(AGG) Experiences develop character in both positive and negative ways. Najmah will experience both in the story and it will cause change in her. (BS-1) Najmah’s father and brother are taken by the Taliban. (BS-2) Najmah’s mother and newborn baby brother are killed in a bombing. (BS-3) Najmah meets Nusrat in Peshawar and Nur returns to where Najmah is. (TS) There are several different experiences throughout the book that contribute to the development of Najmah’s character.
(MIP-1) Najmah’s father and brother being taken by the Taliban is a major experience for her. (SIP-A) Before her father was taken, Najmah has all of her family and nothing really too big to worry about. (STEWE-1) At the beginning of this book, Najmah’s mother says to her,…show more content… (SIP-A) .Nusrat gives Najmah a place to live and promises her that she will be safe there, something that Najmah has not had over the course of her trip (STEWE-1) After Najmah gets to Peshawar and meets Nusrat, Nusrat promises Najmah that she is safe there when she says, “You’re safe here”(Staples 194). Najmah has been in danger over almost the whole journey to Peshawar, but when she meets Nusrat she tells her that she is safe with her. (STEWE-2) Nusrat also lets her know that she is safe when she says, “You will be safe here, and you can stay as long as you need to stay”(Staples 194). Nusrat is giving Najmah a safe shelter to live in for however long she needs to be there. (SIP-B) Najmah finally has someone that is going to take care of her, after her awful trip and conditions over the mountains, and she has someone willing to help her look for her family. (STEWE-1) Nusrat shows Najmah around her house and shows her the place she will be sleeping, something she has not had since living in Golestan with her family, “Here is where you will sleep”(Staples 196). After Najmah having to probably sleep on the hard ground over the trip to Peshawar, she now has a place to sleep. (STEWE-2) Nusrat is willing to help Najmah look for her father and brother after she finds out that Najmah is trying to find them, “I will help you look for them if that's what you want”(Staples 199).…show more content… (SIP-A) Najmah’s father tells her something that will affect her decision to return home, and Nur arrives. (STEWE-1) Baba-jan’s last words that he said to Najmah and Nur before he was taken were, “Whatever happens, stay here”(Staples 18). These were the words that Nur will bring up when trying to persuade her to return back to the farm in Golestan. (STEWE-2) After being in Peshawar with Nusrat, Nur returns. “I am not aware of anything in the world except that Nur is here at last”(Staples 251). This is when Nur has returned and Najmah can not think of anything else going on except for finally reuniting with her brother after all that she has been through on her journey. (SIP-B) Nur reminds Najmah of her father's words and stresses how important they are to them. (STEWE-1) After being faced with the decision to return to Golestan or to go to New York, and Nur says, “We have no choice but to return to Golestan...Uncle or someone else surely will take our land if we don't go back. It was our father's last wish that we should keep our farm from the hands of the Taliban or uncle”(Staples 256). This is Nur reminding Najmah about what their father said. (STEWE-2) Also, Nur says while telling Nusrat why they should return home, “This is a matter of the greatest honor to us. We must do everything to obey our father’s wishes”(Staples 256). This shows how important what their father says to
