Responsibility In Najmah's Life

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(AGG) Najmah has experienced many tragic events throughout the book that made her realize she had to become more responsible and take on many responsibilities as a young girl.(BS-1) Najmah must learn to be a motherly figure to take care of her mother and baby brother after the Taliban invade Golestan taking Baba-jan and Nur with them.(BS-2) The ambush upon Golestan which killed Mada-jan and Habib had an impact on Najmah’s life because, she feels as though she let her father down in protecting them so she was taken with Akhtar and Khalida. (BS-3) When Najmah knew it was best to leave Akhtar and Khalida, she left and that led to more opportunities after she met Nusrat when she arrived in Peshawar, meeting Nusrat changed how Najmah didn’t trust …show more content…

(SIP-A) Najmah was forced into leaving Golestan, and was forced into turning into a boy for her own safety.(STEWE-1) Turning into Shaheed was not a choice for her to make, but they had to risk getting caught by the Taliban, “You will be safer dressed as a boy traveling through strange areas”(Staples 85). She knew that the choice Akhtar and Khalida had to make will help them survive, and be safe but also risk of getting caught. (STEWE-2) Her decisions around finding Nur and Baba-jan are very risky, but she is willing to take the responsibilities to see them again. Najmah is being independent and making her own choices, “I feel I must keep my distance from Khalida and Akhtar because I know I will leave them soon”(Staples 151). When she became Shaheed she knew what she was looking for, and that was finding her father and brother after her mother and brother died. Her development is that she became for independent and made the decisions she thought was best for her. (SIP-B) Najmah is building up her strength to make her own decisions by using the help she got from Akhtar and Khalida. (STEWE-1) She knew she had to make her own responsibilities and decisions, so one decision she made was to keep her silence ever since she went up the hill “I still have not spoken since the day I took the animals up into the hills before my mother …show more content…

(SIP-A) With all of the major responsibilities Najmah had, her silence made it difficult to trust people along her way of her journey. (STEWE-1) Nusrat helped Najmah to learn to trust, “‘Really, you are safe here,’Nusrat says. ‘ I don’t want to make you talk if you don’t want to’”(Staples 197). After watching her mother and baby brother die, Najmah stayed silent and made it safely to Peshawar and after facing the silence she feels as though she is responsible for those choices. (STEWE-2) Najmah needs to try to let people in and at least has to try,”’It’s difficult to know who to trust. I don’t know that I can trust you. But I have no choice’”(Staples 209). She finally opens up and talks about what has happened but knows that Nusrat may or may not help her, but hasn’t completely let her in. Najmah knew that it could give her a chance to at least find out some information about where her brother and father were. The responsibility of learning to trust was a major issue but she knew it was best to learn. (SIP-B) Nusrat was there and was willing to help Najmah and give her a successful future, but with the return of Nur it is best to get their father’s land back which was his last wish. (STEWE-1) Nusrat was the first to know that Najmah was a “girl-dressed-as-a-boy”(Staples 194) at the refugee,

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