Loss Of Najmah Speech

(MIP-1) Due to traumatic experiences involving Najmah’s loss, Najmah loses her literal voice and loss of say in the world. (SIP-A) The loss of Najmah’s family immobilized her ability to speak. (STEWE-1)Najmah losing her family and seeing their lifeless bodies caused Najmah to not be able to speak because of how shocked and devastated she was “By the time I reach her she stares with glassy, dead eyes. Habib lies motionless a few feet behind her, facedown in the dirt” (67). The sight of seeing her family members dead before her eyes contributes to the loss of her speech, she no longer can speak following her mother, and Habib’s death, as well as her father and brother being taken away. Najmah after her family members death can not speak and loses the ability to do it. Najmah losing her mother, father, and both brothers combined causes her to lose her voice (STEWE-2) Najmah and her family depend on one another, if she loses them she can't imagine how her life would work. “I begin to feel hopeless. I can't imagine surviving without Baba-jan and Nur to look after the animals and tend the fields” Najmah said without Baba-jan and Nur she would be hopeless, she loses her Mother and Habib as well, so now she has no-one and is hopeless. (STEWE-3) The event of her family members dying
Her regaining it now allows her to communicate easily again.(BS-2) Najmah found ways to exploit her silence as an ally before she regained her speech and say in the world.(BS-1) Her losing her say made it so Najmah could not speak for herself. By the end of the book she could make her own decisions and speak for herself once more.(R) “If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward” (Pollock, Michael