The Firoozeh Dumas The F Word Analysis

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The “F word” by Firoozeh Dumas her claim is “All of us immigrants knew that moving to America would be fraught with challenges, but none of us thought that our names would be such an obstacle.” In her article, she talks about her struggles having difficult name to pronounce and having problems with her name. coming from a different country she either had to live as Firoozeh or live as Julie her American name. In her background her name means greatness, but when she come to America everybody made fun of her because of her name. In her article, she is trying to help the audience understand her problems and encourage make room for their cabinet. In “The F word” started with her telling a story wanting to add a middle name. She got tired of all

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