October 1, 2014
10th Literature
The Lying Pilot
Have you ever been stereotyped? My name is Jimmy. I live In the midwest. I was one of the bodies zits entered. I used to co-pilot with a friend named Abbad. I initially hesitated before agreeing to teach Abbad, because I worried about his heritage. However, doubts over my racism lead me to teach the him anyway.
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The picture to the right is an example in the book. Where Jimmy cheats on his wife Linda with Helga. In the book Jimmy climbs into his pickup truck, he begins to cry as he thinks of Linda and Abbad. Yet again, Abbad's image appears next to him, this time accusing Americans of arrogance. Linda is throwing his belongings on the front lawn. He watches her collapse on the porch and weep. Jimmy approaches her, and she confronts him about the affair. When he admits he has been with her for a year but never loved her, she pulls a pistol from her coat pocket and points it at him. …show more content…
I am a white pilot who cheats. The thing is I have a friend who is stereotyped. His name is Abadd, he is a man in his mid twenties .He is also muslim, so people assume he is a terrorist. So when you hear that he is also a pilot you might be shocked.Negative images of Islam and Muslims are found everywhere in the media. These negative images are based on one-thousand year old European-Christian prejudices due to ignorance of