Reading Lolita in Tehran Essays

“by Albert Camus. 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

constant trial and error, but in order to achieve our desires, we must endure hardships. Throughout Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, 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

in her book, Reading Lolita in Tehran. This book is about the struggles women during the new regime in Tehran. After the revolution women were very restricted. Women had to wear a hijab in front of any men and most of the women no longer wear it for religion but as a symbol of the oppressive regime. They couldn’t really talk to the opposite gender nor could they wear western clothes like blue jeans or tank tops. What is most important to the story is that Tehran was banned from reading western classics

Nafisi's book Reading Lolita in Tehran chronicles the experiences of author from the year 1978 to 1997, when she returned to Iran during the revolution (1978-1981) and lived and taught in the Islamic Republic of Iran until her departure in 1997. The act of writing this memoir, gives her an opportunity to tell her own story and the stories of her students in her own words, from her perspective. By doing this, she saves herself and her girls from falling into the trap of tyrannical regimes, who in

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 idea of rebellion was treated differently by each author, although they were similar each author had a deferent point of view on rebelling. In Reading Lolita in Tehran and Cairo the main characters rebelling was extremely dangerous, but it was represented as an act of bravery. And in Persepolis 2 the women rebelled with small details against the law to show society what little freedom they have. The first two stories that are mentioned have only an act of bravery in common, but the way they rebelled

From Lolita to James: An Analysis of Reading Lolita in 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

demanded from. In the texts, “I 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

mechanism that functions 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

Lo-lee-ta, Lolita a 336 page book written in English by Vladimir Nabokov and published in Paris 1955. Nabokov was extremely meticulous when writing Lolita, as his wordplay is world renown. Lolita is no doubt one of the best books of postmodern literature; however, Lolita is also a highly criticized book as to which many believe it to be of pornographic descent. While Lolita, is a book that heavily documents the life of a pedophile Humbert Humbert (H.H.), who falls helplessly in love with a 12 year

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

for the opportunity 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

The first meeting of our book club was on the 15th of october 2014. The book we were discussing was The Prisoner of Tehran by Marina Nemat, a memoir on the struggles faced by sixteen year old Marina who was falsely charged by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards and the torture she faced in Tehran’s infamous Evin prison. When most teenagers are going to the movies , thinking about boys and the next celebrity gossip , Nemat was locked up in jail and was listening to her friends being disposed of. She

Princeton. The 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

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

“I’ve seen the Promised Land”, this statement has power, not only in it's words but by who they are speaking by. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke these profound words in his last speech, he used them to empower all who heard them and to let the people of this nation know that this fight will end. During this speech, King provided his insight on some of the recent activities of the civil rights movement, such as the sanitation worker strike, the direction the movement was headed, and the importance

people who are supposed to help them. Their freedom is stolen from them, and they are left wondering why they don’t deserve it. They then try to win this freedom back with rebellion. Three examples of this rebellion are from Persepolis 2, Reading Lolita In Tehran, and Cairo: My City, Our Revolution. To start, one scene in Persepolis 2 talks about the fear people have. Their minds are so controlled by fear, that they would do anything to stay safe. The author of Persepolis 2 said that anything slightly

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

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, although similar, are ever deviating from each other. Barbara Fredrickson implies the importance of small moments

After reading the passages and graphic novels of “Cairo: my city, my revolution” “reading Lolita in Tehran” and Persepolis 2” I concluded how the rebellion was treated by the authors. First, in the story “Cairo: my city my revolution the author stated in the text that they saw “opaque dusk heavy with tear gas.” Meaning they are already rioting for they right also in the story it stated that they shouted the national anthem as in the result of “taking back their city” But the downfall of lost