The Sun Rises Analysis

(MIP-2) Negative events that appear in the text take place where the stars sit in the sky with the presence of Najmah and Nusrat. (SIP-A) Secondly, Staples introduces the stars into negative incidents during Najmah’s journey and her experiences. (STEWE-1) Najmah traveled among the hills allowing the animals to graze and when nightfall came, Najmah had witnessed seeing these shooting stars and immediately assumed they were the Americans shooting the stars out of the sky. Najmah lay awake in terror that night, “I lie awake the rest of the night in terror, with the stars exploding in a heaven that seems close enough to touch”(64). The author uses the stars to elaborate on Najmah’s fear and that the stars take place in a negative environment.
As Nusrat watches the stars rise, she questions Faiz’s state whether he is exposed to the brutality of the American bombings or not. As you can see, Staples is able to use the stars in this critical moment to represent Nusrat’s dreading over Faiz. (STEWE-2) Additionally, the author utilizes the stars to show Nusrat’s admittance of the death of Faiz. This pessimistic event is conveyed by the author’s demonstration of the stars when Nusrat finally decides she is no longer pretending her husband is alive and well, “Nusrat lies on the cot in the courtyard watching the stars, wrapped in her shawl and a heavy quilt against the cold. Although she refuses to pretend Faiz is still alive, who is to say he still can’t talk to her through the stars…” (230). Nusrat’s confession to herself that Faiz is gone is a negative affair which the author was able to display the stars in this scene to symbolize the negativity of admitting her husband’s death. (CS) To conclude, the author revealed the presence of the stars to symbolize negative incidents for Nusrat and