found him praying. According to Ali his father is way to implicated in Western civilization. Parvez doesn’t comment on that directly‚ but he describes however the values he find important in life. Parvez’ philosophy of life is that you should to enjoy life‚ and get the best out of it as long as you live – without hurting others. The text is a short story and the narrator is a third person narrator. My son the fanatic is a story about Parvez and his son Ali. In the beginning they have a really
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1974 between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. Famously called the “Rumble in the Jungle‚” the highly-publicised fight took place in Zaire‚ which is now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Rumble in the Jungle was the title match between world Heavyweight champion George Foreman and his challenger the former champion Muhammad Ali. The fight took place in Zaire; where it was promoted by Don King‚ This event was one of Don King’s first big promotions as he got both Ali and Forman to sign separate
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city that is influenced more and more by European culture where both Ali and Nino grow up and meet‚ she is Georgian and he is a Mohammedan. Nino is brought up with more Western culture (European) while Ali is more of an Eastern (Asiatic) culture. Baku is one city‚ but it has two identities best described by Ali as desert (East) and woods (West). Said also portrays Baku as Eastern and Western by the religions of Ali and Nino‚ Ali is a Mohammedan‚ Shiite‚ in the interpretation of Imam Dshafar and Nino
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important soccer match. The line of girls marched up to the slushy field to meet their adversaries‚ the Panthers‚ shivering in their gold soccer shorts. Jane could see the opposing team glance warily at them as if the game was just a waste of their time. In every heart burned the desire to win‚ to achieve a task never before accomplished. The Lady Warriors were on a mission: to beat the Panthers for the first time in school history. The first forty-five minutes of the game went uneventfully; both
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He shows his idealism in his hope that white and black Americans show supporting for civil rights by not doing business with racists and cooperating with one another. Bolder techniques were often used by the Black Panthers. In the “Statement by the Minister of Defense of the Black Panthers”‚ it calls for more violent and highly critical tactics than others used. Self-defense through arming oneself was the idea of the passage‚ intended for the use by African American people. It shows the change in methods
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Following the end of slavery and reconstruction‚ African Americans struggled to obtain civil rights. “Separate but equal” segregation was legalized with the court case Plessy v. Ferguson‚ and everything from schools to bathrooms was segregated. The difference in discrimination between the United States and Europe was noticed by Black soldiers serving abroad in World War II‚ leading to the Double V campaign for Civil Rights and the desegregation of the military. Segregation was eventually ended in
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twenty years ago. His son Ali is a college student in England. When Ali was behaving abnormally‚ Parvez’s suspicion led him to discover that Ali had turned into a religious Muslim. Parvez‚ although born as a Muslim‚ does not strictly abide by Islam rules. The father and son are holding different beliefs; hence they could hardly accept each other’s moral values anymore. Because the author told the story in Parvez’s point of view‚ it might be controversial that between Parvez and Ali‚ which character is
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Coursework 1 Scenario for oral presentation. Ali worked for Hatfield Paving Company Ltd (HPC Ltd) as a salesman. HPC Ltd sells driveways and patios to both domestic and commercial customers. He began work with them in April 2011‚ prior to that he had his own building company. HPC Ltd provided Ali with customers’ contact details who wanted a new driveway or patio. Ali would then visit the customer and try to persuade them to buy a new drive way or patio. Ali would receive commission when the customers
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Parvez who have migrated to England with his son Ali. My son the Fanatic was published in 1997. In the story we are following Parvez where we are introduced to a worker class area with taxi drivers and a prostitute called Bettina. The story occupies with genres such as drama‚ religion‚ father and son relationship and adaption. The main character Parvez is a long time working taxi driver living in England. He is living in England with his son Ali who is taking an education as accountant. Parvez is
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J Parvez:Parvez is the protagonist of the story "My son the fanatic" by Hanif Kureishi. He is a Pakistani immigrant and lives with his wife and his son Ali in Britain. He was born in Lahore‚ the son of Pakistani parents. Parvez is very open-minded and has assimilated into Western society. As a taxi-driver‚ drunkard‚ pork-eater and friend of prostitutes‚ he´s totally disinterested in the Koran or in any Islamic beliefs. His attitude to Islam is also affected by negative experiences as a child (".
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