Najmah Journey

Before Hassan’s son is found by Amir, Amir learns of more violence; the Taliban’s murder of Hassan and his wife. In chapters 16-17, Hassan’s time spent in Pakistan is recounted since Baba and Amir left for America. The basics of Hassan’s life are told, including his son Sohrab, who was named after a character in a song Hassan and Amir created. The death of Hassan is incredibly important to the theme and tone, as Hassan’s ethnicity was connected in a symbolic way to the discriminatory attacks on Hazara in Kabul since the Taliban showed up. Hassan had been killed by two members of the Taliban, with the members never being punished for their actions, symbolizing the Taliban’s views on the Hazara even further.

Through this novel, the author portrays the raw reality of hardship that has been, and continues to be endured by the individuals of Afghanistan, and how the women are more violated. With poverty and abuse doing their respective rounds in the warzone, life in general has become one with grief and

To begin with, Farah Ahmedi worked hard to get her and her mother to a land free of war. For example, Ahmedi stated how “[...]her father and brothers [were] dead from a rocket attack[...]” (Studysync). Farah knew how dangerous her country, Afghanistan, had become and they (Farah and her mother) were “[...]desperate to get through[...]” (Ahmedi 1). This led Farah to not only want to save herself, but also her

(MIP-1) The Taliban took Nur and Baba-Jan, it showed her that there are real situations that she will have to go through in life. She would also have to grow up a lot faster than she planned on for her and her family. (SIP-A) Before the Taliban took Nur and Baba-Jan she was scared of things she had no reason to be scared of, she pretty much acted just like any other kid. (STEWE-1) Najmah had things she liked to do with her brother before he ended up being taken, things

Paragraph III: TIQA format---Ha “inside out”. Who was she as she had to flee and find home? (Traits, values, beliefs) (Thesis) How is her story like other refugee

The theme of males dominating the course of Nana’s life is one that she passes down to her daughter, Mariam, the moment she was conceived. Although Mariam is only five years old and has difficulties understanding the way of the world, her mother’s piece of advice foreshadows the events of her own life. From Jalil making the decision for Mariam to be wed against her wishes as a means to erase his past, to her abusive relationship with Rasheed in which she is always at fault in his eyes, Mariam’s life revolves around men’s inability to recognize and take responsibility for their own shortcomings. Hosseini’s depiction of Mariam’s inability to escape the tyranny of sexism paints a picture for readers of the lifelong struggle that than millions of Afghan women face to this day.

(AGG) In Kabul, women were 60 percent of the teachers, 50 percent of the government workers, and 40 percent of the doctors before 1996, when the Taliban came into rule (Dass). (BS-1) The literary elements Staples’ forms in Under The Persimmon Tree accurately uses the Taliban’s mistreatment of women. (BS-2) As a result of Staples’ accurate use of these details, certain aspects of Najmah and Nusrat were revealed by the literary conflicts that are created.

Najmah had been strongly affected by the Taliban when they took away her brother and father. She was left alone to take care of her mother and when the Taliban started bombing near her house, her mother and baby brother died. “And then I hear a strange whistling sound that seems to grow louder and louder, and the ground heaves and a loud thump echoes from somewhere below” (65). Nusrat was affected by the Taliban through her husband Faiz. He was from Afghanistan before coming to America and marrying Nusrat. When the Taliban became fiercer and he feared for his family's safety. Faiz thought about going back to Afghanistan with Nusrat. After many injuries in bombings conducted by the Taliban, it was clear that Faiz was going back to Afghanistan to work as a field Doctor. “A field hospital is no place for a woman” (96). When Faiz and Nusrat had arrived in Afghanistan, Nusrat went to live in a safer place while Faiz went to set up his field hospital. Since then, Faiz had not written back to Nusrat and Nusrat feared that he was dead. Najmah and Nusrat were both affected by the Taliban in different ways. Najmah had been through her father and brother being taken away by the Taliban while Nusrat had been through her husband wanting to help the people affected by the Taliban and

The 1970s introduced the beautiful, stunning and peaceful Afghanistan to the chaotic, destructive, and immoral Afghanistan. The overthrowing of two kings, the take over by the communist, and finally the rise of the Taliban that lead the people of Afghanistan into a life of misery and uncertainty. In this calamity, the poor faced death while many rich families escaped the misery leaving behind their lives, past, and partly their responsibility. In the midst of a violent turmoil that shook Afghanistan, a moral dilemma was the cause of true pain in the heart of a little-privileged boy. The little boy is

(RTS) The past experiences that Najmah has faced with the loss of her family have affected her as to who she is as a person. (BS-3) Najmah is not the little girl that she used to be, and the effects among her have taken a toll on that. (BS-2) Najmah went all the way as to getting what belonged to her back. (BS-1) Half of her family was taken by the Taliban, a group that was very dangerous and were a major threat to Kunduz and Peshawar. (R) When Najmah lost the people that she loved, she tried to do everything she could to get them back. The people that she loved was her family. Najmah knew that she would find them, but only one of her family members came back alive.

