Net profit margin of Barratt was 2.87% in 2013 and 9.67% in 2014 respectively. It means that in 2013 the company managed to transform 2.87% of its sales into net income and in 2014 it managed to transform already 9.67% of its sales into net income. In other words, in 2013 the company gained 2.87 pounds of net income per 100 pounds of revenue. In 2014 this number significantly increased and became 9.67 pounds of net income per 100 pounds of revenue. Persimmon had a higher net profit margin in 2013 and 2014 than Barratt and it was 12.33% and 14.45% respectively. So Persimmon earned 12.33 pounds of net income per 100 pounds of revenue in 2013 and 14.45 pounds of net income per 100 pounds of revenue in 2014.…
(MIP-1) In Under The Persimmon Tree the use of American involvement and accidental bombing deaths help create a dangerous environment…
(AGG) Losses can affect a person’s life and how they act by the decisions they make. (BS-1) With Baba-jan and Nur gone, Najmah has to step up and be more mature to keep her and Mada-jan safe and alive. (BS-2) Najmah has seen her mother and baby brother die right in front of her and she has to handle herself. (BS-3) Najmah knows that if she goes back to her homeland she has a chance of saving her farmland. (TS) In Under The Persimmon Tree, Najmah’s losses has changed and shaped her throughout the novel which has affected her decisions.…
The political discourse and historical tragedies that affect a country can cause turmoil in the lives of the citizens that reside there. The people of Afghanistan have been forced to cope with the chaos of their country which has left them traumatized and inconvenienced. In the novel, The Kite Runner, each character has their lives drastically changed as the events of Afghanistan's past world issues create hardship, grief, and difference for the lives of Amir, Sohrab and Farid.…
Afghanistan’s troubled times resulted in the Taliban’s takeover and the suffering of the Afghan people which would challenge the people to face great adversity in the time to come. The characters would have to seek redemption despite the circumstances in Afghanistan and its society’s standards. In the books A Thousand Splendid Suns and The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini betrayal allows the theme of redemption and self-sacrifice as well as the perseverance in the face of adversity to develop, these themes are shown through the characters Amir and Miriam.…
In under the persimmon tree the Taliban are horrifying people. In the book the Taliban goes to Najmah's house and says " so your son wants fight? he says with a grin we want wheat and chickens and sugar the leader…
As I read the first two pages of chapter twenty I pictured what Amir had witnessed and felt an overwhelming feelings of empathy, sorrow and gratefulness that I would mostly never have to see that in my life and how when he walked through his old neighborhood all his old memories would forever be haunted by ruined and death ridden place he once called home. This is another window that shows the reader another daily event Afghan’s witnessed walking through there own or old neighborhoods. For example it said, “I had a friend there once,’ Farid said ‘he was a very good bicycle repairman. He played the tabla well too. Then Taliban killed him and his family and burned the village.” This quote was an example of one of the several thousand Afghan’s who have seen or heard of family, friends or neighbors killed by the Taliban for a plethora of unknown reasons. This two pages reveal to the audience one out of plenty troubling and horrendous ordeals that people dealt with for possible all their lives living in Afghanistan after the war.…
In the novel “Parvana,” by Deborah Ellis Parvana faces a lot of challenges because of the Taliban and their laws. The theme of family courage and hope are used throughout the entire novel and are demonstrated in different ways by Parvana, her family and her friends.…
Imagine not having to wake up to the sound of your alarm. Instead you are woken up to the sound of gunfire and explosions. Houses once filled with happy families and children who hoped and dreamed for things. With the pull of a clip or a trigger, a single or multiple lives are ended or changed forever without remorse from the attacker themselves. Mothers, fathers, brothers, and sisters all lost to the Taliban but never forgotten to those who live through it. Now we look into the lives of characters in the historical fiction novel Under the Persimmon Tree by Suzanne Fisher Staples. In the book Under the Persimmon Tree the overall treatment of people by the Taliban was just barely scratching the surface of what it is really like in real life. In the book Staples portrays the Taliban notorious for being cruel to people, when in reality, they are much worse. Staples uses the experiences of people affected by the Taliban to show the impact of conflict on people's lives…
Imagine the experience of living under the rule of a violent group of terrorists, with no freedom whatsoever. This is what it is like to Najmah in the book Under the Persimmon Tree, by Suzanne Fisher Staples. In this realistic setting, Najmah, the main character, loses most of her family due to the brutality and imposition of the Taliban. The novel depicted the Taliban as dangerous and strict, which is interchangeable for what the Taliban is like in reality. Staples used the Taliban conflict to deepen the reader's understanding of the impact of conflict on people's lives.…
(AGG) Different views on issues from people lead to different actions, which create arguments, and potentially cause direct confrontations. (BS-1) In the novel Under the Persimmon Tree, Suzanne Staples depicts how Islam as a religion is perceived by the general public of non-muslim population. (BS-2) She also describes how Islam is viewed and interpreted by its moderate and extremist followers. (BS-3) Finally, she describes how the terrorist action by the Islamic extremists provoked a war between Taliban and the United States. (TS) Clearly, the authors uses different views from the non-muslims as well as the moderate and extremist muslims on Islam to create a literary conflict in Under the Persimmon Tree.…
In everyday life in Afghanistan, people live in constant fear due to a group of terrorists. The novel, Under the Persimmon Tree, by Suzanne Fisher Staples, demonstrates the cruel truths of life in Afghanistan. The book follows two girls, Najmah and Nusrat as they are faced with tough challenges everyday that will alter their lives forever. The Taliban impact the everyday lives of people worldwide in an awfully negative way, and the book accurately proves this to be true by following Najmah and Nusrat.…
Set against the backdrop of the gradual rise of the Taliban, the novel follows the life of it’s the narrator, Amir, who faces a personal crisis when he witnesses an act of violence done to his loyal friend and servant, Hassan, which he fails to prevent. The guilt of his inaction overwhelms Amir and he eventually forces Hassan and his father Ali to cease their servitude, much to the dismay of…
Good Morning/Afternoon [TEACHER NAME] and my fellow colleagues. My speech today will emphasise the discriminatory behaviour between different social classes.Throughout The Kite Runner, discrimination between different social classes is quite evident and is shown in many cases throughout the novel. The author of the novel,KhaledHosseini,uses a biased point of view to describe and portray the events, characters and culture represented in the story. In the novel, Khaled Hosseini uses prejudice as a tool to tell this story of betrayal and redemption. The story is set in Afghanistan, and the ethnicity of the characters plays an essential role in the relationships and situations that arise. Whilst the author uses individual characters to tell the story, he portrays the general attitudes and history associated with the characters’Hazara and Pashtun ethnic origins and the conflicts that subsequently arise. Ali and Hassan represent the marginalized group in this story. They are considered by the ruling class to be of lesser value due to their ethnic origin, religious beliefs, appearance and social standing. They are discriminated against because of these differences.…
At the start of the novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini we view the events that create the story through the eyes of the main character, Amir, in a difficult political arena where the socio-economic conditions in Afghanistan demonstrate the disparity between the majority (Sunni Muslims) and the minority (Shi’a Muslims) and how people discriminate against each other based on physical features, such as a cleft lip, and religious beliefs. The socio-economic differences are also explored in the United States, as Baba and many other immigrants give up their lives of relative prosperity and security for manual labour and little pay. In addition to the differences between the Muslim sectors in society, The Kite Runner also alludes to the differences between European and Western Christian cultures on the one hand, and the culture of the Middle East on the other. The conservative Taliban, which outlaws many customs and traditions, also demonstrates the differences within the same religious groups.…