Saturday, October 25, 2008

ROAR book

My book is "Reading lolita in Tehran" and from what I just read the girls
from the book club are now going to start to read a book called
Washington Square in memorial of her student Razieh. The teacher was
wondering what was so good about this book; why had it intrigued
Razieh so much. So she became examining the book as if she were
putting the pieces together. She talks about how the book is straight
forward but the charcaters seems to contradict one another. I think
the teacher must have believed that Razieh felt she could some
how realte to this book. Because Catherine the herione's life was
messed up and it seems like there was many things bringing her down.
That's probably how Razieh felt because of what was occuring in
Islam at that time.

ROAR book

The book that I am reading a memoir that is called Reading Lolita is Tehran.
About 7 girls in a book reading club. Each one of the girls has some kind of
problem each one different from the other. But they all shared a common
problem. The sexism that was occuring in Iran. One of the girls Sanaz;
had an obmoxious brother who always seemed to torment her. He didnt want
her to participate in the class being he too was one of those sexist pigs
in the Islam goverenment that was preventing women from Islam to
be treated as equals. All they did was degrade them and made them
feel bad. At least all these girls had something to look forward to
when they went to the class that was beign held in Azar Nafisi's house
the "teacher" of all these girls. They were reading a western book and discussed
the plot and setting of each book they read. These girls were incredibly smart.
And deserved being in this class

Monday, October 20, 2008

ROAR 3

Since I had some difficulties with the book I was just reading
I decided to begin reading a new ROAR book called "Reading
Lolita in Tehran" a memoir by Azar Nafisi. Though I just began
to read this book I really do enjoy it. In the Islamic Republic of Iran
women aren't allowed the pleasure of reading or getting an
education of any sort. It is against the Islamic law. But a
teacher whom was completly against this decided to do a
literature class for 7 girls. They read western classics and
discuss the lovely readings. All the girls truely enjoy the
enviornment of this reading club.

Thursday, October 16, 2008

ROAR book 2

This is my secong day reading my ROAR biography book
called "the upstairs room" Today I read about how Annie's
mom and grandma were speaking secretly about how they must help
the German jew soldiers. Annie listened in curiously because,
of course she wanted to know whta was happening since no one
would tell her. Annie heard her mom talk about one german soldier
that had been whipped while crossing the border because of the
fact he was a Jew. Annie's father wrote a letter to a man named Bram
to help them get away from Holland. Because he knew the longer
they stayed there the more intolerable their lives would become.
Though his wife argued it wasn't nessesarry he proceeded anyways
in making the letter. Even if he had sent the letter it was too late
already to do so. And no one else in the town of Holland
would give him the papers he needed to go to America.

ROAR book 1

I'm reading "the upstairs room" as my ROAR biography book.
This book as to do with the life of a young girl named Annie
that was only 6 and born during the time of World War 2 in
Germany. Annie was very small and couldnt understand
much of what was occuring during this time. But like any
young child she was curious to find out. So she would ask
her dad multiple questions which he seemed to never want
to answer. One question she asked him was what was the
Kristallnacht because, she had heard it on the radio as her father
was listening to the news. The kristallnacht ment that everyone
was rebelling against the Jews. On the radio they reported bad
things the jews had done to other people that lived ing Germany.
It was as if they were trying to make people believe Jews were
bad people. This was just the beggining of a true nightmare.