~This made me think of myself, because one day I got a pamphlet about being vegetarian and I read it and I tried to make my dad a vegetarian too.
"In our case, it was the British who came for the oil."
~Is this why we are in a war with them now?
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
America, land of the free
"All the other relatives prepare their favorite Persian dishes and we place them next to the stuffed turkey with all the trimmings."
~I am really confused. I thought Firoozeh was from Iran, not Persia.
"Here can taste something, not buy it, and still have the clerk wish him a nice day.''
~Reading this quote, It made me think of Maple's gelato store because they let you try their ice cream. It's so random.
~I am really confused. I thought Firoozeh was from Iran, not Persia.
"Here can taste something, not buy it, and still have the clerk wish him a nice day.''
~Reading this quote, It made me think of Maple's gelato store because they let you try their ice cream. It's so random.
A dozen keychains
"Except for some sleepovers back in the second grade, I had never spent the night away from my parents."
~I feel like I have many things in common with Firoozeh Dumas because reading her book, I can relate to many things, like the one above.
"Finally, my father, with his "mind of an engineer," came up with a brilliant solution: a Hefty trash bag."
I seriously think that we are the same person. Like, if I went up to a friends house for a sleep-over, I would ALWAYS use a trash bag. I would be like, I can't fit this in a suit case. My Father: Here's a trash bag!
~I feel like I have many things in common with Firoozeh Dumas because reading her book, I can relate to many things, like the one above.
"Finally, my father, with his "mind of an engineer," came up with a brilliant solution: a Hefty trash bag."
I seriously think that we are the same person. Like, if I went up to a friends house for a sleep-over, I would ALWAYS use a trash bag. I would be like, I can't fit this in a suit case. My Father: Here's a trash bag!
Waterloo
"I am the Christopher Columbus of my family."
~I find this really funny because Christopher Columbus was an evil man, and really didn't discover anything new.
Hearing him explain it made swimming seem as easy as baking a Betty Crocker cake from mix.
~I remember this summer trying to teach someone to swim. It was NOT as easy as baking a Betty Crocker cake from the mix!
~I find this really funny because Christopher Columbus was an evil man, and really didn't discover anything new.
Hearing him explain it made swimming seem as easy as baking a Betty Crocker cake from mix.
~I remember this summer trying to teach someone to swim. It was NOT as easy as baking a Betty Crocker cake from the mix!
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
With a little help from my friends
I was lucky to come to America before the political upheaval in Iran.
Is the author talking about the Vietnamese war or something completely different?
We were also asked about electricity, tents, and the Sahara. Once again, we disappointed, admitting that we had electricity, that we didn't own a tent, and that the Sahara was on another continent.
I seriously would have asked those questions. Knowing the answer now creates a much clearer picture or Iran than what I thought it was like.
Is the author talking about the Vietnamese war or something completely different?
We were also asked about electricity, tents, and the Sahara. Once again, we disappointed, admitting that we had electricity, that we didn't own a tent, and that the Sahara was on another continent.
I seriously would have asked those questions. Knowing the answer now creates a much clearer picture or Iran than what I thought it was like.
Swoosh Swoosh
In Iran, meal preparation took up half of each day.
I could never go a half day having to cook. By the end of the cooking process, almost everything would be gone, because I ate it while it was being cooked. "Oh, just a few onion slices. Oh just a few pieces of chicken." At the end there would be like a portion for a baby.
With his pants halfway around his bottom, he hopped around telling us that these were the same pants he had worn on the airplane two months ago!
Man, that feeling is horrible! I know how bad it feels, and I am very proud of their uncle for wanting to lose weight.
I could never go a half day having to cook. By the end of the cooking process, almost everything would be gone, because I ate it while it was being cooked. "Oh, just a few onion slices. Oh just a few pieces of chicken." At the end there would be like a portion for a baby.
With his pants halfway around his bottom, he hopped around telling us that these were the same pants he had worn on the airplane two months ago!
Man, that feeling is horrible! I know how bad it feels, and I am very proud of their uncle for wanting to lose weight.
In the gutter
My father grew up poor in Ahwaz, Iran. His parents died at an early age, brought down by maladies readily cured today.
This quote made me think of all the short stories we have read. Especially "The Photograph." It also made me realize that most people that lived in Iran or Cambodia, or the middle east lost their parents young.
Now he was able to squeeze onto the sofa with the rest of us and catch up.
I don't really understand what the author was trying to say through this sentence.
This quote made me think of all the short stories we have read. Especially "The Photograph." It also made me realize that most people that lived in Iran or Cambodia, or the middle east lost their parents young.
Now he was able to squeeze onto the sofa with the rest of us and catch up.
I don't really understand what the author was trying to say through this sentence.
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