Najmah's Losses In Under The Persimmon Tree

(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.

(MIP-1) Najmah has to step up and become more mature in order for Mada-jan and herself to survive. (SIP-A) Najmah has changed and become a mother to Mada-jan because she has witnessed Baba-jan and Nur get
(SIP-A) Najmah’s encounters has led her to this decision because she has been through alot and she knows it would make Baba-jan proud. (STEWE-1) Najmah is alert and ready for whatever happens but she knows that if she doesn't go back home the land will be taken, “I hear footsteps and a man speaking angrily, and I know it is my Uncle. My heart leaps into my mouth. I know Bibi Nusrat will not tell him I am here. But what if he forces his way inside? I turn out the light in my room and slip out into the hallway to listen” (Staples 241). Najmah knows that if she gets caught by her uncle she will have to go back home and he will surely have her forced into marriage. He will take her father’s land and she will be sent away so he can have the land all to himself. (STEWE-2) Najmah and Nur both know that they have to return to Golestan,“‘We have no choice but to return to Golestan,’ says Nur quietly. ‘Uncle or someone else surely will take our land if we don't go back. It was our father’s last wish that we keep our farm from the hands of the Taliban or Uncle”’ (Staples 256). Najmah can’t stay with Nusrat because she has to go back to Golestan and protect their farm land from enemies or other people that will take their land. Her father’s last wish was to keep the land for generations to come, but she can't if she doesn't go back and protect it. This powers her to keep
(BS-3) Najmah has decided not to go with Nusrat, and to stay to try and keep her family’s farmland. (BS-2) Najmah’s life will change drastically after the losses that she has gone through especially after Baba-jan and Habib dying. (BS-1) Najmah’s life will become harder from now on because she has to become more mature and take care of Mada-jan. (R) Najmah has to use what's within her to keep her going and not give up, as a famous author once said, “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us” -Ralph Waldo