Deadly Identities by Amin Maalouf: Analysis
My first assignment Dana Waheeb Muwafi
Deadly identities by (Amin Maalouf)
Analyze:
1- What is Maalouf's tone in the beginning of the essay? How does this change at the end?
His tone was honest, calm and reasonable. He started by belonging himself to both identities (Lebanese and French) by explaining with patience. But at the end he had a trouble to identify his identity and he tried to have only one.
2- Identify who you think is the author's intended audience.
His audiences are those who have multiple identities and become marginalized. Also who deal with them (fanatics and xenophobes).
3- Search through the article and highlight all the passages that seem to you to be contributing to the thesis of the essay. Then write thesis in your own words.
The thesis of the essay is that the person shouldn't have to define himself or his identity to people if he were raised according to different cultures. It's unfair to him – as it is to other people – to have to choose between certain aspects of his identity or even hide those facts and save them for a different group of people that can cope with those different sides. "The identity can't be compartmentalized ".
4- Define the word "xenophobe "using either a dictionary or context clues? How does using the word "xenophobe" develop Maalouf's overall thesis?
It means people that fear or hate foreigners. And it develops the overall thesis because that group of people make person with two identities feels lack of understanding and mistrust.so they will have a bad effect on the society by making who have dual identities marginalized.
5- Using context clues, what do you think the word "marginalized" means? How does the author become marginalized?
It means people who have unimportant and powerless position in the society. The author became one of them because he was born in Lebanon, and lived most of his life in France. So, he can't say that he is French because some
Deadly identities by (Amin Maalouf)
Analyze:
1- What is Maalouf's tone in the beginning of the essay? How does this change at the end?
His tone was honest, calm and reasonable. He started by belonging himself to both identities (Lebanese and French) by explaining with patience. But at the end he had a trouble to identify his identity and he tried to have only one.
2- Identify who you think is the author's intended audience.
His audiences are those who have multiple identities and become marginalized. Also who deal with them (fanatics and xenophobes).
3- Search through the article and highlight all the passages that seem to you to be contributing to the thesis of the essay. Then write thesis in your own words.
The thesis of the essay is that the person shouldn't have to define himself or his identity to people if he were raised according to different cultures. It's unfair to him – as it is to other people – to have to choose between certain aspects of his identity or even hide those facts and save them for a different group of people that can cope with those different sides. "The identity can't be compartmentalized ".
4- Define the word "xenophobe "using either a dictionary or context clues? How does using the word "xenophobe" develop Maalouf's overall thesis?
It means people that fear or hate foreigners. And it develops the overall thesis because that group of people make person with two identities feels lack of understanding and mistrust.so they will have a bad effect on the society by making who have dual identities marginalized.
5- Using context clues, what do you think the word "marginalized" means? How does the author become marginalized?
It means people who have unimportant and powerless position in the society. The author became one of them because he was born in Lebanon, and lived most of his life in France. So, he can't say that he is French because some