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My Son The Fanatic Analysis

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In the short story My Son the Fanatic, the relation between father and son gets tested, when the father Parvez, discovers that his son Ali has developed his religious believes into a more extreme manner. The short story takes place in England, and deals with a father’s desperate attempt to understand his son, and a son’s attempt to find himself, and take a stand on western society and believes through a religious perspective. In this essay I will analyze and interpret the short story, by answering following research questions: The characterization of the protagonist Parvez, the setting in the short story, the relationship between the father Parvez, and his son Ali, and the main theme. Parvez is the protagonist in the short story; he is a Pakistani immigrant, making his living in England, driving the taxi. Parvez is very assimilated to the western believes, although his son Ali, seems to be embarrassed that his father, drinks whiskey, eats pork, talks to prostitutes and according to Ali is “Too implicated in western society”. Through the short story, Parvez is concerned about his son Ali’s way of outgrowing his teenage attitudes, and ordinary behavior. Parvez is wondering about Ali’s behavior, and he talks to his colleagues and, a prostitute named Bettina, that he knows through his work as a taxi driver. He sneaks into Ali’s room while he is not home, looking for clues that should explain Ali’s odd behavior. As he doesn’t find anything that indicates that Ali is a drug

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