(AGG) Different views on issues from people lead to different actions‚ which create arguments‚ and potentially cause direct confrontations. (BS-1) In the novel Under the Persimmon Tree‚ Suzanne Staples depicts how Islam as a religion is perceived by the general public of non-muslim population. (BS-2) She also describes how Islam is viewed and interpreted by its moderate and extremist followers. (BS-3) Finally‚ she describes how the terrorist action by the Islamic extremists provoked a war between
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reasoning behind any individual’s decision making. Similar to this reasoning‚ Thomas Hardy’s “The Man He Killed” questions human behavior in relation to impulse‚ morality‚ and consequence. When someone makes an impulse decision‚ that individual is acting based on one’s own personal nature. In this instance‚ an individual will not think about the action that they are doing‚ but rather‚ they simply move based on predisposition. In Thomas Hardy’s “The Man He Killed‚” the speaker is recounting a time in which
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The Taliban is a major conflict in Afghanistan. In Under the Persimmon Tree by Suzanne Fisher Staples‚ the Taliban causes conflict for the main characters‚ Najmah and Nusrat. Najmah struggles with losing her family to the Taliban and seeks to find her father and brother. The Taliban started in 1979‚ when the Soviet union invaded Afghanistan. The Taliban is a group of Islamic extremist in Afghanistan. The Taliban enforces many laws‚ they believe that Islam should be followed strictly. They force
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This poem presents its composer‚ Thomas Hardy‚ through a persona of grief over his late wife. The poem is contextualized immediately after Mrs. Hardys death as the widowed persona stands by her grave. The poem moves from third person perspective through to a first person point of view. It reflects on the personas guilt of mistreating his late wife before her death and his yearning to be with her in the present. Would I lay there And she were housed there! Or better‚ togetherWe both‚ - who would
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’Afterwards‚’ by Thomas Hardy‚ is a poem that questions the way that people will look upon the narrator after his death. It centre’s around the idea of ’noticing things‚’ showing the narrators precision and the ambivalence of his neighbours. Hardy gets this across by the techniques that he uses‚ and the detailed descriptions which show the full extent of what the narrator has noticed. The poem shows the complexity of nature‚ and describes the cycle of life. The first stanza begins by personifying
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present afternoon‚ P.M.’ (14).” -Here Hardy shows that Jon Durbeyfield is very susceptible to anything. He believes in everything that people tell him with out doing his research to see if his so called lineage is even true. By John acting so superior toward other people‚ by saying “obey my orders” he is letting the reader know that every time that he may seem ahead in life he acts superior to others; maybe that this is how Hardy will portray other characters
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The narrator’s overall attitude changes from the first quatrain to the fourth quatrain. Thomas Hardy‚ the author‚ reveals this change very subtly. In the poem‚ “The Man He Killed‚” the main character is fighting a war. He meets a man‚ and is forced to kill him because he is on the opposite side of the war. But later in the poem he wishes he could have met the person in a different environment‚ not during the war. The story starts off with our narrator stating that he wishes it was a different time
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poems by Thomas Hardy and Robert Frost. In the poem “ The Man He Killed”(1902)‚ Hardy illustrates the man kills his enemy as it is his mission. He questions
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(AGG) The author of “Under The Persimmon Tree” often uses symbolism throughout the book. (BS-1) The author of UTPT uses the stars to give Najmah a superstitious belief‚ and give her hope and guidance to drive her towards her goals. (BS-2) The stars are used to help Nusrat accept loss‚ she looks to them for hope and guidance‚ and they have a religious meaning to her. (BS-3) The author uses changes in the stars to convey events and changes in Najmah’s life. (TS) The stars are used to portray changes
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