Brent Staples Sparknotes
(AGG) According to the author Francois Crepeau, there is a refugee camp in southwest Algeria that is fully equipped and supplied by international assistance, but this is not always the case for every camp around the world. (BS-1) Staples describes how refugees have many conflicts in the novel and it is then proven to be true in the article Refugee Camps. (BS-2) The novel shows how living in a refugee camp can affect how a girl will reunite with her brother and father. (BS-3) The author also uses details that are true and describes how Najmah must be protected from danger as a refugee. (TS) Suzanne Fisher Staples uses accurate details about refugees which helps create conflict in Under The Persimmon Tree. (MIP-1) The author uses accurate
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(SIP-A) When Najmah goes to live with Nusrat to be protected, Nusrat shows Najmah she wants to help her and notices that Najmah is actually dressed as a boy. (STEWE-1) Nusrat says to Najmah “‘I wish you could tell me about yourself-where you’ve come from and how you got here. It will help us to locate your family’” (Staples 193). Nusrat wants to help Najmah find her father and brother. So she wants to know more about her to try and locate her family, but Najmah is unsure if she should trust Nusrat with that information. (STEWE-2) Nusrat tells Najmah “‘You’re safe here...But it is very dangerous for you to pretend you’re a boy’” (Staples 194). Nusrat wants to make sure Najmah knows she is safe with her and it is dangerous to be dressed as a boy. Nusrat knew Najmah was a girl “‘because of the way (her) hands are callused’” (Staples 194) from doing girls’ work. (SIP-B) Najmah cannot live near her uncle because he is unsafe. (STEWE-1) When Nusrat asks Najmah if she has any other family members from Kunduz, she says she has an uncle who is her enemy and Nusrat asks her “‘If your father and brother are dead, what will be in the village for you?’ asks Nusrat. ‘Especially if you have an enemy there’” (Staples 211). Najmah wants to return home to her family’s farm. But Nusrat tries to tell her that if she is alone in the village, her uncle will probably do something harmful to her. Nusrat just wants Najmah to have a safe home. (STEWE-2) Najmah wants to go home to Kunduz, but she cannot live there alone because her uncle will eventually “‘take (Najmah) back and force (her) to marry someone...and he will take (her) father’s land’” (Staples 216). When Najmah’s uncle shows up to Nusrat’s school, Nusrat protects Najmah from being taken away from her uncle because she knows that he is Najmah’s enemy. (CS) Staples uses details to show how staying
(SIP-A) When Najmah goes to live with Nusrat to be protected, Nusrat shows Najmah she wants to help her and notices that Najmah is actually dressed as a boy. (STEWE-1) Nusrat says to Najmah “‘I wish you could tell me about yourself-where you’ve come from and how you got here. It will help us to locate your family’” (Staples 193). Nusrat wants to help Najmah find her father and brother. So she wants to know more about her to try and locate her family, but Najmah is unsure if she should trust Nusrat with that information. (STEWE-2) Nusrat tells Najmah “‘You’re safe here...But it is very dangerous for you to pretend you’re a boy’” (Staples 194). Nusrat wants to make sure Najmah knows she is safe with her and it is dangerous to be dressed as a boy. Nusrat knew Najmah was a girl “‘because of the way (her) hands are callused’” (Staples 194) from doing girls’ work. (SIP-B) Najmah cannot live near her uncle because he is unsafe. (STEWE-1) When Nusrat asks Najmah if she has any other family members from Kunduz, she says she has an uncle who is her enemy and Nusrat asks her “‘If your father and brother are dead, what will be in the village for you?’ asks Nusrat. ‘Especially if you have an enemy there’” (Staples 211). Najmah wants to return home to her family’s farm. But Nusrat tries to tell her that if she is alone in the village, her uncle will probably do something harmful to her. Nusrat just wants Najmah to have a safe home. (STEWE-2) Najmah wants to go home to Kunduz, but she cannot live there alone because her uncle will eventually “‘take (Najmah) back and force (her) to marry someone...and he will take (her) father’s land’” (Staples 216). When Najmah’s uncle shows up to Nusrat’s school, Nusrat protects Najmah from being taken away from her uncle because she knows that he is Najmah’s enemy. (CS) Staples uses details to show how staying