Under The Persimmon Tree Summary

In the novel “Inside out & Back Again” written by Thanhha Lai , The main character Ha flees her home due to war. Her and her family were looking for a new home trying to start a new life. Although it wasn’t easy for her to start a new life she had to learn to overcome many challenges. In the novel Ha reveals that her life is related to the refugee life even though it was unexpected. When refugees flee their home, it affects them when they leave and find a new home, it also involves affecting them when their life is turned inside out,and it demonstrates why they relate to the refugee experience.

Do you know what Refugees are what they do how they live and how they survive. Refugees are people that have to leave there home all because of war, they have to leave and find new ones far away. Before war happened in Vietnam Ha was different she was sneaky because when she went to get groceries she would by fried dough for herself, and she was mean because when she would hide her brothers sandals when she got mad at them. The title of the book makes you wonder a little by the words inside out and back again, the author Thanhha Lai had a good idea for making this book for a history lesson. Refugees like Ha and her family turn back again when they find better home like Ha she stared understanding more.

During the war, a significant amount of things happen to different groups of families in their homeland. There are soldiers that are fighting for the protection of their families and there are many families that are doing anything in their power to stay safe through the chaos. Yet a number of the individuals involved in the conflict have a tendency to try and escape the madness. In spite of the madness, some children have the advantage to escape yet they are equally impacted with long term trauma by the war as those who did not have the opportunity to depart.

The loss of somebody or someone can lead to PTSD, which can later lead to other effects, and it is said that up to 20% of all adults in America who have experienced some type of loss develops PTSD. (BS-1) Towards the beginning of the novel Under the Persimmon Tree, there is a character named Najmah who loses the ability to speak and loses control of her life, as a result of Mada-jan and Habib’s loss. (BS-2) As an effect of Baba-jan and Nur missing from her life, Najmah changes her mindset and the decisions she makes from then on. (BS-3) Najmah’s relationships with others and voice is altered, this happens once she meets Nusrat and she adjusts due to her losses. (TS) Throughout the novel Under the Persimmon Tree, we see a character named

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

In the book Under The Persimmon Tree written by Suzanne Fisher Staples, the character Najmah fled from her home village because of conflict. Staples story about what happens after that is very unrealistic. The fictional portrayal of Najmah’s journey as a refugee is very different from real life as a refugee. Staples used this to show how experiences can impact someone's character.

(AGG) Have you ever wondered what it is like to suffer through PTSD through someone else’s point of view, in the book Under The Persimmon Tree it shows this with a young girl living in Afghanistan. (BS-1) Najmah begins to show changes in herself when her family is dismantled, this disconnection can cause a person to break down and develop PTSD. (BS-2) After the tragic event, Najmah doesn't do anything about her problem, the author made her become silent to show how it needs treatment, otherwise it will become worse. (BS-3) Najmah has become independent and mature, although she still goes through symptoms of PTSD, this would be the same with a person. (TS) In the book Under The Persimmon Tree, the author uses the real life disorder of PTSD to create Najmah’s hardships throughout the book.

In the book Under The Persimmon Tree by Suzanne Fisher Staples the education and quality of it is very different from the rest of the world. In Afghanistan the education is very poor especially for women. This the same in the book Under The Persimmon Tree by Suzanne Fisher Staples. The book Under The Persimmon Tree is about a family that has to go to a refugee camp with a struggling economy with huge amounts of families living there too and people getting killed by the Taliban. In the novel education is portrayed differently than it actually is in real life, because the Taliban does not support education they do not get much money from the government to support schools and education is a lot harder to continue.

Refugee Camps At this moment, thousands of people are walking miles upon miles, in pain. They are seeking shelter in a refugee camp, which is not ideal. Maybe they are weakening their health and feet for better work, or maybe safety. But these camps are not safe at all.

(AGG) As famous author Stephen King once said, “Symbolism exists to adorn and enrich, not to create an artificial sense of profundity”(Goodreads.com), author of Under the Persimmon Tree, Suzanne Fisher Staples, manages to use symbolism to excellently portray the changes of main character Najmah throughout the book. (BS-1)The author uses a baby goat in the first section to symbolize Najmah’s childhood identity, therefore, when the goat was taken away from her, it was like a part of herself was being taken away as well. (BS-2)After losing her childhood, the author uses a forced haircut to symbolize Najmah’s femininity being taken away as well. (BS-3) Once her childhood and femininity were taken away, Najmah felt that she lost everything. However, the author uses a second haircut, given by Nusrat, to show Najmah regaining trust, confidence in herself, and accepting comfort, thus regaining part of her old self. (TS) In Under the Persimmon Tree, the author uses symbolism to show how the main character, Najmah, loses and eventually regains her childhood, femininity, and old self throughout the book.

Having the right to choose outfits, go shopping, and have fun with friends may seem like normal, everyday enjoyments. This is not the case for women in Afghanistan. For many people, the crisis of women's rights and the Taliban is an unfamiliar topic. It is so foreign, that it may seem unreal. Although it is strange to think about it, it is real, and it is happening to women in Afghanistan.

Ha’s life as a refugee is a life experience is something that only the strong can go through, and her entire family made it. When refugees flee home, it is because of fear that their family will be torn apart by the war when they leave home, family, friends, memories, basically the perspective of the person is leaving what they desired. Then when they finally do find a home, (not all), they are greeted with new challenges, one of many is that acceptance in their new home, some people probably don’t want to make a living in their new home, “But life happens wherever you are, whether you make it or not”. But when people turn “inside out” they feel empty inside and everything is useless, they have to start over from square one and become “back again”. When they become happy again and accept what has happened to them, so they can move forward in life. This book is mostly about a girl with her family who was in a war, so they left of fear of being torn apart by the war because they will be safer than where they are at in the moment, Saigon Vietnam, but are greeted with challenges in the Alamba U.S.A.

(AGG) Bombs, troops, and supplies have been sent to Afghanistan to stop the leading terrorist group in that region, the Taliban, and the author of Under the Persimmon Tree has experienced this first hand and describes how it affects people within the book. (BS-1) People’s emotions, actions, and safety all around the world have been changed and affected around the world, this is used to negatively affect the people around Najmah and Nusrat. (BS-2) After experiencing American Involvement, Najmah develops internal conflicts that change her, the author creates this based on how people face loss because of American Involvement. (BS-3) Nusrat has faced loss from American involvement like other people around the world, and this helped her solve

(AGG) Having a traumatic experience can put somebody through a whirlpool of emotions, usually changing physicality or mentality. (BS-1) In “Under the Persimmon Tree”, Najmah constantly worries about her father and brother, scared about what will happen to them. (BS-2) She is sacrificing pieces of her life to be able to finish her journey in finding her brother and father.

(MIP-2) there are three big decisions that I found that were influenced by the loss that najmah has endured that affected her all through the book. and how her losses have influenced them.