Authors Dumas and Asgedom both tell the stories of American immigrants. In “Funny in Farsi,” Dumas presents factual information about Duma’s background and where she came from. In “Beetles and Angels,” Asgedom constructs a descriptive narrative to reveal a journey from ethiopia to America. While both authors discuss a valuable immigrant experiences, they use different strategies to convey their perspective. In “Funny in Farsi” Dumas focuses on the life of one famous American immigrant: Herself. Specifically, the she explains how Dumas’s experiences and the answers she gave the other kids and how the others treated her. To support the key point Dumas uses humor,sarcasm, and figurative language to show how she
