Under The Persimmon Tree Najmah Change

Introduction
(AGG) People change for many reasons but the loss of a loved is one of the biggest reasons why a person would change. (BS-1) In the book Under The Persimmon Tree Najmah changes because of the loss of her father and brother. (BS-2) She also has more changes while she travels through the mountains with Akthar and Khalida because her mother and baby brother passed away. (BS-3) These losses motivate Najmah to go look for her brother and father in Peshawar and meet Nusrat who encourages her to have a change in mindset. (TS) These losses that Najmah has encountered in her life made her a stronger person.
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(MIP-1) Najmah changes many times throughout the book but a couple major changes came with the loss of her brother
She eventually meets Nusrat encourages her to change a lot. Also after meeting Nusrat, Najmah sees her Uncle and has a change in mindset to go back home. (SIP-A)Once Najmah has arrived in Peshawar she tries to look for work. Najmah finds the Malek and asks for work but instead the Malek enrolled her in school and gives her a place to stay. This is where Najmah and Nusrat meet because Najmah is staying at Nusrat’s house. While Najmah is meeting Nusrat, Nusrat finds out that Najmah is not a boy and that Najmah is really a girl. (STEWE-1) “Why is this not Shaheeda?”(193). This makes Najmah want to start talking again because she is so shocked that Nusrat found out. “How did you know?”(194). (STEWE-2) Now after Nusrat has found out that Najmah is a girl, Nusrat tells her that acting like a boy can get her in real trouble. “But it is very dangerous for you to pretend you’re a boy. You must stop or you will become a martyr”(194). Najmah decides that it is not worth acting like a boy anymore now that she is living under the protection of Nusrat. The first step she takes to becoming a girl again is getting a nicer haircut. “Nusrat hands her a wooden chair to take out into the courtyard and follows her with a comb and pair of scissors to even out the tufts and knobs of hair on Najmah’s head. When Nusrat has finished, she shakes out the towel she’s draped around Najmah’s shoulders and hands the
(BS-3) Najmah is driven by the loss of her father and brother so she goes and looks for them in Peshawar where she meets Nusrat who encourages Najmah to have a change in mindset. (BS-2) While traveling through the mountains we see that Najmah has major changes because of the death of Mada-Jan and Habib. (BS-1) Najmah’s first major change happened because of the loss of Mada-Jan and Habib. (R) For some people change happens after they are influenced by something or someone but in Najmah’s case she felt that she had to change to help find closure for the loss of the loss of her loved