Najmah And Nusrat Summary

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(MIP-3) Najmah and Nusrat both show signs and symptoms of PTSD, with each character struggling from PTSD it caused them to have conflicts(SIP-A) One way Najmah’s signs and symptoms of PTSD created literary elements and conflicts was Najmah not speaking. With Najmah not speaking it gave her the strength to go to Peshawar to find her brother and father. (STEWE-1)”My silence has protected me, saved my life, and I am afraid to let go of it”(Staples,181).Not speaking gave her strength because she did not speak to Khalida. Najmah believed that if she were to speak to Khalida she would create a bond with her. If Najmah were to create a bond with Khalida its would make it so much harder for her to leave and go through with her plan to go find her brother …show more content…
If Akhtar leaves first, I am afraid I have to stay and help Khalida. And so I keep my silence as well as my distance. And i watch carefully for the chance to leave first”(Staples 151) Najmah also keeps her distance from Khalida because she still would feel bad because she knows she is gonna leave soon, she is also very worried that Akhtar would leave to fight the Taliban with the mujahideen before she has a chance to make her escape. Najmah fears this because then she would feel the need to stay and help Khalida with her sons. (SIP-B) Nusrat losing her sister and having PTSD from that event helped create literary elements and conflicts.This really shows towards the end of the book, with Nusrat’s sister was playing with her hair she thought of her mother. Nusrat had been thinking constantly of her mother and so when she saw how Faiz’s family was dealing with his death she saw her parents

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