Funny in Farsi** by Firoozeh Dumas Critique As I began reading the story‚ I tend to write down the characters that are introduced in the front cover so I know who is who. After a while whole pages were covered in names that were far too numerous and unique to remember or keep track of. Obviously‚ it was further evidence of the vast size and love for her family. All the stories deal with either her father or other relatives and Iranian culture‚ and there is no stronger sense than that of kinship
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at the world and the way you are as a person. For example‚ in Funny in Farsi‚ Firoozeh Dumas’ voice is shaped by the experiences of her and her family learning the English language. She uses humor in her voice to describe the different experiences she and her family go through when trying to learn how to speak English. One of the
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Authors Dumas and Asgedom both wrote memoirs about characters that talk about their life coming to America.In Funny in Farsi Dumas gives and Entertained story about her life coming to America. In the story Beetles and Angels‚ Asgedom constructs and informative text about when he came to America‚ by listening to his parents leads him to accomplish his goals in life. Both of these authors discuss valuable people that come to America. In the book Funny in Farsi ‚ Dumas focuses on her story about her
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Funny in Farsi A Memior of Growing Up Iranian in America by Firoozeh Dumas is all about her life growing up in California after her dad is moved there but is company form Iran. Being born in Iran she had not learned much English so when she moved to the United State she slowly learned and was the translator for her mother a lot of the time. In her younger years she moved around about every two years and eventually she settled in America after her dad retired from the oil refinery in Iran. Since
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opportunity to realize who he or she is meant to be." This quote represents Firoozeh Dumas’s view on learning and becoming the person that she is today. Through her hardships‚ struggles‚ good times and the bad times‚ she has matured and learned a great deal. In the autobiography Funny in Farsi by Firoozeh Dumas‚ the themes or clashing cultures‚ new environments‚ and learning through experience comes into play. The story begins as Firoozeh moves with her family to the United States in 1972‚ as a seven-year-old
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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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In the book Funny in Farsi by Firoozeh Dumas‚ there are five concepts from our textbook‚ Lives Across Cultures: Cross-Cultural Human Development by Harry W. Gardiner and Corrine Kosmitzki. Three of the concepts are components of Firoozeh Dumas’ developmental niche such as the psychology of her caretakers‚ the customs of her child care‚ and the social settings of her daily life growing up. The other two concepts are individualism and ethnocentrism. Dumas’ developmental niche is apparent throughout
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My expectations for “Funny In Farsi” were set very high. I predicted that it would be a deep‚ profound book that was enlightening and revealed a lot about persian culture. I was surprised to find a witty‚ light hearted book instead‚ that focused a lot more on the transition into the american culture‚ rather than the Iranian culture itself. However‚ I’m still really liking the book;it’s delicately written‚ with great hints of sarcasm and humor‚ to the point where it had me actually laughing out loud
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Funny in Farsi is a non-fiction story about a young girl named Firoozeh Dumas who moved from Iran to America when she was seven. Her parents‚ Kazem and Nazireh‚ and her brothers and she all moved to Whittier‚ California in search of a better life. Her dad‚ an engineeer with the National Iranian Oil Company is assigned to work for an American firm. Her dad thinks that the United States is the promised land. Dumas explains her life as an Iranian immigrant in the United States. Her stories of adapting
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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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