Justin Barney Psy 41 Professor Strahan Funny in Farsi Analysis The focus of this paper is an analysis of the book Funny in Farsi by Firoozeh Dumas using concepts from the Lives Across Cultures textbook. Ten concepts are identified and defined from Chapter readings. Following definitions‚ examples from the novel of these concepts are shown. Ethnocentrism is defined as the tendency to judge other people and cultures by the standards of one’s own culture and to believe that the behavior
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Title: "Painfully funny" “Oh‚ anu pang inaantay natin?” A fat man asked. “Ang pagpayat mo di ka ba naiinip?” Vice Ganda replied. This is just one of the lines of Vice Ganda in his movie‚ Praybeyt Benjamin. Jokes are sort of “in demand” these days. Many people want to hear a joke or two that’ll make them laugh once in a while. But what are jokes? Oxford English Dictionary states that jokes are something said or done to stimulate laughter or amusement which can also be
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Hostel life is not without its disadvantages. The rich students get sufficient money from their parents and therefore spend lavishly. The poor boarders also urge their parents to increase their monthly allowance and spend their hard earned money on luxuries. The company of the rich also makes them pick up their bad habits. They start smoking. Some of them take to intoxicants and thereby ruin themselves. Another great defect in hostel life is the mismanagement on the part of the warden. The food
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IT’S THE BUTCHER! An old woman was lonely. She decided to get a pet. She didn’t have much money so she went to a second hand pet shop. She saw many animals: a three legged cat‚ a dog without a tail‚ fish that could only swim backwards and a beautiful bird that could only say one thing‚ “Who is it?”. She decided to buy the bird. She bought a cage for her bird and went home. She put the bird by the door and went downtown to do some shopping. While she was gone‚ a man knocked on the door
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Best Kept Secret At a dinner party‚ several of the guests were arguing whether men or women were more trustworthy. ’No woman‚’ said one man‚ scornfully‚ ’can keep a secret.’ ’I don’t know about that‚’ answered a blonde woman guest. ’I have kept my age a secret since I was twenty-one.’ ’You’ll let it out some day‚’ the man insisted. ’I hardly think so!’ responded the blonde lady. ’When a woman has kept a secret for twenty-seven years‚ she can keep it What A Gesture Two men were playing
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Funny in Farsi Analysis Firoozeh Dumas is an Iranian-American writer‚ known for creating the memoir ‘Funny in Farsi’. Born in Iran‚ Dumas tells of her childhood memories and how she and her family moved to America when she was just seven years old. Soon after the events that took place on September 11th‚ friends had encouraged her to publish the stories that she had written. By doing this‚ she would be able to tell Americans of how Middle Eastern cultures are not what the media portrays them to
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My childhood memory that still occurs today I don’t know why I’m surprised about this as it’s happened before and still is today. Looking back at it now has made me a lot more confident and I feel a lot stronger than I was before. This all happened 10 years back from now how I had an operation on my eyes that didn’t go to plan and left me with bad results to my eyes as one was squint and the other was just normal. Knowing I had to go to school with these effects was terrifying‚ nerve-racking‚ scary
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The Raccoon & The Squirrel (The Priest Story) Once upon a time deep in the forest lived a raccoon named Simon who is a mischievous fellow that steals food occasionally from the farmer’s land. On every full moon Simon would quietly sneak into the farmer’s land and steal some of the ripe vegetables and fruits leaving his home unguarded. While Simon is busy stealing food‚ Ruphis the squirrel who recently moved into the forest noticed Simon’s daily routines and started to loot Simon’s home and takes
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Funny things kids can do: Kids are like little angels who always do funny and naughty things. They make funny faces that make everyone laugh. For example:one day a kid went to zoo with his father. The kid started to tease a monkey. He wanted him to copy him but when it did not worked out the kid hit the monkey with a banana and was going away when the monkey grabbed his pants through the cage and pulled him back. The kid tried to run away. He was successful in running away but unfortunately he lost
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- Halloween Charades - Show off your acting skills‚ Halloween-styled! Easy word list provided‚ ready to print. - Halloween Pictionary - Guess the secret word or phrase using only your teammate’s drawing‚ Halloween-styled! - Halloween Telephone Charades - Funny icebreaker game‚ especially for larger groups. Easy to learn and play‚ with little preparation. - Huckleberry - Find the hidden item as fast as possible! - Jeopardy Powerpoint Template - A free Jeopardy Powerpoint Template‚ ready to download and
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