Under The Persimmon Tree: Character Analysis
(AGG) There are many accidental deaths, bombings, raids, shots fired, etc. today that have changed people forever, for the best or for the worst.(BS-1) In the book Under The Persimmon Tree, nonfiction usage of American Involvement leaves main characters with traumatic memories and anxiety. (BS-2) These symptoms become the root of internal character conflict and change. (BS-3) Since the characters were forced to deal with their conflicts, they were able to learn and grow from their experiences.(TS) It is clear that the author uses non fiction topics to create an environment of danger, which shapes character change.
(MIP-1) In Under The Persimmon Tree the use of American involvement and accidental bombing deaths help create a dangerous environment
for both main characters.(SIP-A) The use of accidental bombing deaths and American involvement starts to creates an awful environment that the characters live in. (STEWE-1) The first bombing impacts Najmah and strips her family away from her while destroying her homeland. "Slivers and chunks of rock shoot out around me and then clatter down like hail. After the deafening thumps and roaring of the explosions, suddenly I hear nothing. My ears feel as if someone has clapped them hard, and the pressure in my chest is terrible" (Staples 66). This is the first defining event that starts to put the characters in danger. These events begin to shape our main characters. Towards the end of the book we finally learn that Nusrat has lost her loved one to American bombs,"'There was an accidental bombing raid on the western edge of the city early in the fall. I don't know exactly when. A village was destroyed and and many people were killed. People said a clinic there was also destroyed and several people died. We passed the village about a week later. There was nothing left of it. They said an Amriki doctor was killed in the bombing. I have no more information than that"' (Staples 268). This is one main way the author uses events based on non fiction to shape characters. (STEWE-2) Through Najmah’s travels she encounters more dangers, "Next we hear whistling and whining and the thud of explosions all around us.
(MIP-1) In Under The Persimmon Tree the use of American involvement and accidental bombing deaths help create a dangerous environment
for both main characters.(SIP-A) The use of accidental bombing deaths and American involvement starts to creates an awful environment that the characters live in. (STEWE-1) The first bombing impacts Najmah and strips her family away from her while destroying her homeland. "Slivers and chunks of rock shoot out around me and then clatter down like hail. After the deafening thumps and roaring of the explosions, suddenly I hear nothing. My ears feel as if someone has clapped them hard, and the pressure in my chest is terrible" (Staples 66). This is the first defining event that starts to put the characters in danger. These events begin to shape our main characters. Towards the end of the book we finally learn that Nusrat has lost her loved one to American bombs,"'There was an accidental bombing raid on the western edge of the city early in the fall. I don't know exactly when. A village was destroyed and and many people were killed. People said a clinic there was also destroyed and several people died. We passed the village about a week later. There was nothing left of it. They said an Amriki doctor was killed in the bombing. I have no more information than that"' (Staples 268). This is one main way the author uses events based on non fiction to shape characters. (STEWE-2) Through Najmah’s travels she encounters more dangers, "Next we hear whistling and whining and the thud of explosions all around us.