Suzanne Fisher Staples

Throughout the book, Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind by Suzanne Fisher Staples, a young woman named Shabanu and her family live in the desert. They have arranged weddings for both of the daughters. Phulan and Shabanu have special suitors they have to marry. Because of a mean landowner the suitors don’t work out and Shabanu and Phulan are forced to marry different people. Shabanu now has to be the sacrifice to keep Phulan and herself safe. Sharma gives Shabanu a choice, but whether she makes the right

Imagine living in a place ruled by ruthless killers and bombings going on everyday. Clearly this has impacted many people in the world especially in Afghanistan. Sadly this is the case in Under The Persimmon Tree by Suzanne Fisher Staples. In a small Afghan village forceful work and unexplained killings are daily happenings. Some are tired of being pushed around so they attempted to escape this dominate grasp. Some failed. Some succeeded, including the main character Najmah. Through the painful experiences

(AGG) As Stephen King once said, “Fiction is the truth inside the lie”. (BS-1) In the novel, Under the Persimmon Tree, the author, Suzanne Fisher Staples, creates character development in Najmah by using information about how Afghans became refugees during the historical Taliban war. (BS-2) The author also uses the hardships of travel the Afghans experienced as the foundation of an external conflict Najmah suffers through on her way to Torkhum. (BS-3) The author even shows Nusrat’s generosity towards

finished saying what it has to say.” Books can help build a meaning for the reality around you. They construct a perspective within the world’s issues. The words in these books can strike a chord within people’s hearts, minds, and actions. Suzanne Fisher Staples, the author of Under The Persimmon Tree, uses her words and her voice to describe the plight of civilization in Afghanistan and Pakistan–the mistreatment of women. Credit to http://texasdiversitymagazine.org The mistreatment of women has

(AGG)In Afghanistan the people say that U.S. bombings and suicide bombers are “evil twins” and in the novel U.S. bombings, which are meant to root enemy positions, are characterized a evil and greatly affect the characters.(BS-1)The U.S. power to hit targets from the air greatly changes and affects nusrat in many ways. (BS-2)Because the U.S. caused the deaths of 2 of Najmah’s family members Najmah has a growing fear and affect deeply by the U.S.(BS-3)Finally the U.S. affect both Najmah and Nusrat

loses her rights. Suzanne Fisher Staples develops the idea of saying that gender doesn’t express what’s on the inside throughout Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind. At the beginning of the book Shabanu’s gender didn’t express her herself on the inside due through small things. To begin with, in the book it said, “’A young lady shouldn’t go without her head uncovered. You’re to old to act like a boy,’ say Auntie. I yank it away and she presses her lips together into a thin line,”(Staples 33). During this

some of the things that refugees go through and their appearance, “The refugees stand quietly, their eyes blank with hunger as the pale-haired volunteers count out bright yellow packets stamped with words written in a foreign language in black ink” (Staples 126). This was when Najmah was walking through the refugee camp that her and Akhtar’s family were staying. She was observing the appearances of others who were struggling, just like her. Now don't let this confuse you, my topic is not refugees, it

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. The refugee experience in the book was easier than it is in real life.“I am given a brand-new Punjabi Dereshi

From the novels “Under the Persimmon Tree” by Suzanne Fisher Staples, “Inside Out and Back Again” by Thanhha Lai and “A Long Walk to Water” by Linda Sue Park, the refugee child have to deal with traumatizing events occurring during their journey. First, Najmah is a teenager living in Kunduz, Afghanistan who had to flee to Peshawar, Pakistan to find her brother and father, who have been taken by the Taliban, Salva is an 11 year old boy who had to flee from his village in South Sudan who has set out

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