Azar Nafisi Essays

Tehran Azar Nafisi illustrates her story as a woman living in the Islamic Republic of Iran during the nineteen eighties, and nineties. During this time, the Iranian Parliament administers more laws against the women. While living in Tehran during these stressful times, she and a small group of students explore and examine illicit books written by American authors. She explores how her life was similar to Lolita, the story of a girl who was under the confines of her guardian, as Azar was under

Society attempts to strip away strength and self love. It judges people based on what is on the outside which weakens them so they are no longer able to fight back. This poem is an attempt to rally the citizens of the world and bring them strength back. In “Still I Rise” Maya Angelou portrays the idea of persevering and discovering self worth through battling the hardships of society’s views. The world is strict in what it believes, if someone chooses to go against its ideals then society will

Throughout the texts in the collection they deal with a struggle for freedom that is demanded and not given. In the texts “I Have a Dream” by Martin Luther King Junior, “Cairo: My City Our Revolution” by Ahdaf Soueif and “Reading Lolita in Tehran” by Azar Nafisi the texts deal with demanding freedom instead of freedom being given. Freedom should be demanded because legal documents do not ensure freedom, it requires an effort by all people, and oppressive governments erase individuality. Freedom is demanded

There is no doubt that today’s society is pushing the limits of Earth. Through oil drilling in the Middle East to the increasing amounts of pollution found in China, it is only a matter of time when the citizens of Earth will begin to feel the effects of reaching our carrying capacity. Carrying capacity is limited to the maximum population size and resources an environment can hold and sustain indefinitely. For example, the movie, Human Population Dynamics discusses the idea that all 6.5 billion

unconsciously, helping people deal/cope with difficult situations. In Nafisi's Reading Lolita in Tehran, Nafisi's class adapts to the traumatic political changes of the Islamic Regime by creating a private classroom to attend. Without adapting in this way Nafisi and her class would have conflicting feelings over what the way they want to live, and the way the way Tehran wants them to live. In other words, they would continue to feel miserable under the unfair laws of the Islamic Regime if not for the creation

In both, Barbara Fredrickson’s, “Love 2.0” and Azar Nafisi’s, “Reading Lolita in Tehran,” there is an overlap on the themes of small moments and identity. In “Love 2.0,” Barbara Fredrickson introduces scientific analyses of the brain’s response to positive connections. The unfamiliar standpoint about how love is “forever renewable” (108) and how “[it is] not unconditional” (108) refines how love is interpreted and perceived. Fredrickson presents an ongoing juxtaposition from both ends of love and

the grand scheme of life. This thought process is due to a logical question: how can a split second have any effect on you, when you live decades in your lifetime? And although this logic poses a valid question, authors Barbara Fredrickson and Azar Nafisi, in their works “Love 2.0: How Our Supreme Emotion Affects Everything We Feel, Think, Do, and Become” and “Reading Lolita in Tehran,” respectively, explain how moments are in fact the supreme factors in deciding the path of your destiny. Their viewpoints

Azar Nafisi’s memoir Reading Lolita in Tehran references numerous literary works but mainly makes connections to Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Henry James’ Daisy Miller, and Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. Nafisi used these literary works because themes, concepts, and characters present in her literary choices are mirrored in her life experiences both in Tehran and the U.S. Connecting to the cultural marks in these outside readings, Nafisi makes comparisons

do it. The women of Iran still wear makeup, they might be scared someone might see them but they do it, pain their nail, but wear gloves to cover it, they still do everything that women in other countries do but they just can’t do it publicly. Azar Nafisi states in lines 9-10, she pauses at the top of the stairs and puts on lacy gloves to cover her nail polished fingers. To make clear, women still get “dolled up” but they must cover their hard work and efforts before they walk outside. She ceases

