The Effect Of Kindness During The Iranian Revolution

Often times, many forget to be kind to one another. When we are performing out our daily activities we forget to think about other people. Individuals can be naturally selfish or self- centered. There are multiple obstacles working against our being kind to one another. Our own success being one of them. We must remember to put ourselves in the shoes of the other person, in order to understand the issues in front of us. It is not easy to become detached ourselves from how we usually are nor how we are born, but it is imperative that we try to ensure a brighter future.

In our book groups we discussed two essays “The Connection Between Strangers” by Miles Goodwin and the essay “The People Who Love You When No One Else Would” by Cecile Gilmer. In my group we said that “no matter how big or small your act of kindness is, it could change someones life” was demonstrated in both essays. In the first essay, “The Connection Between Strangers”, shows this because this little girl walked up to this solider and congratulated him. Little did she know, that the small action had changed the soldier’s life, as he said in the essay, “That girl undoubtedly has no memory of what happened years ago… It doesn't matter why she gave me the magazine. The important thing is she did” (Goodwin 83).

Based off of personal interactions with Americans, Dumas rightfully characterized them as closed-minded, judgmental, and ignorant. She justifies her characterization of Americans through each anecdote included in her essay. For example, Dumas shows the ignorance of Americans in the opening paragraph when referring to the inappropriate names that Americans referred to her foreign friends and family as. In the first paragraph, she states that Americans degraded names such as Farbod (which translates to" greatness" in Iranian) into silly, disrespectful nicknames such as "Farthead." Another instance in which Dumas vindicates her characterization of Americans is when she mentions one of her first experiences using the name "Julie." The experience,

The purpose of this essay is to question the readers. Ascher wants the audience to analyze themselves to determine the reason behind why people show kindness, whether it is out of fear, pity, or compassion.

“For the dead and the living we must bear witness”(Elie Wiesel). The book “Night” was published in 1956, by Elie Wiesel. He talks about the Holocaust and how he survived it and what the conservation camp was like and how he was treated. Throughout “night” one of the major themes was the idea of small acts of kindness. These moments in the story are important because they show what a huge difference one person can make.

“We remember the kindness more than ever, knowing that our relatives who immigrated to this country after the Iranian Revolution did not encounter the same America.” This quote taken from “With a Little Help From My Friends,” written by Firoozeh Dumas, has many impacts on Dumas as a child, how Americans impacted her immediate family, and her family's relationship with the community in

The famous greek writer Aesop once said “No act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.”In today's society kindness is look upon as rare act and is sometimes questioned sincerity. No one really realizes how simply holding a door, sharing, or even giving a compliment can help better someone else's day or even life. In “Enrique's Journey” acts of kindness are scarce for immigrants trying to cross the border. The closer and closer immigrants get to the border, kindness decreases as violence rapidly increases. Those who are lucky enough to experience these kind acts, big or small, are extremely grateful. The idea of knowing things could go worse instantly, allows people to appreciate and also give an act of kindness in another form to someone

Various factors influenced the 1979 Iranian revolution, but at the core of this significant event was Islamic fundamentalism. The Iranian religious leader, Ayatollah Khomeini, led this movement to end the thirty-seven-year reign of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, also known as the Shah of Iran (Diller 1991, p.152). The revolution was a combination of mounting social, economic, political and religious strains. The nation of Iran was never colonized, unlike some of its bordering countries, making its people intolerant of external influences. The Shah had gradually westernized and secularized his country, creating a strong American presence that was being felt

When Dumas and her family moved to America for a short time, Americans were intrigued. They were asked many questions, but not so much about their culture. “They wanted to know about more important things, such as camels. How many did we own back home? What did we feed them? Was it a bumpy ride?” (Dumas 90). She admitted that she had never seen a camel because camels did not live where she had come from. Although, these questions Dumas was asked arose vivid questions herself.

“We remember the kindness more than ever, knowing that our relatives who immigrated to this country after the iranian revolution did not encounter the same america.”(with a little help from my friends, pg 97). This is a quote of a women who visited america before the iranian revolution.

I believe Dumas has multiple tones throughout her essay. Humor or sarcasm is the main tone that Dumas uses, but there is also a bitter tone hidden amongst the sarcasm in the writing. I say she uses sarcasm or humor for obvious reasons because she is constantly using funny life memories to add a livelier impact to her rather serious writing. She uses the humorous or sarcastic tone in order to keep readers interested on what she really means. I truly do believe, though, that Dumas is actually bitter towards America and the Americans living in it. She never flat out says the things she hates about America because she does not want to offend anyone, but she hints towards it through her sarcasm. When she says, “America is a great country, but nobody without a mask and a cape has a z in his name. And have Americans ever realized the great scope of the guttural sounds they’re missing? Okay, so it has to do with linguistic roots, but I do believe this would be a richer country if all Americans could do a little more tongue aerobics and learn to pronounce…” She is really stating that it bugs her and she almost finds it annoying that Americans make no effort to be diverse and learned things from other cultures. This is the time that her bitter tone comes into play but it is completely masked at first by her sarcastic

Iran has made headlines consistently in the past few years. Yet, the most horrific and large scale events to take place in the country since the Iranian Revolution failed to make headlines in most parts of the country. The headlines that it had managed to make didn’t focus on the people. This is because dehumanization, one of the eight stages to genocide, was utilized by the Iranian Government following the 2009 election in order to force a silence and content over their population that continues today. I will be arguing the extent of dehumanization by examining three major tactics as well as examining Iran today. The three major tactics for dehumanization a through their use of rigged elections, civilian clothed militant squads, and post-election procedures including undocumented and uninvestigated disappearance of deviants.

Iran has always, it seems, been the breeding ground for some kind of political upheaval or another. In recent times, back in 1979, there was a major revolution which was, in some ways, similar to the revolution we are seeing today. The people were angry and they were tired of being controlled by the government that was in power. They had concrete ideals and were incredibly passionate about their revolution. The revolution Iran is experiencing today does not appear to be quite as passionate and does not appear to maintain a belief in any real solid political system. They just know they want something different. In the following paper we present an illustration of the current revolution that is taking

The emergence of the Islamic Republic in late 1970’s Iran demonstrates how middle class Iranian people purged themselves of the Pahlavi Dynasty in an effort to continue down a more righteous and egalitarian path. As a result, the country underwent a complete social upheaval and in its place grew an overtly oppressive regime based in theoretical omnipotence. In response to this regime, the very structure of political and social life was shaken and fundamentally transformed as religion and politics became inexorable. As a result, gender roles and the battle between public and private life were redrawn. Using various primary and secondary sources I will show how the Revolution shaped secular middle class Iranians. Further, I will show how the

A revolution is a mass movement that intends to violently transform the old government into a new political system. The Iranian Revolution, which began in 1979 after years of climax, was an uprising against the Shah’s autocratic rule resulting in much religious and political change. Shah Muhammad Reza Pahlavi made efforts to remove Islamic values and create a secular rule and “westernize” Iran through his White Revolution. In addition, his tight dictatorial rule and attempts at military expansion felt threatening to the people, who desired a fairer governmental rule immensely influenced by Islam. Afterwards, governmental affairs became extremely influenced by Islamic traditions and law which created changes religiously and politically