Dumas left Iran and came to America when she was only in second grade. Children in her class were always curious about her and asking her so many questions. The American children were very kind to her, and the children’s parents were always kind to her, and her family. Dumas loved America, she loved and adored the kindness the people treated her, and her family with. She loved meeting new people. But, some of the children were not kind and just teased and irritated her by saying “ I ran to I-ran, I ran to I-ran”(Dumas,91). But she never let them get away with it and informed them of the right way to say Iran.
“They wanted to know about more important things, such as camels. How many did we own back home? What did we feed them? Was it a bumpy ride?”(Dumas,90). This quote from “ With a Little Help From My Friends from Funny in Farsi” inquires more than it says. There is more meaning to this quote than just camels, it has to do with Dumas’s trip to America. “ How many did we own back home?”(Dumas,90), this can also be interpreted as, how many family members are still at home? The children that asked the questions were quite curious as to what happened on her journey to America. The children in Dumas’s class also asked, “What did we feed them?”(Dumas, …show more content…
“After almost two years in Whittier, my father’s assignment was completed and we had to return home” (Dumas, 92). But, this was not the last this family ever saw of America, eventually they migrated back to America. They loved being in America so much they couldn’t stay away. Eventually, they got their family member to come back with them.” We remember the kindness more than ever, knowing that our relatives who migrated to this country after the Iranian Revolution did not encounter the same America”(Dumas 92). Dumas, Firoozeh. With a Little Help From My Friends. New York, New York, Pearson Education, 2017, pp.
“They wanted to know about more important things, such as camels. How many did we own back home? What did we feed them? Was it a bumpy ride?”(Dumas,90). This quote from “ With a Little Help From My Friends from Funny in Farsi” inquires more than it says. There is more meaning to this quote than just camels, it has to do with Dumas’s trip to America. “ How many did we own back home?”(Dumas,90), this can also be interpreted as, how many family members are still at home? The children that asked the questions were quite curious as to what happened on her journey to America. The children in Dumas’s class also asked, “What did we feed them?”(Dumas, …show more content…
“After almost two years in Whittier, my father’s assignment was completed and we had to return home” (Dumas, 92). But, this was not the last this family ever saw of America, eventually they migrated back to America. They loved being in America so much they couldn’t stay away. Eventually, they got their family member to come back with them.” We remember the kindness more than ever, knowing that our relatives who migrated to this country after the Iranian Revolution did not encounter the same America”(Dumas 92). Dumas, Firoozeh. With a Little Help From My Friends. New York, New York, Pearson Education, 2017, pp.