The brief memoir reflects on Duma’s identity who is an Iranian growing up in America. She is struggled when her father teaches her to swim, because he is always yelling at her. The ultimate success of her is swimming alone in the sea, it shows that she has a peace of mind. In addition, until she has enthusiasm for swimming at the age of ten, she is able to swim. It suggests that she controls her mind and motion to acquire new knowledges.
Dumas tries to say that she is a subjective person who is not interested on the mechanics of technology. She is referring back to the sentence which is said by her father to shows that unlike her siblings, she has the different way of learning swimming.
Both Duma’s father and aunt said “Firoozeh is a rock”,
Dumas tries to say that she is a subjective person who is not interested on the mechanics of technology. She is referring back to the sentence which is said by her father to shows that unlike her siblings, she has the different way of learning swimming.
Both Duma’s father and aunt said “Firoozeh is a rock”,