Fredi Lajvardi's Spare Parts

When I first received Spare Parts at orientation two months ago, I did not think I was going to have to read it. I thought the common book would be more important for those taking an English class, which I am not. Although I did not think I would be required to read the book, I thought that it may be a book that I would find interesting. I rather read non-fiction books over fiction and initially planned to read Spare Parts over the summer. That being said, I found that I did not have time to read the book and set it aside, thinking maybe I would find time to read story some other time. The first seventy-six pages of this book did not disappoint. I took an Introduction to Social and Cultural Biology course during my senior year of high school, therefore I already knew that there were some things I should look for. One thing I was looking for was if any of the characters had any signs of apparent culture shock. The character who appears to have experienced the most culture shock was the teacher, Fredi Lajvardi, although not in the way you would expect. Lajvardi experienced culture shock when he went back to his home country, Iran. Lajvardi found it difficult to speak his native language. While he was able to math in English was not able to pick up on the notations that were used in …show more content…
Some families had a stronger kinship than others. The first bond we see is between Lorenzo and his mother. His mother is willing to travel to the United States and risk being caught in order to get better medical attention for her son. On the other hand, Cristian did not appear to have as strong a bond with his parents. His parents were not sure about how to deal with him and this often left him to watch television. He quickly became interested in a home improvement show. He would watch Bob Vila use various tools to create things. This helped Cristian gain knowledge that he would be able to use to build an underwater