Suzann Fisher Staples Under The Persimmon Tree

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Under the persimmon tree essay
Imagine being a afghan, scared every day, knowing that a group of people called the Taliban are forcing strict rules, rules like that women can not go out of the house without a man with them, or that people can not watch tv or fly a kite. This is happening in the book Under The Persimmon Tree, by suzann Fisher Staples, and also in real life. In Afghanistan, citizens are forced to follow the rules that the Taliban made. The Taliban will come to people's houses and take their food and the men in their family, just like they did at Najmah's house. Najmah, who lives in Afghanistan is one of the refugees that is fleeing from the Taliban. Nusrat, who lives in Pakistan is teaching refugee kids that came from Afghanistan. The Afghans, are fleeing because the Taliban are causing distrusting throughout Afghanistan. In the book, the Taliban, were pictured to be evil. Najmah had to face conflicts they made for her. In real life they are evil, mean, and have many strict rules. There are many …show more content…

"My mother cries for most of the two days after the Taliban took baba jan and my brother away" (Staples 30). Najmah's mother was crying for many days and was barely eating after the Taliban took away Najmah's brother and father. "My mother and I decided I should go take the goats and sheep back up the mountain to graze" ( 56). After the Taliban took Najmah's brother, Najmah has more responsibilities to do like her brothers chores. Najmah remembered when khalidia said "We will walk through mountains, where there is snow" ( 85). Najmah will have to walk through the mountains with snow to get to pakistan to find her brother. "How will we walk to torkham without food" ( 100). Najmah and a lot more people walked to the pakistan, they eventually ran out of food partly due to because the Taliban took most of it. With these quotes, people can see how the Taliban affected Najmah and the

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