Analysis Of The F Word By Firoozeh Dumas

Towards the end of her work she describes one last bit of racial discrimination he experiences on her vacation. The family is declined to eat ice cream due to their race. Lorde’s irony comes in shortly after when she describes that “the waitress was white, and the counter was white, and the ice cream I never ate in Washington D.C. … was white” (242). The irony here is that our nation's capital is completely different from what people expect. That our nation in a whole is viewed as the land of freedom and equality but that is not what truly happens in most parts. Audre had to experience that racist and prejudice part of America. The anger pours out of Lorde’s words as she continues to ironically describe her “white” vacation and how it made her “ sick to my stomach for the whole rest of that trip…”(242). The irony here allows her audience to feel that same sickness of pure disgust Audre felt in that moment. How angry she was at our nation for continuing to be prejudice towards colored people after everything they have been through to earn equality. On top of this, she is also angered with her parents on how they decide to respond to this treatment. Her parents feel as if they should of avoided the situation entirely, that they could have made a better choice. This angers Lorde because she feels that her race should not have to make cautious decisions to avoid discrimination. By using irony, the author gives the reader a clear image to better understand how her anger developed over just one choice made by America and her parents that

“My Name” by Sandra Cisneros is a short excerpt from her book The House on Mango Street (1984). In this excerpt, Cisneros narrator is a girl named Esperanza, who is telling us that her name reminds her of a lot of negatives things, including who she inherited it from. Esperanza is trying to convince us that her name is a terrible name, which is built up of negativity and bad history. She state that she was named after her great-grandmother, who was born in the Chinese year of the horse, which they have in common, and is well known for her wild customs which lead to her feeling sad and lonely all her life. Esperanza specifies that her name sound beautiful among Spanish speakers, but to non-Spanish speakers her name is pronoun funny “as if the syllables were made out of tin and hurt the roof of your mouth” she says. She indicated that she would like to baptize herself under a new

In Firoozeh Dumas narrative she suse the rhetorical terms ethos,pathos,logos,repetition, and flashback.“The F Word” explains how to overcome obstacles as an Iranian immigrant.She persuades the audience that they can trust her because she's an immigrant herself . Her move to California impacted her life forever. Dumas uses Ethos by sharing how she's received her BA from the University of California,Berkeley. She won a PEN/USA award in 2004 and is an Iranian immigrant herself making this narrative from someone who had first hand experience, she is someone who can speak for those who can relate. She felt the need to write this because she never thought that her name would affect her life in America, surprisingly she learned that her name would be conundrum she would have to face for the rest of her life. She sends her condolences to those who have to face the same type of situation.

The events in Dumas’ flashbacks prove stereotypical behavior and close-mindedness of Americans hinder assimilation. Dumas tells the reader of the difficulty she has while trying to get a job due to her name. “Even though I had graduated with honors from UC– Berkeley, I couldn’t get a single interview... After three months of rejections, I added “Julie”

His work describes a story of a seduction, love affair, and an eventual betrayal and rape. During one of their nocturnal episodes, F.J. rapes Elinor in a jealous rage. He then cannot quite understand why her attitude changes, which is a part of the irony teeming throughout the scene. For instance, Gascoigne’s word selection may seem atypical for the environment that is being set up. Additionally, he has developed on the theme of the “battle of the sexes”, which is heavily presented in military terms (leans towards a more literal battle) during the rape scene. Perhaps this may also be considered ironic seeing as the battle is entirely one sided. In this rape scene, it is almost as though language has no correlation with reality at

In Firoozeh Dumas's narrative, she uses rhetorical terms such as: ethos, logos, repetition, and flashback. “The F Word” explains how to overcome obstacles as an iranian immigrant. She persuades the audience that they can trust her because she's an immigrant; herself. Her move to California impacted her life forever. Dumas appeals to the audience's emotion BA from the University of California, Berkeley. She won a PEN/USA award in 2004 and writes this narrative from a first hand experience; she is someone who can be the voice of those who can relate. Dumas felt the need to write this because she never thought her name would affect her name in America. Surprisingly, she learned that her name would be a conundrum she would have to face for the

Throughout the context of “Bless Me Ultima,” it is evident that there are many motifs and examples of dichotomy. I believe that Anaya uses the previously mentioned elements of literature in order to provoke his readers’ thinking and help embody a struggle of understanding the world we live in. Motifs in this novel include: family, dreams, religion, education, and the list continues. For examples of dichotomy, the idea of good versus evil is the most vivid in this novel.

Experiencing death can sometimes be the best event someone can go through. Death is more than just someone stopping from existing, it’s a concept that can be perceived as a new beginning. Being able to take the death of someone and turning their philosophy into consideration can be beautiful. In the novel “Bless Me Ultima” by Rudolfo Anaya Antonio gets his faith put to the test when the arrival of Ultima brings him the beginning of the end.

When Firoozeh Dumas, who at the time of moving here, had her maiden name which she left unknown, she was taunted by other school children because of her hard to pronounce name. She failed to mention the twists people made of her name, unlike the amusing nicknames her cousins and brothers received. After coming up with her much more Americanized name of Julie, she was no longer an outsider. All of a sudden,

The names of the characters in the book are clear examples of irony. The protagonist’s last name, Bäumer, is similar to the word for ‘tree’ in German: baum. On the last page of the book, Paul’s death s

In the story, Funny in Farsi, the author Firoozeh informs the reader about her previous wars that she has gone through. The author relates to her to her internal conflict that she goes through during her lifetime.In the beginning of the story the author tells the reader about her struggle with her name and how people kept on miss pronouncing it. Firoozeh then decides to “...chose the name “Julie”...”(64) to help the people pronounce it with ease. She also changes her name to Julie, due to that fact that now people of the saw her as an American, and without the new name, “...[American] people would

Irony is used in Camp Harmony whenever the children are joking around with their siblings and parents. For instance, on page 517, it says "Father snorted, " Cultivate them! If we don't watch out, those things will be growing out of our hair. " The author conveys irony of the name of the camp because many people were interested in going there because they could've thought that it was a wonderful place to learn about music or a family friendly place, hence the name Camp Harmony. However, this camp is nothing like that. Camp Harmony was a dreadful place, nothing close to what everyone expected.

Irony is the expression of one’s meaning by using language that usually means the opposite. Typically in literature, irony is used in emphatic sense. There is a multitude of irony in “Good Country People.” The character’s names of this story are incredibly ironic. Joy-Hulga is ironic because she is the furthest from being joyful. Another example is, Mrs. Freeman. She is not free because she has been hired and enslaved by Mrs. Hopewell. Another type of irony in “Good Country People” is how Joy-Hulga’s intelligence causes

My name is Kajal Patel and I have grown accustomed to people mispronouncing my name. I think the first day is always the worst for me because I’m always dreading that moment when my teacher fails at an attempt to say my name. I introduce myself as a two-syllable Kaa- juhl, because I think I’ve always been scared that my name sounded unusual to Americans, and maybe even too ethnic.

As soon as she finished reciting that, the whole class including her burst out into laughter. Teacher, the only significance that names have in our lives is that they must not sound funny to our classmates.