Zia's Profile: Personal Interview Essay

When Justice, a boy Zits met in jail who ended up persuading him into shooting innocent people in a bank, showed Zits that he cared for him, Zits ended up making that very bad mistake because of him. Would Zits do anything to be loved? Then, when Zits tries to talk, he realizes that he is not able to because of a problem with his voice box. This is important because later, after the Indians defeat Custer and his cavalry, the father drags him up the hill with all the dead bodies, where Zits sees Indians are desecrating the dead bodies to where they are keeping some hostages. His father gives him a bayonet and he is forced to take revenge by killing one of the hostages, continuing a pointless cycle of violence and making the reader think about if two wrongs ever make a right. Connecting it to his violent vehemence in the bank earlier in the book, he thinks, “I wonder if that’s the reason I killed all those people in the bank. Did I want revenge? Did I blame those strangers for my loneliness? Did they deserve to die because of my loneliness?” (76). This shows that maybe Zits is now realizing why he took the impetuous action to attack the people in the bank. Is he starting to see that what he did was not justified? He may be coming to the realization, alongside

For this paper, I have chosen to interview an acquaintance of mine who is a devote Muslim and follower of Islam. For the sake of this assignment I will be referring to him under the pseudonym of Jack. I spoke with Jack about some wide-ranging topics discussing things such as, media, bias, stereotypes, and really in general what being a follower of Islam is like in this divided country right now. In our country, today it’s pretty apparent there is a type of fear of Muslims, so much so that 7 heavy populated Muslim countries are not permitted from entering the United States of America. I never had conversations as personal as this with Jack and I feel as if I gained a lot of insight into the types of things minorities, and especially Muslims

Growing up as a first generation Pakistani American Muslim not only came with the benefits of being exposed to different cultures, but it also came with a continuing challenge to incorporate the two cultures and my religion into the society we lived in. There was always a need to be more American, more Pakistani, while respecting the boundaries of religion. When we went to school, we weren’t American enough, when visiting Pakistan we were often labeled with the acronym ABCD- American Born Confused Desi. We were neither here, nor there. No matter how hard we tried to assimilate into the two societies, we could feel the absence of understanding and acceptance. This search for an identity not only allowed me to easily interact with people facing similar dilemmas, but it allowed me to embrace culture, religion, and people that were different.

In comprehension of this paper, I will convey to the reader the story of Malala’s journey through her fight to education rights, why these rights are important, and how this issue relates to many other women’s rights issues discussed in class. I will begin by giving background on Ziauddin and

This shows her inability to move on in society. Zenobia herself goes through many transformations in Ethan Frome, notably her transformations between sick and healthy. At the end of the novel, she remains healthy to support both Mattie and Ethan. “Guess he's been in Starksfield too many winters. Most of the smart ones get away.”

With each new people that Zits transform into, he began to understand himself and all the actions that he had faced in his past. After time travelling and being in the body of his father, Zits is back in his own body when he realizes that killing innocent people will not lead to a good path. He rushes out of the bank where is finds the one person he respects, Officer Dave and his partner in a diner. Zits begs Officer Dave to removes all of the guns from him because “No matter who tells you to do it. No matter how good or bad the reason. Maybe you’re supposed to believe that all life is sacred”. Officer Dave gave Zits a second chance on life to provide him the help he desperately needed. Zits now sits down with myself remark on his incredible accomplishments and the progress that he has made

This scene from the end of the novel, begins when Zits has a flashback after leaving the bank in Seattle. He reveals his traumatizing experience with Auntie Z, his aunt who was also Zits’ first caregiver after his mom died. During the beginning of her caregiving, Zits was still sad about his mother’s death. He would cry for her at night but every time he did Auntie Z would hurt Zits and tell him to stop crying. Zits has a flashback which he recalls the experience: “ My mommy. My mommy. My mommy. I cried for one week. Then two weeks. Then three weeks. Every night, Auntie Z rushed into my room, shook me, slapped me, and screamed at me.” (160). This was one of the last moments until the end of the book where Zits expressed his feelings. Once Auntie Z traumatized him Zits started to develop a trait of not showing his

