Analysis Of My Son The Fanatic

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Hanif Kureishi was born in 1954 to a Pakistani immigrant and an English woman. Due to the fact that his father was an immigrant he wrote many stories about the challenges people have being immigrants in a new country (Kureishi 1). In the story “My
Son the Fanatic” he shows the difficulties that a father, who has assimilated into western culture, and a son who is wanting to stick to his Muslim ways. In the story “My Son the Fanatic” I experienced confusion, sympathy, and humor. In the story “My Son the Fanatic” I experienced confusion multiple times in the beginning of the story. I started out being confused when in the story it says, “Surreptitiously, the father began going into his son 's bedroom. He would sit there for hours, rousing himself
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In the story the father is worried about the son because of the behavior he was exhibiting. He shows that when he says, “ 'I can 't understand it! ' he burst out. 'Everything is going from his room. And I can 't talk to him any more. We were not father and son - we were brothers! Where has he gone? Why is he torturing me? ' And Parvez put his head in his hands” (100). All throughout the story he is constantly worrying about his son. He also shows his worry for his son when it says, “After a few days of constant observation, Parvez was able to report that although the boy had given up sports, he seemed healthy with clear eyes” (101). I sympathize with the father in these two moments because all he wants is for his son to be happy and for him to be ok. If I were in his shoes I would be worried about his son too. I also felt sympathy towards the son when in the story it says, “Before Parvez could speak, Ali made a face. 'Don 't you know it 's wrong to drink alcohol? ' he said” (103). Ali is just trying to live the way he was taught when he was a young boy. I can understand where he is coming from because his father is going against something that he was taught as a young boy. Another moment that I sympathize with him is when his father was hitting him while he was praying (108). During the time he was getting beat he did not fight back once. He stuck true to what he had been …show more content…
In the part of the story where they find Pervez’s son walking down the road and ask for him to hop in the car. He does so, even though he didn’t act as if he didn’t want to. The prostitute decided to bail on there conversation in the story when it says, “ 'No, don 't! ' said Parvez. But even as the car moved she opened the door and threw herself out and ran away across the road. Parvez shouted after her several times, but she had gone” (107). When someone decides to roll out of a car while it is still moving I find that hilarious. Another part I thought was humorous was when Ali was calling out his dad for assimilating western culture. He does this when in the story it says, “Ali then reminded Parvez that he had ordered his own wife to cook pork sausages, saying to her, 'You 're not in the village now, this is England. We have to fit in.’” (104). The fact that he is calling out his dad on all his faults in this part of the story is very funny to me. The final part of the story that I found both funny and exciting is when he gets home and goes to pray. During this time his father walks in and is drunk. He comes into his son’s room while he is still praying and beats him. During the whole time that he was beating him he did not fight back once. He just sat there and just let his dad do to him what he wants. I found this funny because normally anyone would fight back when someone is beating them up. I had a hard time

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