Under The Persimmon Tree Quotes

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Terrorists need everything to go their way, or they will kill or severely injure you if you don't obey. Although these extremist groups known as terrorist groups, are terrible they are happening, and many people are being abused because of it. The book I used in this essay is Under the Persimmon Tree, by Suzanne Fisher Staples. The book is about a family of four living in a small village. The mother is pregnant with a third child. The Taliban takes Baba-jan (father to the main character), and Nur (teenage boy, main character's brother) to fight, also they take all their remaining food, and supplies. Baba-jan is killed immediately after he was taken, along with all the other men in the village. Mada-jan (mother of the main character), and Habib …show more content…

People have to live in fear because of them, and they are ruining some people's chance of freedom such as the refugees. The characters in Under the Persimmon Tree were all changed some way by the Taliban. People in the world now are being influenced and fearful of these terrorists. Terrorists enforce many laws that have to do with what they believe in and what they think is right. If you disagree, they will use violence to make you agree with their decisions. Terrorists scare people all around the world, some parts more than others. The thought of terrorists attacking anytime in a country where terrorism is common is always on these people's minds throughout the day. The people in America, and in the countries, terrorist groups have not affected directly yet might not fully feel the terrifying aspect of terrorist groups such as the Taliban, and Isis. The people in the parts of the world who have been directly altered by terrorists know the fear that comes with that. It is hard for people that haven't lived through terrorism near your community or in your community to fully understand what it's like to be panicked all the time over possible terrorist

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