He went back in time, somewhere he didn’t belong to. Zits went back and entered another body that’s not his own. He first went back to 1975 and entered Hank Storm’s body, where he experienced betrayal, when 2 Indians became allies with the FBI. The second body he went in to is a little boy who can’t speak, where Zits was introduced to war and a family. This was the first time that Zits had a father even though he was in someone else’s body. The next body he entered was Augustus Sullivan, who was one of the best Indian tracker in the US army. Zits led the U.S soldiers to a small Indian reservation, where Zits learned that not all soldiers killed the Indians. There are some soldiers who saved the Indian from being killed. Then he went to the body of Jimmy, who was a pilot. Here Zits learned

After each day, the students would hang out in the dorms and Gabriela was always open and kind to others. There was an incident where a student had a panic attack and Gabriela called me and stayed with the student until I reached them. Gabriela stayed with the student the entire night and even slept in the room of the student because the student didn’t want to sleep alone. Gabriela’s display of empathy and selflessness was admirable and are characteristics of a great leader.

I come from a country, Afghanistan, where 99 percent of the nation is Muslim and the majority of the people are illiterate. I am Muslim and grow up in an Islamic country. When I was in Afghanistan, I had no knowledge about other religions. Since I moved to America, I am thrilled that I started my school and got so much knowledge about others religions and cultures. In addition to that, our country’s government is very weak and people are suffering a lot in terms of all lives aspect. I always wanted to study something so that I can at least bring a positive change into people’s lives. I am very delighted that from such a poor country I came, study in America.

Before we begin, I would like to take the time out to express how happy I am about the person I interviewed. Coming into the interview, my tour guide expressed to me "that he is a pervert, and he can be a little mean/rude." After her telling me that, I immediately became a little nervous. Why? Because I came into this situation with the perception of trying to avoid someone of this nature. Turns out that my tour guide didn't do such a good job of explaining this guy. Him and I connected extremely well! And I was overwhelmed with joy, and so happy that we did. So, let's begin!

When Zits kills his first victims, Zits is convinced that the murder was justified. He believed that the people in the bank had to die for a greater purpose. I can tell that Zits genuinely thought that the murder was justified because some of Zits’ final thoughts before he began the killing spree were, “And I guess these people have many different religions. But none of that matters. I know these people must die so my mother and father can return”(35). Zits obviously believed that none of the lives he was about to take mattered. That they were all for a greater purpose, to somehow bring back his mother from the dead and reunite with his father that left him at birth. At this

He shook my hand with confidence and seemed at ease throughout the interview. He was able to answer all of my questions and never seemed “over the top” in his answers.

He is very confident that he will make a good impression and he doesn’t stress about it.

“One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.” This inspirational saying by Malala Yousafzai helped my understanding of what has been happening in Pakistan and many other countries all over the world. It shows us how important the littlest things can be and how by ourselves, we can make an impact on the world. In the book, I am Malala, by Malala Yousafzai, Malala explained how as a child, she was denied education because of the Taliban (a group of terrorists) and she chose to do something about it: she spoke out against them. When they tried to retaliate, even more people joined her cause for justice. In a similar case, Arnold (Junior), in the book The absolute Diary of a Part TIme Indian, was a boy living on a North American Indian reservation (rez) where unlike Malala, he was able to go to school, but his schools were very bad. Mr. P, his teacher, told him that if he does not leave the res, that he will not get any further in life. He decided to transfer to Reardan, a school outside of the reservation, where he knows that it will not be easy. He faces discrimination and he is exposed to more and more of the terrible things that happen in the world. And even though we learn from him that living on an Indian reservation is not a walk in the park, and that even living there does not compare to going to school at Reardan. Unfortunately for these two characters, they have both faced hardships that have deeply affected their lives. These stories show that when someone is in an environment that makes them lose their innocence, sometimes they also lose faith in humanity; when that has happened to someone, they might want to stand up for the other people with similar struggles.