to be given freedom. In the texts, “I Have a Dream” by Martin Luther King Jr. addresses the issue of the lack of freedom and repeatedly creates statements in which persist the needed things for gaining freedom. Furthermore, “Lolita in Tehran” by Azar Nafisi, brings up anecdote in which shows the typical life of an Iranian woman. Moving on is the speech, “A Eulogy for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.” by Robert F. Kennedy, which dedicates the words and repeating the ideas of Martin Luther King Jr regarding

freedom and having no limitations on what one can do, makes the need to break free and be different disappear because there are no boundaries to what is allowed and what isn’t. This is evident in both “Selections from reading Lolita in Tehran” by Azar Nafisi and “The Naked Citadel” by Susan Faludi. In all three essays, the environment in which the people live have exclusive rules and standards,

It became a potential threat and menace not so much because of what it said but how it said it, the attitude it took towards life and fiction.” Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books is a book by Iranian author and Professor Azar Nafisi. The book is an eloquent brief on the transformative powers of fiction -- on the refuge from ideology that art can offer to those living under tyranny, and art's affirmative and subversive faith in the voice of the individual. The book is a memoir

Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have A Dream”, Charles Euchner’s “Nobody Turn Me Around”, and Azar Nafisi’s memoir Reading Lolita in Tehran, a common theme is established: the struggle for freedom. It has become incredibly evident that struggling is essential to achieve freedom and progress. In Ray Bradbury’s compelling novel, Fahrenheit 451, Granger claimed, “We all made the right kind of mistakes,

Have a Dream” speech by Martin Luther King, “A Eulogy for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.” by Robert F. Kennedy, “Nobody Turn Me Around: A People's History of the 1963 March on Washington” by Charles Euchner, and “Reading Lolita in Tehran”, a memoir by Azar Nafisi, different people were segregated and treated unfairly, but they were not given their freedom; they had to demand it. Freedom is demanded because events such

The past is a very important thing. It is the entire history of a person; it makes them who they are. People are moulded based on past experiences and decisions. But no matter how much someone may want to relive the past, it is impossible, and everyone must move on. Everyone must let go. A main theme of the novel, The Great Gatsby is the American Dream, the dream of greatness. The goal that a person improves themselves for and strives toward. But if someone pursues the dream, they will never be satisfied

culture and tradition of working on Wall Street after graduation exert high pressure on students at these elite universities, and limits their career options and expectations. On the contrary, in the essay “Selections From Reading Lolita in Tehran”, Azar Nafisi

Azar Nafisi, an award winning writer proclaims, " The negative side of the American Dream comes, when people pursue success at any cost, which in turn destroys the vision and the dream.”. Nafisi states the American Dream offers success, however, the ambition and greed to achieve prosperity will ultimately dissatisfy the individual-sinking them into a never-ending abyss of isolation. In " The Great Gatsby", Francis Scott Fitzgerald implies a similar theme on the pursuit, moreover the lavish lifestyle

“The negative side of the American Dream comes when people pursue success at any cost, which in turn destroys the vision and the dream.” ㅡ Azar Nafisi. Many Americans have tried to pursue their dream but have failed in doing so. Of Mice and Men is a book about two people, George and Lennie, trying to pursue their dream in Salinas, California. In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, the death of the American Dream is exemplified through George and Lennie’s obliviousness. George and Lennie have

Harleen Shahi Non-Fiction Annotated Bibliography Crime and Punishment: Grisham, John. The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town. N.p. Bantam Books, 2014. Print This book is about a player named Ron Williamson who gets chosen to play for a major league. Many years later, he returns to his hometown due to an injured arm, as well as bad habits such as drinking and drugs. A waitress named Debra was raped and murdered, but the police were unable to solve this case for many years. They

Some people say freedom must be fought for because it is not something easily received, but others say we have complete freedom naturally. With consideration to other countries, the United States of America has total freedom. However even Americans were once not entirely free, it was not until people gained the confidence to stand up for their individual rights that they achieved this way of life. It used to be the norm for African Americans to not even associate with white people, let alone have