Trying to escape from her toxic, war filled country, Ahmedi tries to escape to get to Pakistan with her mother for a better life. When she can’t get her job done she fines a different way with the help of a kind strangers. ““He had never seen us before, and yet when he met us, he said, ‘I will help you.’” the author writes. Ahmedi found a way to get her and her mother a better life.

In the commencement of this novel, Najmah lived in peace, and consequently, she was timid, and was lacking maturity. Najmah’s brother, Nur, reveals Najmah’s childish character in chapter 1 “‘I saw a leopard's pug marks in the dust here last night,’ Nur says...But I really am convinced a large animal with long, pointed teeth is waiting to pounce on me. I am terribly afraid of leopards, although I have never seen one in my life”(5, 6). In other words, this quote asserts that Najmah is gullible and becomes alarmed of things that she has never seen before. This testifies that Najmah was tremendously fearful of her misconceptions and therefore immature. Subsequently, Najmah’s brother and father were abducted by the Taliban, Najmah’s thoughts portrayed

(SIP-A) Najmah has changed by avoiding being noticed as a girl by the taliban. (STEWE-1) “I take advantage of being dressed as a boy to wander in the makeshift bazaar that has sprung up at the edge of the tent village, with vendors of fruits and vegetables, used clothing, soap, mirrors,plastic basins, and paper (148).” She is now taking advantage of being a boy and wandering around and she is now stealing food for her survival. (STEWE-2) “But I am on my own now, and I decide to take my chances instead of waiting until it might be too late (154).” She is starting to become more responsible because she is on her own and she has to survive without having her family there to help her and support her. (SIP-B) Najmah choices became a successful because she made it to Peshawar safely so she can find her father and brother. (STEWE-1) “It’s difficult to believe I have made it safely to Peshawar! I have yet to learn where I might look for my father and brother, and I have no idea where i will find a safe place to sleep (165).” Najmah has gotten to Peshawar and she is looking to find somewhere to find shelter and food. She is glad nothing happened to herself, she made it safe to Peshawar and now she is going to find her brother and father. (STEWE-2) “I duck behind it and with surprising ease am able to pry loose one of the boards and slip inside without anyone

(SIP-B) In the book finding safety is a struggle for Najmah and other refugees, but this is not just a fictional issue, many refugees in real life had to go through many struggles to find a safe place for them and their family. (STEWE-1) During the travels of refugees in the real world there's no hesitation in the force or the violence that they used. A web page article talked it about Refugees escaping a city which was being tortured “A journey to the remote town of Thal, three miles from the border near the Afghan city of Khost, offered a rare glimpse of the brute force faced by starving and terrified refugees” (Smucker). This rare seen force is also shown in the book told by Nur when he was takes by the Taliban, “nearly every man that we you and I have ever known-lying on the ground their bodies over lapping each other, with blood coming from bullet holes in their heads” (Staples 254). If that were not bad enough “they made us dig a hole and put their bodies inside covering them (Staples 255). (STEWE-2) Once refugees get to the “safe” place worries and struggles still remain, “several thousand displaced people here needed winter clothing and medical attention to prevent many more deaths in the months ahead. More than 175 of these refugees , most of them children, have died of disease since the bombardment began, relief officials said” (Chivers). The book shows this in detail “Many are missing a hand or a foot or an eye. So

Her grandmother, brother, three sisters and herself all had to run away.“There is not one family that has not eaten the bitterness of war,” a young Afghan merchant said in the 1985 National Geographic story that appeared with Sharbat’s photograph on the cover. She was a child when her country was caught in the jaws of the Soviet invasion. A carpet of destruction smothered countless villages like hers. She was perhaps six when Soviet bombing killed her parents. By day the sky bled terror. At night the dead were buried. And always, the sound of planes, stabbing her with dread.