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In the stories "Cairo: my city, my revolution", "Reading Lolita in Tehran", and "Persepolis 2" a common theme is rebellion. Each author had their own view on rebellion and its meaning. Here are the different interpretations of rebellion according to each author… Beginning with “Cairo: my city, my revolution.” Rebellion to this author means standing up for her city. Uniting with her people and fighting for their rights. This is the only story where the characters openly defy their government.

In the stories “Cairo : My city, Latia in Tehran,and Persepolis”. They all talk about some laws that must do with their freedom and how they must live their life. All the stories Are about someone’s personal experience with the difficult laws and how they are in forced. When dealing with laws that yu may not like or think it’s not fair can be hard to deal with but if you really want that law to be changed then you would have to fight for it. In different countries there are different laws on how

Cairo my city, Lolita in Tehran, and Persepolis 2 how the author described the idea of rebellion was treated According to the text, in Cairo my city they were trying to force the middle east and north Africa to become a Muslim county. “The author states in 2010 the democratic reforms reverberated throughout the middle east and north Africa in a movement known as the Arab spring”. Cairo and two other women were on the boat headed home when Cairo had changed her mind and took the two women and ran

fight for freedom is the fight that people of the past and the present are trying to win. A fight where the result are endless options. In the texts “I have a dream” by Martin Luther King Jr, “Persepolis 2” by Marjane Satrapi, and “Reading Lolita in Tehran” by Azar Nafisi the demand for freedom is shown through the thoughts and worries of the people. Martin Luther King Jr believes that people of colors haven’t really been given freedom, even though they’re no longer slaves. In his speech Luther King

Reading Lolita in Tehran In the memoir, Reading Lolita in Tehran, it talks about all the extreme risks the women of Iran are taking just to be able to do simple tasks, such as reading westernized literature (The Great Gatsby, Pride and Prejudice). It documents the experiences of women in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. A very thought provoking book might I add. The men are practically free to run around and do as they please within reason. Following the revolution, everything changed…leading

Curiosity is the basis of learning. Many countries don't allow curiosity because with curiosity come awareness, and they don't want their citizens to question the government's ways. In Reading Lolita in Tehran, the quote “Curiosity is insubordination in its purest form” that Nabokov said means that curiosity is awful, and relates to nafisi’s memoir because the women don't have a lot of freedom and no one can speak their mind. The quote justifies the Islamic communitie’s limitation on curiosity and

discuss "the relation between fiction and reality." (Pg 6) Women in Tehran, when the Iranian revolution began, had little or no freedoms out of their houses. Nafisi took an enormous risk by inviting these seven women into her house to discuss literature. If caught she and or her students could face jail time because the books were banned in fear of conspiracy against the new revolutionary Iran. In the memoir, Reading Lolita in Tehran, the extreme risks these women take are due to the reoccurring theme

When entering this unit of postmodernism, my only thoughts were of a reluctant nature. I pessimistically expected only disagreement and frustration from reading the works of Life of Pi, Reading Lolita in Tehran, and Fidelity. However, my initial expectations were completely and thankfully wrecked. Though the philosophies of both Martel and Nafisi contradict my own, there are endless gems of insight to be plundered from their writings. These postmodern works emphasize where we as humans find our identity

Lolita in the Tehran by Azar Nafisi and The Underground Girls of Kabul by Jenny Nordberg are works of nonfiction documenting the lives of women in the turbulent political environments in the Middle East. Being a woman, particularly an educated one, during the 80’s and 90’s in Iran meant a drastic limitation of personal freedoms and expressions through self image and art, a concept demonstrated through how Nafisi recalls her experience as a literature professor at the University of Tehran and how her

In both, Azar Nafisi’s, “Reading Lolita in Tehran,” and Ethan Watters’, “The Mega-Marketing of Depression in Japan” there is an overlap on the themes of cultural narratives and personal choices. In “Reading Lolita in Tehran,” Azar Nafisi illustrates her class meeting with her girls, who are driven to learn about the relation between fantasy and reality. The Islamic State – the high force – in this selection, rules over the girls and Nafisi reveals the emotions and enhances her girls’ reactions to