Reading Lolita in Tehran

well with the process of learning. In essence, what matters more in a system subject to institutional and social constraints is adherence to the rules of the game and not freedom for self-identity and interests. In her work “Selections from: Reading Lolita in Tehran,” Nafisi Azar presents, from the experience she had with her students in the Islamic Republic of Iran, some of the strong social constraints that had even been institutionalized and became part and parcel of learning institution like…

Nelson discusses “desensitization”, the lack of response to a stimulus due to a surplus of exposure to it (Nelson, 306). In particular, Nelson discusses desensitization in terms of “image flow” (Nelson, 304). In Azar Nafisi’s “Selections from Reading Lolita in Tehran”, Nafisi reviews cases where the desensitization negatively affected society, but was able to be stopped. Moreover, in “Selections from Alone Together”, Sherry Turkle discusses some of the benefits of desensitization in certain…

Azar Nafisi and Maggie Nelson both address the issue of the ideology of art in their respective works, Reading Lolita in Tehran, and “Great to Watch.” Nafisi’s work focuses on whether or not one can use art as an escape to an imaginary world of their own ideologies. Nelson tries to show how art can let everyone have their own thoughts and ideas, without the presence of bias from the media. Ideology is best defined as an interconnected system of ideas, and both Nafisi and Nelson’s works…

For years people have struggled with the notion of ‘personal freedom,” and in truth this has been because of people failing to understand where to search for the concept of ‘freedom.’ Maggie Nelson, in “Great to Watch,” states that she prefers art that is not a member of a dichotomy where it either “terrorizes” or “chaperones” viewers. Instead, she prefers art that is neither “terrorizing” nor “chaperoning” viewers because this art presents an opportunity for the viewer to form his or her own…

School and Its Lack of Empowerment The definition of learning, the acquisition of knowledge or skills through experience, study or being taught, has not changed the execution has drastically changed from the time parents finished school. The demand for the new workforce to have a higher education is growing, rather than being able to find a decent job after high school graduation students are now expected to go to college and perhaps graduate school for particular careers. However public school…

especially Harvard and Princeton. The culture and tradition of working on Wall Street after graduation exert high pressure on students at these elite universities, and limit their career options and expectations. Similarly, in the essay “Selections From Reading…

Looking back into human ancestry, it is safe to say that our civilization has evolved. Although one of the few things that have remained the same over the course of thousands of years is the fear of the unknown. It is natural for living species to distress over what we have no knowledge about because it could very much be a threat to our safety. This concept is demonstrated socially via ostracizing, humans separate others that are not similar to them because they feel outside of their comfort…

For the first chapter there are many different things that could be a symbol for, “ The Iron Box”, although the way the narrator talked about the town of Haddan reveals that it symbolizes, “The Iron Box” appropriately. Though the students at Haddan came and left, the residents “... stay put; the farthest a resident might move was to a house around the corner when they married…” (Hoffman 37). When the author states that the residents “stay put” in Haddan she is trying to say that no one leaves…

The idea of freedom can be seen throughout collection 2 in our text book. The short story The Censors by David Unger has a theme of freedom. The idea of freedom can be seen in the graphic novel Reading Lolita In Tehran by Azar Nafisi. The graphic novel The Story of a Return by Marjane Satrapi also talks about freedom. The short story The Censors by David Unger shows a theme of freedom. Freedom is shown when Juan was trying to save Mariana. The importance of this is when Juan said something…

textbook. Freedom can be seen in the I Have A Dream speech by Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1963 March on Washington, when he talks about his dream and what he wants for African Americans in the future. Freedom is also shown in the memoir Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi, when she talks about how women are being treated in Iran. The idea of freedom can also be seen in the short story Cairo: My City, Our Revolution by Ahdaf Soueif, when she talks about how she wants to be in control of…