My Son the Fanatic 1. Introduction The theme of my term paper is the analysis of a short story with special regard to the socio-cultural and historical background. All the stories I could have chosen for that in school result from our semester theme "Britain: Past and Present"‚ but the story of my special choice was: "My son the fanatic"‚ by Hanif Kureishi. I have chosen this story because‚ as reported by my English teacher‚ this story does not only describe the situation of immigrants in Great
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called “X Marks the Spot.” This fable is about an old man who is dying‚ and has three lazy sons. The father owns a large land‚ that was a vineyard. As the old man was on his deathbed he told his sons that he has buried a treasure in the vineyard. The three lazy sons were shot with energy and happiness‚ that they started to dig and try to find the treasure through out the entire vineyard. As the three sons fully dug the vineyard‚ they couldn’t find the treasure. After a couple of days the vineyard
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Both son and daughter are a blessing for the parents. It is a fact that the strongest and the most sincere love exists in the relation of the parents and their children. No child is born good or bad‚ it is the qualities he/she adopts with the passage of time that make him/her stand good or bad. A good son or a good daughter would be obedient to his parents. It is religious obligation‚ a social norm and an indication of refined behaviors and a peaceful family set up for the children to be obedient
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"My Son the Fanatic" is a short story by Hanif Kureishi about a teenage boy‚ Ali and his father‚ Parvez who are immigrants of Pakistan now living in England. The underlying theme is the struggle they face in a new society. There is a sharp contrast in the way Parvez and his son Ali deal with the sense of belonging and being a part of society. With all the compromises and losses Parvez suffers in his migration; he appears to take them as a part of his experience and adventure of life; to him it seems
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Son‚ written by Yiyun Li. Karolina Strömberg 10SPC Han are an ethnic group native to East Asia. Han is the majority ethic group of the chinese population and by that one can think that maybe the name Han (in the story) was decided because he is not so different from others as he thinks he is. That his mother will wait at the airport for him with a photo album that contains pictures of woman that he can marry. A diamond bachelor has usually passed the optimum marriage
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“Thank you” was all I could say. Suddenly‚ all of our soldiers started to retreat. The one who saved my life yelled out‚ “Brave Sons of China‚ follow me!” These 6 words brought out the hero in all of us. The one who saved my life suddenly broke the enemy line with his courage. The enemy fled! We had won the battle! The man who saved me‚ who’s name was Ming Yao‚ was promoted
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“Letter to Son” to seek that it is easy to destroy black bodies through abuse and violence ‚ claiming America’s racist history created a government system that oppresses and murders the black community.To support his claim Coates talks about the police brutality in today’s society and laws that have been placed ‚ but not enforced.In “Letter to son” by Ta-Nehisi Coates utilizes Pathos and Metaphors to reveal It is easy to destroy black bodies through abuse and violence In “Letter to son” ‚ Coates
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My Son the Fanatic My Son the Fanatic is a short story. It starts ‘’in medias res’’ as you can see in the first lines in the story: ‘’surreptitiously the father began going into his son’s bedroom.’’There is also an open ending in the story. The author is Hanif Kureishi and the publication year is 1997. The story is about a Pakistani father called Parvez and his Pakistani son called Ali. Ali is a very religious boy‚ and he didn’t do anything wrong compare to the religion. But the father sees himself
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Just finished two really interesting books. If you get the chance you should read. - heroes for my son- Brad Meltzer also -heroes for my daughter- Brad Meltzer. These two books are very touching‚ they describe some of people in history that young people should look up to and what they are known for. I have to say I think that my favorite is probably between two woman. One of which is Harriet Tubman‚ this was a dark skinned woman what she did happened during the Underground Railroad. She had escaped
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My Son the Fanatic Textual Analysis (Plot and Characters) 1. Exposition (Presentation of facts): p. 119‚ 1st paragraph: Parvez is Ali’s father. Parvez is searching for clues which will explain why Ali has changed. Ali is becoming tidier‚ his room is neat and ordered. 2. Complication (first crisis‚ the situation becomes abnormal): p. 119‚ 2nd paragraph: Ali has thrown valuable things out‚ he has broken-up with his girlfriend and stopped talking to his friends. Parvez becomes worried
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