(AGG) Not many people know much about PTSD, nor do they care, the author helps us explore the importance of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. (BS-1) The author uses many details in her novel Under the Persimmon Tree to get the point across that PTSD is a huge issue. (BS-2) The author also uses the characters in the novel to show the struggles and conflicts PTSD can cause. (BS-3) PTSD is a big issue that I wasn’t aware of until Staples opened my eyes to the realness of PTSD. (TS) Throughout the novel the author help us hear a voice we may not have otherwise heard, through the usage of PTSD.
(MIP-1) Throughout the book Under the Persimmon Tree, the author uses PTSD to get across how important it is. (SIP-A) The author uses Najmah’s suffering from…show more content… (SIP-A) Najmah has suffered a great deal of conflicts in her life, and many of them are caused by PTSD. (STEWE-1) The author shows PTSD through Najmah, “For all of her kindness toward me, I have begun to resent Khalida. It isn’t only that she tries to make me stay in the tent and help with her work, or even that she disapproves of my acting like a boy. It’s more that she has her family, every one of them, safe around her. And I have no one” (Staples 150). The author shows PTSD through Najmah’s conflicts, Najmah refuses to open up to the love that others provide her. Due to PTSD, Najmah can't take in someone's love. The only people that she would let love her was her family. Her family is gone and she has nobody to love her, but when Kahlida starts to show affection toward her she won't accept it. The author shows how Najmah is frustrated and depressed that everyone around her is loved but herself. Staples uses the PTSD symptom of depression to get across how it may affect a person's life. (STEWE-2) The author also shows how Najmah suffers from PTSD through past events, “Najmah’s hands fly to her head as if she tries to protect if from blows” (Staples 195). Najmah is suffering from PTSD, she thinks she is going to be hit every time someone raises their hands above their head. The author shows how she will never not flinch or be afraid of someone who raises their arm high. Staples uses this…show more content… (BS-3)By writing this book the author opens our eyes to the struggles of PTSD, and connects the reader to life of PTSD. (BS-2) The author uses the characters in the novel to show how PTSD causes huge conflicts. (BS-1) Throughout the book Under the Persimmon Tree the author expresses the importance of PTSD. (R) The author made me think more of PTSD, and she helped me learn more about the disease, did she make you do the
