisi refuses to wear a veil while teaching at the University of Tehran which leads to her expulsion. These examples presented throughout the text along with various outside sources, can be a tool to interpret and scrutinize the oppressive treatment of people in unjust societies like that of Iran's.
AP English Literature and Composition MAJOR WORKS DATA SHEET Title: A Raisin In the Sun Author: Lorraine Hansberry Date of Publication: 1951 Genre: Realistic Drama Biographical Information about the Author Lorraine Hansberry was born in Chicago on May 19, 1930. She grew up as the youngest in her family. Her mother was a teacher and her father was a real estate broker.
There are many different influences in the world today; a big one that most people in the world face is religion. Religion is an influence that people first encounter during their childhood. They grow and learn to have faith. People’s perspective on religion is affected by their culture, their family and the events they witness during childhood. Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi is the story of a young girl growing up in Iran, during the Islamic Revolution, and the war with Iraq. Throughout the novel religion develops along with the plot, in good and bad ways. In the story Marji loses her faith and it changes who she is, religion also changed her lifestyle by the government putting religion into the law. Religion is a topic that people label as
When it comes to culture, different views can cause major conflicts, and these said conflicts occur in the novel Persepolis. The book is a memoir about Marjane Satrapi, also known as Marji, growing up in Iran under the Shah’s rule and the Islamic rule. Even with the many different cultures in Iran, she stuck up for what she believed in and rebelled against the things she thought were wrong. In Persepolis, Marjane’s growth is affected by various aspects of culture including religion, government, and social organization.
The book begins with an attempt on Zainab’s life, presumably by Nasir’s forces. Later, the Muslim Ladies Group is banned when Zainab refuses Nasir’s offer to join the Socialist Union. She then engages in secret meetings with Muslims in h...