Analysis Of The Persimmon Tree By Susanne Fisher

There are several characters in this book, including both adults and children, that demonstrate integrity and/or social and political responsibility. These dynamic characters include, Mariatu, Marie, Mohamed, Yabom, Kadi, and Salieu. These characters have a positive change throughout the memoir, The Bite of the Mango, and they learn from their experiences in the civil war to strengthen their character.

Another internal conflict was how she finally found out, in the end, what had happened to her mother. For example:

(AGG) The book Under the Persimmon Tree by Suzanne Fisher Staples, focused on Najmah as one of the two main characters that had evolved throughout the novel when she started a mission to find her father and brother and her view of life completely turned around. (BS-1) Najmah, before she lost her loved ones she had different personality compared to when she was surrounded by family. (BS-2) When Najmah was losing the people in her life she had changed the person she initially was before she had lost the people she loved. (BS-3) After Najmah had been impacted, the losses of the lives she had been in had changed the individual she was from before she lost the people. (TS) Najmah's life has been impacted by the drastic changes that she went through, some of them being the losses that shaped her

Ma's character change is an important part of the novel, because while the men in the novel tend to see life in short little spurts, the women see life as a never-ending circle, and they understand life must go on, no matter what. The sudden change in Ma's nature shows early signs of the soon to be womens suffrage.

(AGG) Najmah has gone through many things in her life that no one should have gone through (BS-1)Najmah is losing many important people in her life, so she needs to step up and become more responsible. (BS-2) The bombing affects Najmah in many ways, some ways are good and some ways are bad. (BS-3) Najmah is regaining her hope and her voice. (TS)Due to her experiences, najmah changed in several ways through the novel.

The book that I read for my summer reading assignment was Chu Ju’s House by Gloria Whelan. The theme that I chose to work with for my assignment was: The story demonstrates that conflict occurs when people do not accept or appreciate the unique identities of others. While reading Chu Ju’s House, I found that there were quite a few instances where a character greatly changed the plot simply by choosing to ignore or accept Chu Ju’s willingness to work hard. Chu Ju’s grandmother, who she calls “Nai Nai”, is a great example of this. Nai Nai only views Chu Ju as a “worthless girl,” and she does not see that Chu Ju is almost as hard working and helpful as a son would be. It is partially because of Nai

thesis - The roles of women in this novel have had a positive and negative impact on Dunstan, which had an essential impact on his character development.

The reader’s ethics are first challenged when Makina began her journey; when the reader finds out that Makina needs to find her brother that has

(AGG)Najmah's life has been interrupted by war, explosions, and the loss of her family. (BS-1)In the beginning of the book, Najmah's father and brother had been taken by the Taliban and has to adjust to her behavior. (BS-2)Now, Najmah has to find a way to the Peshawar refugee camp after she has been separated from her father and brother. (BS-3)Towards the end of the book, Najmah can't trust anyone, due to the loss of her family, and is trying to find out if Nusrat is really trying to help and trust her. (TS)

(AGG) How can the young girl Najmah lose what she loves, along with her voice and say in her life, but get most of it back? (BS-1)Najmah lost her voice, and now does not have a say in her life. (BS-2)Najmah has a plan now, and is using her silence as a tool. (BS-3)Najmah regains her voice, as well as a say in her life (TS)In Under the Persimmon Tree, Najmah has lost her voice and her say in her life but she also got her voice and say in her life back with a plan.

(AGG) Today, many people from the Middle East, go through many life changing experiences, some of these experiences are the loss of family and loved ones, these experiences are shown throughout the book Under The Persimmon Tree. (BS-1) In Under The Persimmon Tree, the character Najmah, starts to go through these experiences, very early in the book. (BS-2) Also in the book, she starts to do many things she normally wouldn’t have done without these experiences happening. (BS-3) At the end of the book, these experiences, cause her to make very big decisions, these decisions are life changing. (TS) The Losses that Najmah goes through, shaped her life in many ways.

What makes a child determine at such a young age to defy her mom on every hand for the rest of their life? The sad realization that Ni’Kan would rather see her mother angry at her than disappointed in her became her revelation.

Persimmons, by Li-Young Lee, is a poem that discusses many aspects of growing up in a split between two cultures. Lee is presumably the narrator of this poem and describes different aspects of him growing up between the lines of Chinese and American culture. This poem touches on the many ways Lee feels as he is growing up in American Culture and how that affects the Chinese Culture he has at home. Each stanza represents a different memory that describes an instance in which he feels as though he falls between the two cultures, not exactly pertaining to one or the other. Throughout the poem, we can see that Lee is struggling with this notion of losing his Chinese Culture. The poem begins where Lee is an outsider to American Culture, then

2. How have the events in Isra's diary changed your view of Deya and Afeera (in Part One)?

The resentment within the young girl’s family is essential to the novel because one can understand the young girl better as she makes her decision.