Najmah's Under The Persimmon Tree

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Introduction
(AGG) Najmah has survived a bombing and lost her whole family except her brother, In the book Under The Persimmon Tree. In this book she will go through hell and back for her family./
(BS-1) Najmah will begin her journey with no loss and experience loss as she goes building up.
(BS-2) Najmah has experienced a loss and is changed quickly and adapting to her situation.
(BS-3) She has adapted she has changed to suit her situation after all the loss she has experienced.
(TS) Throughout all the book Najmah experiences losses the losses, shape her decision at the end of the book.

(MIP-1) This is what Najmah was like before her personality before she had experienced loss.(SIP-A) Najmah before the loss didn’t do much at her home
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Najmah can and will recover from this hopeless silent state. Just how hard will it be for Najmah to recover from this state.

Third Body Paragraph:
(MIP-3) Najmah has changed throughout the whole book. With all the loss she has gone through her personality has changed immensely.
(SIP-A) Most of the things that stick with her new personality both show she hasn't fully recovered.
(STEWE-1) Najmah has experienced loss throughout this whole journey of hers. She has shaped a new way to protect herself throughout all of this loss as well. “ my silence has protected me saved my life and I am afraid to let it go”(181). This is telling us that she used her silence as a defense mechanism. This silence of hers defends her against her now adult fears. She has built a defense to no longer be afraid or lose anymore.
(STEWE-2) Also with the theme of loss she hasn't fully recovered and may never recover. “ I am afraid to talk to her about baba Jan and nur I may be safe with her for the moment, but I don't know if I'll ever feel comfortable” (199). This tells us that she herself doesn't think she will recover after all this loss. Najmah has experienced a major loss in this journey and it doesn't look like she will
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Her personality is new more brave, courageous stronger and can survive on her own. But shows that her losses will also affect her for good and she won’t fully recover from the loss.

Conclusion
(RTS) Najmahs character, personality was changed and shaped by her decisions at the end of the book.
(BS-3) In the end she is fully changed by the loss her personality is new she is a new person. She is stronger, she can live on her own she has adapted to her situation. The changes suit to her new situation without a father and mother.
(BS-2) Najmah while experiencing loss is changing fast to adapt to not having her father and brother. Taking most of the house chores, leaving home making the idea to get her brother and father back. In the middle she is experiencing and is changing by and from the loss.
(BS-1) Najmah before her losses were a person who couldn’t survive on her own. Also in the beginning when she experienced her first loss she changed quickly to adapt.
(R) Truly loss can change someone completely their personality, their lives and their

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