understanding of what our “self” is comprised of. Robert Thurman‚ along with Azar Nafisi‚ believes that selflessness is in fact quite the opposite. Robert Thurman is a Buddhist monk who is also a Professor of Indo-Tibetan at Columbia University. In his book Infinite Life‚ the chapter “Wisdom” speaks about selflessness‚ and how selflessness is‚ in fact‚ enlightening and opens the doors to a more fluid sense of self. Azar Nafisi was once a Professor at the University of Tehran in Iran‚ after leaving her
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Reading Lolita in Tehran 1. Explain the Blind Censor. How does Nafisi use the Blind Censor to help express what she and her girls hope to do when they meet at her house every week? The book informs the reader that the Blind censor was "the chief film censor in Iran up until 1994" and before that‚ " he was the censor for a theater and he would sit in the theater wearing thick glasses that seemed to hide more than they revealed." We were also told that he had an assistant who sat by him who would
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Tehran by Azar Nafisi‚ “I Have a Dream” by Martin Luther King Jr.‚ and “Cairo: My City‚ Our Revolution” by Ahdaf Soueif great actions of striving and demanding freedom were demonstrated. Although citizens struggle to earn their freedom‚ the unity and determination of the people has proven to bring success. While trying to attain freedom‚ it must be demanded by having the courage to go against the rules of an oppressive government‚ coming together‚ and struggling and
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we took every opportunity to flaunt our insubordination: by showing a little hair from under our scarves‚ insinuating a little color into the drab uniformity of our appearances‚ growing our nails‚ falling in love‚ and listening to forbidden music” (Nafisi 295). In this room‚ these women had freedom by being sheltered from the prying eyes of the outside world. This freedom allowed them to break down the social restrictions they continuously had to face by letting them express themselves through “showing
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trouble. Only when subordinates are among themselves can they discuss how they really feel about their superior which would be an example of the hidden transcript. Azar Nafisi wrote‚ Reading Lolita in Tehran: a Memoir in Books‚ a book about her life as a teacher in Iran. Nafisi decided to teach an all- female class in her home. Nafisi quotes one of her students who explains why she had to lie to her father about taking the class‚ I lied What else can one do with a person who’s so dictatorial he won’t
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not ‘Islamic’ and not even moralistic‚ and absolutely not humanistic. Her narration of personal events‚ which includes tragic incidents and grieving episodes‚ distorts the existing picture of Iranian revolution as a boon to Islamic way of life. Azar Nafisi argues that revolutionary leaders‚ like Ayatollah Khomeini‚ in the name of God and religion crushed individual lives and dreams in the process of fulfilling their own dreams. The author emphasizes that the so-called father of the revolution dreams
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Lolita in Tehran” Nafisi creates a
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Why Go To College? Why go to college? Why would someone spend thousands of dollars to sit in yet another classroom? My uncle says “people that get a degree make over a million dollars more in a lifetime.” My dad counters that with “the world needs ditch diggers too.” I came to college to start my life‚ to become an independent man who finds his niche among society. I suppose some people can do that outside of school but I find college to be an optimum transition to the adult life as it teaches practical
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philosopher‚ “Men at their birth are naturally good”. However‚ environment changes them later on. Focusing on true hearts‚ people stick to their stable traits‚ honesty‚ sincerity and kindness. However‚ under the arbitrary environment described by Nafisi‚ people need to create separate worlds to rely on their spirits in order to keep their
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same rights as white men. A lack of freedom can be seen throughout the short story‚ “The Censors” by Luisa Valenzuela‚ when Juan discusses about how every letter is carefully read‚ which is an invasion of privacy. “Reading Lolita In Tehran” by Azar Nafisi also showed a lack of freedom‚ when the author discusses the lack of rights that women had to put up with. In King’s speech‚ “I have A Dream‚” the main topic is freedom. In paragraph 16 of his speech‚ he was saying that all men are created equal.
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