Reading Lolita in Tehran

Part I: Symbols/ Motifs F. Scott Fitzgerald uses color as a way to describe in more detail. Some of the main colors are green, grey, white, silver and gold.The color green is one of the most prominent and detailed symbols in the book. Gatsby sees the green light at the end of Daisy’s dock as the distance between him and Daisy, along with what he hopes and aspires for in the future. In the literal sense, the color green also represents his craving for money and vanity of the Roaring Twenties in New

society. In the passage“Wisdom” written by Thurman, he writes about “the self” and how one must not result into only being one personality trait. But instead, change as the world and life changes. Lastly, in “Selections from Reading Lolita in Tehran” Nafisi writes about the city of Tehran and how the women handle the inequality. It is evident in all three passages that the individuals portrayed feel a certain way towards individuality. Whether they choose their place in their own society or if their place

In the memoir Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi and the novel Revolutionizing Motherhood: The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo written by Guzman Bouvard, the repressive revolutions played a pivotal role in the lives of women. Through the Iranian Revolution, restrictions in the public and private sphere were evident by imposing censorship constrains. The Argentinian revolution, on the other hand, allowed limited civil rights by actions of the military junta. Despite these conditions, women managed

author of The Mind’s Eye presumes that the experiences that have been perceived by the senses become the files stored in our memory and promote the brain and mind to reshape themselves when necessary. Azar Nafisi, author of Selections from Reading Lolita in Tehran reveals the impact of political oppression and how it compels freedom seeking women to take part in actions such as secretly discussing fictional literature, unveiling, and withdrawing from the controlled world. Martha Stout, author of When

Oliver Sacks in “The Mind’s Eye” and Azar Nafisi “Selections from Reading Lolita in Tehran.” both touch upon how people do not choose the life they live; therefore one’s life is shaped using their own experiences and imagination. The mind plays a major role in how individuals create their own identity. As people grow both physically

that require individual’s to be identified and act in certain ways. In the three passages, “Selections from reading Lolita in Tehran,” by Azar Nafisi, “On Becoming an Arab,” by Leila Ahmed; “Selections from Losing Matt Sheppard,” by Beth Loffreda, the “limits of identification” are introduced based on gender, race, and sexuality as main factors used to classify the characters in the readings and pose their identity which led to prejudice, discrimination, and limit their lives based on general stereotypes

she tries to create a place for her students to be themselves and not subordinates to their peers and the public by having what Scott calls a hidden transcript. The use of the internet is what Scott would consider a hidden transcript. Another reading that has to do with hidden transcripts is Gladwell’s “Small change: Why the Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted.” In his article Gladwell talks about how social media is used to give voice to individuals who are powerless and unable to voice their opinions

each page within a person’s life weighs more on one’s identity than the outer surface one perceives does. Despite this, how much of each page is determined by the individual and how much is determined by outside forces? In “Selections from Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books,” Azar Nafisi describes the necessity of identity in a world where fiction and reality are intertwined. While Oliver Sacks in the excerpt, “The Mind’s Eye,” points out the physiological changes in an individual’s mind when

improved one. Correspondingly, in “The Ecstasy of Influence: A Plagiarism,” Johnathan Lethem highlights the problems individuals encounter dealing with the premises of governmental limits on intellectual property. Comparably, in “Selections from Reading Lolita in Tehran,” Azar Nafisi examines the strife between the Iranian citizens and the authoritarian Iranian regime. Overall, people create conflict with the authority of their larger social group because

Educational Hegemony With the development of the society, education becomes a significant role in human’s lives, and people appeal to get the equal rights of education. There are too many people looking forward to justice and liberation in this world. At this time, education is a way to satisfy people’s spiritual and material demands. Gradually, eople realize the importance of education, and they believe in the changes that education brings to them. This is why people get into hegemony, which presents