Reading Lolita in Tehran

stigmas placed upon them. “But the crux of the problem is that students hardly question or ponder what they might truly be passionate about, much less the contradictions of their own privilege.”(Ho 58) Similarly, Nafisi in “Selections from Reading Lolita in Tehran” provides us with a more explicit example of the struggle on how to react to the oppression placed upon them by using one of her students. In this quote society and family are stated as the ones in power over Sanaz and their behaviors…

movies have scenes in which rebels plot a rebellion against an evil kingdom. But do you know other versions of rebellions? A rebellion is usually not the same in every case nor in every story. In the passages, “Cairo: My City, My Revolution”, “Reading Lolita in Tehran”, and “Persepolis 2”, rebellion is presented in many forms and ways by the authors. To begin with, in the passage “Cairo: My City, My Revolution” the setting of the story is in Egypt. It talks about the rebellion that occurred on…

courage and honor and hope and pride and compassion and pity and sacrifice which have been the glory of his past” (Faulkner 5). Two prime examples of books that attain Faulkner’s definition of the writer’s duty are Azar Nafisi’s memoir Reading Lolita in Tehran and Rebecca Skloot’s…

This essay is gonna be about three different stories such as cairo: My city, our revolution, reading Lolita in Tehran and persepolis 2: The story of a return ill be starting with cairo: My city, our revolution security vehicles racing to get out of town and all the men leaning over the parapet above us with stones in their hands stopped in mid-throw and yelled `Run! Run!’ and held off the with the stones so they wouldn’t hit us as we skittered through the screeching vehicles to a spot where we…

In the text, reading Lolita in Tehran, Nafisi states that “...Blood of Period. They patrol the streets to make sure that woman like Sanaz wear their veils properly, do not wear makeup, do not walk in public with men who are not their father, brothers, or husbands” (Nafisi 20)…

A system that has an upper hand over the surroundings, or an individual can be considered as the higher force of that particular society. In Barbara Fredrickson’s, “Love 2.0,” Azar Nafisi’s, “Reading Lolita in Tehran,” and Karen Ho’s “Biographies of Hegemony” a strong relationship is evident between the narratives behind these high forces and our engagement with these narratives. In “Love 2.0,” Barbara Fredrickson introduces scientific analyses of the high force, the brain’s response, to…

The authors of the three passages all had a similar perspective on the rebellion, in which they were not too fond of the ideas of the Regime. Many of the things the authors described were about the idea of Islamic women having to obey the rules that the regime has created or they will face severe consequences for their actions. The creation of this unjust regime was right after the Iranian Revolution which caused there to be an overthrow of the pro-western Shah of Iran. So, Islamic people…

The idea of Freedom can be seen throughout Collection Two of our textbooks. Freedom can be seen in Martin Luther King Jr. “I Have a Dream “speech when he talks about the bad check being cashed and his dream. In the memoir “Reading in Lolita in Tehran from Persepolis 2” by Azar Nafisi, freedom is the main point in the story and can be seen when she describes how they must dress and what life was like during her mother’s generation. Lastly, freedom, or the lack of it, is the main topic of Luisa…

her parents refused because, she was too young to face violence. "The reason for the Revolution is the same: the difference between social classes" (Persepolis 33). The author feels great sense of dissonance because of her social class after reading the book. "Because in this country you must stay within your own social class" (Persepolis 37). The author experiences this when her maid, Mehri, was not allowed to be with a boy she fell in love with because of her class difference. "…

self-governance. The act of demanding what rightfully belongs to us is the only way we can be ushered to the beacon of sovereignty and independence. Martin Luther King Jr. in his speech “I have a dream” , To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and “Reading Lolita in Tehran” by Azar Nafisi are just a few examples in which the protagonists or major character are oppressed by society. The only freedom that we are entitled to is the one that we demand for and we are willing…