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Reading Lolita in Tehran Essay by J.H.
June 22, 2022 By
The Liberating Power of Fiction
In Azar Nafisi’s Reading Lolita in Tehran, Nafisi accomplishes, in a non fiction book, what she explains only fiction can do: make the reader feel empathy towards the characters. As the reader gets to know the characters, sympathizing with them and eventually empathizing with them, it is hard to decide where to put the blame for all the women’s problems. Nafisi makes it clear to the reader that many of the women’s issues are directly and indirectly caused by the Islamic Republic of Iran. When Nafisi confronts her magician with this mentality, he argues that she can not blame everything on the regime and she must forget about the politics and read literature. It is almost impossible for the reader to agree with the magician as we see the harsh rules of Sharia law and how they affect Nafisi and her girls. As the book continues and the women develop further, it is obvious that while the women read their literature, it is important for them to address the politics around them-influential factors in their life-in order to fully gain the epiphanies of truths Nafisi describes. As Nafisi exposes these women to literature, she is also allowing them to grasp the world around them-filled with such hatred for women and find themselves. Azar Nafisi’s Reading Lolita in Tehran exposes an Islamic Republic of Iran where women fall victim to a Sharia that not only sexually suppresses them physically and mentally, but also further dehumanizes them, denying them the basic elements of life. Simultaneously, these women are exposed to Western literature by Nafisi, leading them to take control of their own identities.
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Between the World and Me and Godot Comparative Essay by YP
June 22, 2022 By
Between The World and Me and Waiting For Godot: How Escaping Absurdities Obstructs Authenticity
Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Between the World and Me focuses on racism, while Samuel Beckett’s Waiting For Godot, the experience of two men waiting to be saved, yet both texts convey the absurdity of the human condition and mankind’s impulse to find meaning in life. Despite the different illustrations of the difficulty of life, both authors indicate that relationships with love are the most valuable thing humankind can achieve. Coates and Beckett demonstrate how religion and worship are forms of self-deception which people use to escape life’s absurdities, when in reality love should be used in order to embrace them, thus allowing an authentic life.
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No Exit and Waiting for Godot Outline by G.K.
June 22, 2022 By
No Exit and Waiting for Godot Outline
I. In both texts the authors’ ironic use of hell reveals the unreliability and uncertainty in the characters, suggesting that man has been conditioned to turn to others not only to confirm but to dictate his existence, resulting in a cycle of inauthenticity.
II. Sarte uses Estelle’s dependency on mirrors to reaffirm her existence to highlight how man often looks at himself through the eyes of others, even when looking at his own reflection, because he feels the need to appeal to the dictators of his life.
A. “When I talked to people I always made sure there was [a mirror] nearby in which I could see myself. I watched myself talking. And somehow it kept me alert, seeing myself as others saw me…” (Sarte 19).
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