A truly great and eye opening book is Reading Lolita in Tehran. So I had to read this book my English 103 class, which I wasn’t happy to know that I had to read it and Animal Farm too. I had read Animal Farm in high school, so I spend a lot of time reading, Reading Lolita in Tehran. At first it was hard to get into, when I got to about ten pages in I remember reading “How many people get a chance to paint the colors of their dreams?” This is when the book becomes hard to put down.
To think about great women in history that have made a name for themselves or lived out their dreams. After reading, Reading Lolita in Tehran it helped me to see the bigger pictures of dreams and how lucky I is to be an American! I don’t have to hide my dreams from the government and I post whatever I like all over the place, if I please to do so. I can take any class I want, will almost. Freedom with school is the greatest thing in the whole world.
I also learned from reading, Reading Lolita in Tehran that no one can take away your knowledge. I was not push to go school and get an education. After reading this book I know what to tell my son about education. And I will never let him give up on his education; he is a boy and wouldn’t have the same problems as girl have in Iraq. But I want him to know that knowledge is power and at the end of the day you will always have your knowledge left, no matter what. Also to teach those whom are willing to learn, like in this book the author never let her will to empower women die.
In Reading Lolita in Tehran, Nafisi says “when all possibilities seem to be taken away from you, the minutest opening can become a great freedom.” I am American I know that I have and will in the further take freedom for grated, because I know that freedom is America. To see in a different world where freedom isn’t there, is hard to read about. You know that not all places around the world are great but when you are touch my a book about young people wanting it to change it, made me think of America when not everyone was equal. It makes me think, why hasn’t the rest of the world followed that every human is equal?
This book also showed me that literature is powerful but to know that girls all the way around the world feel power from just getting to read is simply beautiful. I have taken for grate getting to read whatever I want; yes I know I am an America. To think about “banned books” is crazy to me. I always think of my teacher wanting to read all the time and to think of a place where teachers tell children what books are okay or not okay to read is very crazy. I think it’s amazing to read about the Nafisi story and how she empowers those girls. I hope those girls see Nafisi as a hero and be brave to keep bring the literature to all girls.
Reading this novel really solidifies the view that being in America, or being born here, is one of the greatest opportunities that could be granted to a person who is born in America. When we get to live the lives of those who are restricted by government laws, we understand the real freedoms which we as Americans take for granted everyday.
ReplyDeleteYou brought up a quote “when all possibilities seem to be taken away from you, the minutest opening can become a great freedom.” There is so much truth here, I believe many Americans, can never grasp the real emotional meaning of the words. When you are living your live on a stringent set of rules upheld by the government, where a choice of book, words, or clothing could land you in prison, this is one such situation which no born American can truly understand. When you live under the scrutiny of the law for so long, the moment even one law in removed from the picture, the feeling of freedom rises exponentially. Living if even for a moment, without a tiny law feels like a huge opportunity for freedom. Just like when we were a child and our parents extended our bed times, the feeling is great, but it is something many Americans take for granted.