Loss In Najmah's Life

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(AGG)Loss affects all of us in our lifetime some at an older age and some at a very, very young age.
(BS-1)Najmah experiences the loss of both her father and brother when they are being taken by the Taliban, this has a massive negative affect on her.
(BS-2) the loss of Najamh’s mother greatly affects her both physically and emotionally.(BS-3) Najmah runs into a serious stop in her journey she is faced with the decision to trust a stranger or leave, which could mean risking her life.
(TS) In the book under the persimmon tree Najmah experiences the worst downfall, she may ever feel, loss, she lost her mother, father, brother, and childhood this greatly affects her throughout the book

(MIP-1) the loss of her brother and father sets the path for how she acts and the decisions she makes along the way.(SIP-A) Najmah’s brother and father are forced to leave by the Taliban, this causes her to step up and take care of herself and her mother (STEWE-1) Najmah takes a big stand when her brother and father leave she needs to be able to take care of her mother herself and their unborn baby Habib. This finally clicks with Najmah on page 14 when her father leaves, he says “take care of your mother” this plays a major role in how Najmah acts in the future. (STEWE-2) she needs to be able to take care of the livestock along with the land. She starts to become aware that know her father is gone she needs to step up on page 37, it finally sets in with her, that she needs to do something (SIP-B) Her father and brother leaving gave her new traits that would impact her on a positive level (STEWE-1) Najmah takes a major step up in the mists of when her father and brother are leaving. Her mother urges and fights to save her husband, but Namjah understands that if she does that she will be killed “ Again Mada-jan tries to go with him, but I grab her by the arm. “We cannot stop them, I whisper”.” Najmah really takes a stand in protecting her mother and making sure she doesn't die. (STEWE-2) Namah takes care of her mother by making sure that she eats and stays alive “I go back inside and beg my mother to eat, she won't even take water, and I am becoming afraid she and the unborn Habib will die.” Najmah takes a huge leap towards being brave, she's being brave for her mother so she can stay safe. Another way she does this is when she protects her mother from their uncle, although the did not realize it was her uncle at first share new that someone was outside so najmah took a knife and went outside in an attempt at protecting her mother from what danger may come. (CS) Najmah takes a major leap in her personality becoming brave. (MIP-2)
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(STEWE-1)Najmah starts to build a strong sense of trust with nusrat because she does not let her uncle come into the home. “ The moment bibi-Nusrat refuses to let in uncle I know I can trust her.” This is the first part of closer that Najmah has had since the beginning of the book, so Najmah decides to stay because she feels this is the best option for her.

Conclusion
(RTS)Thusly, In the book under the persimmon tree Najmah experiences the worst downfall she may ever feel being loss, she lost her mother, father, brother, and childhood this greatly affected her throughout the book.
(BS-3) Najmah had experienced the loss of both her father and brother when they were being taken by the taliban, this had a massive negative affect on her.(BS-2) the loss of Najmah’s mother greatly affected her both physically and emotionally, but in the end helped to shape into who she was meant to be. (BS-1) Najmah ran into a serious stop in her journey as she faced with the decision to trust a stranger or leave, which could mean risking her life. (R) life is hard, survival, is harder, some people go through this on a daily basis, so stop and be great full for the things were benefitted

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