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This Discussion is about how the author views contemporary Arabs’ attitude toward their own history in the play ‘The Jester’. It is written by Muhammad Al-Maghut, a Syrian writer and poet who is known for his satirical work. In this play, he vigorously converses about the social misery and meanness. This play focuses on reaction and behaviour of today’s Arab men towards their historical heroes in a satirical way. The play starts with highlighting the dignity and heroism of past Arab heroes, but in later acts it is depicted that the layman regards their heroism only because it has been magnificently presented to him, unless analysed by a contemporary Arab man. The writer tries to depict the behaviour of today’s Arabs towards achievements to

In the article, “A Gentle Madness“, the author Humera Afridi, tells her story about how she moved multiple times. She lived in the United States; Dallas, Minneapolis, New York, Dubai, Pakistan, and Jeddah. In the passage she states, “[w]hen I was twelve, my parents decided to leave Pakistan and move our family to Abu Dhabi. My heart, I thought, I would never recover” (Afridi, 49). She explained how moving from state to state and country to country can be challenging and how she went through a lot of conflict moving from Pakistan, adjusting to another country, and coping with family issues. Through detailed imagery and rhetoric the author was able to tell a story about a significant experience in her life. This shows how her memories never fade.

One of the protagonists and main characters in the story Hamadi, by Naomi Shihab Nye, is a girl named Susan. She is a 14-year-old freshman in high school, who lives in U.S, Texas. She is reaching the point in her life where she starts to question her surroundings and the world, which leads her to an interest in a family friend, Saleh Hamadi, who’s an old-fashioned man and very wise. She is a complex character in this story because she has many different relatable traits, has many thoughts and relationships in the story and changes throughout the story.

This type of suffering also occurred in 1722 with the Afghan tribesmen and yet again during the late eighteenth century and lasted until 1925. The Qajars, a Turkic tribe that was established near the Caspian Sea, conquered Iran this time. The kings who ruled under the Qajar Empire also were mainly responsible for the country’s poverty and resistance to modernity. The only difference between the Qajars and the Arabs is that now the people of Iran were not going to sit back and let these kings give foreigner powers the right to their country. The Qajars had “lost their right to rule, their farr. Armed with Shiite principle that endows the ordinary citizen with inherent power to overthrow despotism…Iranians rebelled in a way their forefathers never had” (28).

Sometimes chasing dreams can be dangerous or hard, but many people are willing to go through hardships to accomplish their goals, three characters who undertook missions are Farah Ahmedi, Walt Masters and Aengus. Farah Ahmedi was on a mission to escape her war ridden country and gain a better life. Walt Masters was determined to help an old friend Loren Hall record his gold claim in Dawson from Claim Jumpers. Whereas Aengus was on a mission to find his true love. However, all three were filled with perseverance, the desire to accomplish a goal, and on a journey to gain happiness in their lives.

In order for Amir to be a tragic hero he should portray essential elements of a tragic hero:

Iran’s conflict between modernism and fundamentalism can be seen in the novel’s focus on the political prisoners. Marji encounters various men that were incarcerated for holding extreme leftist views, including her uncle, and the consequences they faced. In the chapter “The Heroes” Marji is exposed to the various torture methods induced to make the prisoners betray others who shared their discontent. This can be seen when Marji’s father asks about Ahmadi and Siamk, the newly freed prisoner, tells them, “… Ahmadi was assassinated. As a member of the guerrillas, he suffered hell” (54). In making this comment, Ahmadi shows the intensity with which fierce opponents were persecuted. Additionally, the never ending arrests and deaths of these political opponents show the

As socrates said once “From the deepest desires often come the deepest hate”. The holocaust was a way that the Nazis saying thats revenge.Some people just see racism, prejudge, and antisemitism and don't do anything. Some people try and stand up for people and protect one another. Try and stand up for everyone in your community. The Nazis plotted their revenge for a long period of time. This was one of the most tragic events in all of the world and history

In Nahid Rachlin’s memoir, “Persian Girls”, the author describes her life in Iran and later in America as a woman, refusing to accept both Muslim and Iranian cultural norms. This plays an important role in the lives of many characters, choosing the sometimes hard decision to break apart from cultural standards. Characters that are faced with this difficult choice include her brothers Cyrus and Parviz, her older sister Pari and Nahid herself.

I think Ishmael refused the "jug of water" from Gasemu because he was angry that he couldn't go see his family right now and that they had to wait to rest. On page 93 Ishmael says, “I became angry that we had to rest, and I sat on a big rock away from the group”. He also said, “Part of me was on the way to the village, the other impatiently waited on the hill”. He was anxious to see them because it had been a long time since he last saw them and has been thinking about them everyday. These two quotes showed how he was angry and anxious about finding out that his family was still alive, but couldn’t see them right away. Ishmael started his journey with Junior, Mohamed, Talloi, Gibrilla, Kaloko, and Khalilou. Ishmael got split from them whenever

Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston focuses on the mistreatment of Japanese Americans during World War II. As the reader attempts to uncover the meaning behind the story, they will learn of a family’s personal life experience during and after internment. Many will say that it was a result of White Americans who feared for their safety. However, Jeanne Wakatsuki and James D. Houston argue that Japanese Americans were the center focus of racism.

A separate peace is the first fictional novel written by John Knowles and is known to be his best work. There are many themes that are shown in this novel. One of the themes deal with friendship. In the novel a separate peace Gene and Finny's friendship is known to be falling apart because of jealousy, rivalry, and one-sided trust.

As a product of South Central Los Angeles the expectations bestowed upon me were less than remarkable. I grew up in a system of public schools where textbooks and classrooms where infested with graffiti and marker lines by students with no intention to learn. As a child growing up this kind of environment I did what I saw around me. Ignored my education and focused on making friends. Both my parents worked full time jobs so time spent with them was limited, I never cared much for reading or writing as a child, books where never a gift; more of a chore that was taking up time from my true interested. It was by these guidelines that I never saw the true magic behind literature until now a grown up.

Amir had settled in America and had cut off all connections of himself with Afghanistan. The physical journey helps Amir to establish his identity. Amir’s confrontation

In the short story Araby, we are shown a young boy’s first encounter with love and what he will do for this girl. To help represent the protagonist’s emotions and the way he views the world around him, Joyce uses color. The use and absence of color in the story helps the reader identify what the boy finds important in his life. This is done by using dark and sombre as adjectives and also not using color. Except, when Mangan’s sister (protagonist’s crush) is being described in the story. This when Joyce decides to use abundance of color to help create a contrast between the girl and the rest of the world.