Fundamentalism

Alice in Wonderland and Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court The theme of nonsense is common between the two books. In both of the novels, the protagonists are transported to different worlds where there is absolute nonsense. In Alice in Wonderland, some of the nonsense is produced through satire. When Alice visits the Mock Turtle, his education seems to be satirical. Must of the nonsense in Alice in Wonderland is through speech between the characters. For example, when Alice meets…

everyone seemed to enjoy the growth, and he made women have the equal amount of rights as male citizens of Iran. However, he doesn’t include the fact that it pissed off many top Shia religion members such as Ruhollah Khomeini, which thought that fundamentalism was the best for the country. The language Perloff uses in the article is very favorable to the Shah as Perloff makes the Shah seen as a great influential leader who had great ideas for Iran to become a…

turn gay. Queerness extends far beyond sexuality, it is “an impulse to disrupt any and all efforts to reduce into simplistic dualisms our experience of life, of God” (3). Queerness stands at direct odds with binary distinctions, legalism, and fundamentalism. It is an affront to the side of Christianity that dominates so much of the…

Since Isaac represents the view of a progressive American, his prejudices against Amir’s identity questions the fundamentalism of progressive Americans towards Islam and South Asians. To elaborate, Amir’s response towards 9/11 triggers Isaac to reveal the attitude that he has been hiding throughout the conversation about Amir’s identity and his religion. Calling Amir…

To begin, religion plays an extremely important part in our history, literature andcurrent events. Disagreement among religious communities and the rise of religious fundamentalisms has aggravated an outburst of ethnic-religious conflicts all over the world, especially in Eastern Europe, South Asia, the Middle East and Africa, in the recent years. We study art, literature and music in school because we acknowledge these as…

he Cold War ended when the Soviet Union dissolved and the separating Iron Wall fell. Factors that contributed to the end of the Cold War and the cease of the Soviet Union were when Mikhail Gorbachev, the leader of the Soviet Union, resigned along with the loss of power of the Communist Party and Soviet government. In the face of resistance from the public and within the military, many of the republics of the Soviet Union had declared independence. (p. 772, Brinkley). The Soviet’s invasion of…

According to Nicholas Walter (1997), humanism is a philosophical and ethical stance grounded in the belief of the importance of the value and agency of human beings, individually and collectively, and relies on critical thinking and evidence (rationalism, empiricism) over acceptance of dogma or superstition. Furthermore, the British Humanist Association acknowledges humanism as grounded in the belief that the life we humans live is the only life that we have, that the universe is a natural…

Feminism, the equality of both men and women, is seen in both Marjane Satrapi’s autobiographical graphic novel, Persepolis, and in Sophocles’s tragedy, “Antigone”. Despite having been written in different time periods, Persepolis in 1980 and Antigone around 600 BCE, the two authors can be considered feminist of their time as both their stories discuss the lives of women in times of political oppression. Persepolis is the autobiography of Marjane Satrapi as she grows up in Iran during times of…

history books found it best to resist the topic as a whole to avoid conflict. In Persepolis, Marji the main character tell her story from the perspective of a Iranian female living in a upper/middle class family; she is also against communism and fundamentalism. Marji had very strong opinions on the revolution. She stated “For a revolution to succeed, the entire population must support it.” (Satrapi 17). At a young age Marji found…

Time of Turmoil The Middle East is in a state of unrest, many Islamic extremists have fallen for the violent ideology to revolt against their government. A general theme of disagreement in faith caused a rift between the citizens and politicians in the Middle East. Leaders who follow a conservative faith that seems antiquated to the citizens are being challenged by the rebels. The booming young generation sees a problem with their government and seeks to make a change themselves. Also, the…