Persimmon Tree Quotes

(AGG) Wars have raged for as long as we can remember, but how does it truly affect us? (BS-1) War causes many people to be damaged physically, to their own body or to their belongings. (BS-2) The war also forces many people to go through deep mental changes. (BS-3) Opportunities come and go due to war. (TS) People change because of war in Under The Persimmon Tree in many ways, and not always in way that we expect.
(MIP-1) Characters in Under The Persimmon Tree are frequently faced with the struggles of physical damage and change due to the war. (SIP-A) The war makes injuries to their body a common struggle for characters in this novel. (STEWE-1) When Nusrat is looking outside at the streets of Peshawar, she sees the physical damage from the
The refugees no longer have their farms and homes, and because of that they will not have a easy time if they decide to leave the refugee camp, so they stay. (STEWE-2) Najmah experienced the loss of a home firsthand when the Americans bombed it, “I run then toward home, but I recognize nothing. A few timbers stand where our house was just moments before” (Staples 66). Najmah’s family and house were destroyed by a bombing that the Americans carried out to take out Taliban members, she now has no home and no safe place to stay. Even if she wanted to stay at her farm, she would have a very hard time surviving. (CS) These characters went through physical changes that will stay with them for a long time, all because a war was fought around them.
(MIP-2) Characters in Under The Persimmon Tree go through many major mental changes because of the war they are in the middle of. (SIP-A) Mental changes that the characters undergo due to the war are often
(SIP-A) Many characters lost opportunities to better their lives due to the war. (STEWE-1) Nusrat lost opportunities when she and Faiz decided to go to Afghanistan, “‘It’s the whole country. I feel helpless, and at the same time I know that I could help’” (Staples 95). The war caused Faiz to want to come to Afghanistan, therefore Nusrat and Faiz lost the opportunity to live in America in peace, not worried about one and other. (STEWE-2) Najmah lost opportunities because of the bombing at her house, “I have named my unborn brother Habib, which means ‘beloved friend’ I know Habib will be my friend, unlike Nur, who teases me mercilessly” (Staples 4). The bombing that killed Habib caused her to lose the opportunity of raising and growing up with her little brother. (SIP-B) The war also gave characters opportunities to better their lives. (STEWE-1) Both Najmah and Nusrat gained opportunities due to the war, “She is not surprised to see Haroon outside the garden wall, and standing beside him a tall, slender boy with watchful eyes” (Staples 187). Nusrat coming to Afghanistan with Faiz to help with the injured from the war, caused Nusrat and Najmah to meet and become friends. (STEWE-2) Nusrat’s students also get many opportunities because of the war forcing them to Peshawar where they met Nusrat, “Mansoora stares at the ground while Nusrat explains that Amina has something wrong with her