Analysis Of Under The Persimmon Tree

There remains several other scenes depicting aspects and themes that warrant further reflection. One such aspect is the revolving topic of emotional neglect and apathy when it comes to Tracy's well being. This is important to note as it likely ties into the addiction and self-esteem issues plaguing Tracy's mother.

inconsistency in her beliefs. Majorly, nearing the end of her life, she begins to regret all her deeds of which

Jeannette’s self-reliant behavior is frequently shown through her refusal of help from others. On one trip to retrieve her father from a bar, Jeannette’s father is so drunk that he can no longer walk. Another man offers to drive them home, and

Empathy is having the ability to understand the feelings of others often through connecting our own experiences to those around us. “Wildwood” by Junot Diaz follows the journey of the main character, Lola. Lola is a rebellious teenager living with her mother and younger brother in New Jersey. Lola's mother who is battling breast cancer, must deal with Lola and her defiant ways. Lola’s mother sends her away to live in the Dominican Republic to learn how to be a mature young woman. Every kid can relate to wanting to go against their parents rules and Lola is no different. The reader can relate to Lola through her common experiences that many deal with. Diaz uses first person to allow the reader to experience the perspective of Lola through her narration. He makes it easy to relate to as the story follows something that everyone has been through, growing up. Rebellion is a natural characteristic of maturation, although difficult for the parents it allows children to learn from their mistakes. Junot Diaz’s short story, “Wildwood” uses teenage rebellion and common feelings, to challenge stereotypes which allows the reader to easily sympathize with the story.

The poem “Persimmons” by Li- Young Lee tells the story about the poet’s life, flashing back to his early childhood and adulthood having trouble adjusting to the English language. English was not his first language, which caused more confusion than understanding of new words. Persimmons shows how words can mean different things, but also how when someone truly loves you, some opposite words can have the same meaning. The poet is bashed by his sixth-grade teacher Mrs. Walker, but with the help of his mother and father he can overcome English boundaries and gain knowledge through their love.

Secondly, self-sufficiency is illustrated through motivation. One afternoon when Jeannette was at home by herself child services came to talk to her about her living conditions and her parents. Jeannette told the man to come back when her parents were home. When Jeannette’s mom came home she told her what happened and that she needed to do something so child services wouldn't take them away, Jeannette’s mom then said, “Jeannette, you're so focused it's scary.”(195) Rosemary says when Jeannette is focused she can get intimidating. Jeannette is motivated by the need to protect her family, which shows her self sufficiency because it's up to her to keep the family together, because she knows her parents are unreliable. Additionally, Rosemary has been known to feel sorry for herself and expresses how she hates her life. When Jeannette sees her mom wallowing she stands there in disgust watching her mother give up on life when she

Cold Sassy Tree is a fictional story written by Olive Ann Burns which details the life of a family in Cold Sassy, Georgia. The story is being told from the perspective of a teenager named Will Tweedy. The plot is focused around the love and marriage between Rucker Blakeslee and Love Simpson. There is a huge uproar and disdain from the family as well as the townspeople over the relationship. There is a grave separation between the people of the town and the blue collar workers who live on the outskirts of town and barely make enough money to live. Will is torn between defending his grandfather or agreeing with his family. He is thirteen at the time of the passing of his grandmother, who is the family’s matriarch. Being a typical teenager faced with adult circumstances, Will is torn on the emotional impulses on whether he should be out fishing or mourn the lost of the grandmother. Nevertheless, Will loved his grandmother and is extremely sad for her passing, but the passing of his grandmother places a strain on the relationship he has with his family especially his grandfather. Will looks up to his grandfather and hopes to be a lot like him. While Will thinks of his grandfather as a role model, he disagrees with some of his grandfather’s actions. Will would rather be a shopkeeper instead of a farmer like Rucker. He also does not agree with his grandfather wanting

Lastly, her family betrayed her by not listening to her side of the story after her sister told lies about her, and they betrayed her when they acted as if they did not care if she moved out of the house. In all of these actions, the family itself and certain members of the family are portrayed as uncaring, unsupportive, disrespectful, conniving, deceitful, and hateful to Sister. Through every action of the family, Sister is treated harshly, and she tries to not let this bother her. Yet, anger and bitterness build up inside of her until she cannot take it anymore. Consequently, it built up so much inside of her that it severely affected Sister so profoundly that she moved away from her home to get away from her family.

