Mawi Asgedom And Dumas Analysis
Author’s Firoozeh Dumas and Mawi Asgedom both tell their experiences of coming to America. While both Dumas and Asgedom discuss valuable stories of coming to America, they use different strategies to convey their perspectives.
In “Funny in Farsi” Dumas focuses on her experience in America, she explains how so many people asked her questions. She also tries to entertain the reader while explaining her story. Dumas uses an Idiom to tell her encounter with two boys. They wanted to know curse words in Dumas’ language, so she used an Idiom to tell the reader how she told the boys “Man Kharam” which means I’m an idiot. Another strategy is when Dumas uses sarcasm when a boy asks if she had camels. She told the boy that her two-hump was their family
In “Funny in Farsi” Dumas focuses on her experience in America, she explains how so many people asked her questions. She also tries to entertain the reader while explaining her story. Dumas uses an Idiom to tell her encounter with two boys. They wanted to know curse words in Dumas’ language, so she used an Idiom to tell the reader how she told the boys “Man Kharam” which means I’m an idiot. Another strategy is when Dumas uses sarcasm when a boy asks if she had camels. She told the boy that her two-hump was their family