Analysis Of Under The Persimmon Tree

Nana and learns to think differently about her parents. She witnesses an Indian killed because

Being the strong- willed woman Rose of Sharon is she moves on with life. Then at the end of the

She was beaten, shackled and “was wet with the dew of all the men who had covered her before” him(4). He quickly recognizes her because his mother is also an Ila woman. He takes care of her — washing her disarrayed body, starting a fire for warmth and protection, and hunting for food. He also believed in fasting for ten consecutive days as a way of a spiritual cure those who are suffering, “in this way the spirit of the dead one grows weak, finally it lets go and journeys to the land of the soul” (5). He grew weak, yet still taking care of her. They began to love one another, and did not want to be apart. Taking her first steps, she ventured to short travels, but was not ready for a lonesome journey. With each trial, the journey becomes a little farther. Twelve days later, she was gone. He holds himself back from calling her name aloud to take her back forever. He continues on with his journey to the village, hunting for food as he returns to the village not

new role, and the connection that she had with her brother. Further along within the subsequent

Lena is finally brought to a moment of healing. Through Ezol, she discovers that her grandmother may have been involved in corruption that led to the demise of the Miko Kings and the death-by-fire of Ezol. She then comes

And lastly, the change from a smaller concern for just the family to moving into a larger world-view and concern for all of humanity is illustrated in the character of Ma Joad. Ma comes to realize as she feels at first she is losing family members through the

(AGG) Losing a loved one is an immeasurable pain that many experience throughout their life, but from the darkness, something beautiful always emerges with more strength than ever before. (BS-1) The death of Nusrat’s sister, Margaret, caused a variety of different changes in her life. (BS-2) The loss of Margaret led Nusrat to discover a new way of life and find her true love, Faiz. (BS-3) Faiz’s passing causes Nusrat’s void to reopen, but is disclosed after an important realization. (TS) In Under the Persimmon Tree, one strong message is that people are shaped by those who they lose in their lives.

(SIP-B) But through her trip, it's evident that her mental state is improving, represented in the stars. (STEWE-1) She has shown signs of development from her initial breakthrough from her past mental state.The next time in the book development is shown, Najmah is yet again changing her mental state in a positive way,“Moon- and starlight guide us through the mountains, and I am able to keep our direction true by finding al-Qutb… just as my father showed Nur and me what seems a lifetime ago in our village in Kunduz” (Staples 109). Najmah is focusing more on the reality of her situation, rather than staying in the past, and she shows that whilst thinking of her missing family. Though she has shown she has “found a new purpose” so to speak, the purpose being her decision, “... to look for my father and brother” (Staples 131), she still isn't able to let go of her mother and baby brother just yet; “Intermittently clouds roll over the sky, obscuring the moon and the stars…” (Staples 109). The clouds could be seen as her memories blocking her from being able to move on and to be able to grow and help herself, as they are obscuring the stars, which represent her hope.

loses her old self to take on a bigger role. Through all of this, she represents how strong women

and begins to wither. She begins to believe that she can’t count on God at all, and replaces her faith from Him to Anatole.

Finally, Jayanti’s first exposure to the world outside her Aunt’s house and the events that lead after, changes who she really is,

Her husband refuses to believe that she has rebelled against him without Nagib's influence. She responds to this by asking "Was it Nagib who gave birth to me or I to him?"(95) It was with difficulty but her husband accepts his new wife. This empowers the mother to begin school, cut her hair, smoke, even learn to

begins to realize her self that she does not have to continue living her life in

Her brother's death, together with her own ingenuity and hard work, soon allowed her to take Nhamo's place at the mission as the family scholar and benefactor. In the end, it is her coming into her own feelings, feelings about the way she herself deals with the new world that had been opened up to her, both its rewards and costs, that does as much to shape her life as any of the education she receives at school.

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.