Unlike her father and sister Jeanette shows us that it is capable to reach your full potential regardless of what you have gone through. Even through the hardships of her childhood Jeanette is set on moving to New York with Lori and becoming a reporter. By putting her past aside she is able to achieve this and finally reaches her full potential. “I still went into the office in the city once a week, but this was where John and I lived and worked, our home—the first house I’d ever owned. Mom and Lori admired the wide planked floorboards, the big fireplaces, and the ceiling beams made from locust posts, with gouge marks from the ax that had felled them.” Unlike any of the houses she lived in as a child, her current home goes above and beyond. If you compare Jeannette to her sister Maureen it’s clear that becoming all that you can be depends solely on yourself. Maureen went through the same experiences as Jeanette, yet Jeanette is the one who decides to do something with her life, while Maureen continues to let her life be the same as it always was.

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

(AGG) When losing someone you dearly love, your world is turned around, Nusrat shows us her journey through loss and healing in the chapters of this novel. (BS-1) First, Nusrat loses her sister, Margaret, and struggles after losing someone so close to her to later question her religion. (BS-2) Then, Nusrat disconnects with her parents slowly after she converts to Islam and begins to start a new life. (BS-3) Lastly, At the end Nusrat loses her husband, Faiz and begins to reconnect her relationship with her parents. (TS) In the novel Under the Persimmon Tree by Suzanne Fisher Staples, Nusrat loses multiple important people who understand her the most, she has to cope with living without the people who have had such a positive impact on her

(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) We have heard many rules of the Taliban that people under them need to obey to stay safe. (BS-1) In ‘Under the Persimmon Tree’ the Taliban rule of boys aged 15 or above being snatched away from their families and being put in the Taliban army creates conflicts for Najmah and sets the plot for her storyline.(BS-2) Similarly, the rule of women always having to wear a burqa creates conflicts for Nusrat and sets the plot for her storyline.(BS-3) Najmah and Nusrat both receive conflicts with the rule of women not being allowed out alone.

This past Sunday I attend my church here in Pasadena California at Saint Anthony's Greek Orthodox Church. This is a typical Sunday morning for my family and I for the past 17 years. So the priest began The Holy Liturgy at 9 o'clock with the ortho's and then at 10 o'clock is then when the Liturgy had begun. Once the service was finished the priest would walk over to his podium that is on the right side of the altar. Once the preset on this she has already gained of the peoples attention and the pews, but gathers more attention of the crowd when he begins his sermon by saying a prayer for everyone must listen to be quiet too respectful and then after that he began to talk about the story has Zaccheus in the Sycamore tree. With the story he began to talk about how Jesus was able to ask him to come to his house even though he was the chief tax collector and everyone else like down upon him because he was at a different level status and the others.

Sona does not understand her daughter Nisha very much similar to Kasturi in Difficult Daughters, where Kasturi, the mother of the protagonist Virmati, stands opposed to her daughter’s happiness and wishes. Both Kasturi and Sona are the forces of patriarchy within their homes; the opposition does not come so openly from the male members as it does from their own mothers. They are unable to understand their daughter’s feelings and rather expect them to follow the traditional role of women in a family. Sona says, “This girl will be our death. My child, born after ten years, tortures me like this. Thanks God your grandfather is not alive. What face will I show upstairs?” (H,198) The traditional mother wants her daughter to be like her. For her doing kitchen work is more important than studies. The main concern of Sona is Nisha’s marriage. Throughout Ajay’s marriage, Sona wants Nisha to look beautiful so that any boy or his family may choose her. When Nisha returns home after living for a long time with her aunt, Sona discovers with horror that at the age of sixteen, Nisha does not know how to cook. “What can Rupa have been thinking of? I assumed she was teaching you everything she knew,’ Sona grumbled. You take half an hour to peel ten potatoes. How will you manage in your future home?”(H,125)