viernes, 1 de mayo de 2009

Lolita in Tehran


The Reading of Lolita in Tehran, narrates the experience of a woman professor teaching in Tehran. The story that we read present as a social background of the place through presenting the characters and their beliefs, behaviors and ways of think and express; all these using the analysis and discussion of the story Daisy Miller in her class.
There in Tehran are very strength social rules that reflect basically their religious beliefs. Within the discussion of Daisy Miler novel, the narrator presents the characters; those students and their behavior, beliefs and problems. Some of they were aggressive and defend over all their ideas; some were in the militia and involved in the war problems, and other were Muslims or Islamic activists. Theo point is that there was a great diversity of ideas in the classroom. Mr. Ghomi was one of the Islamic activists and also one of the most severe when he spoke about Daisy’s behavior. About her he said: “Daisy Miller is obviously a bad girl; she is reactionary and decadent” and “Daisy is evil and deserves to die.” Daisy represented for a part of the group a bad example from being revolutionary. But certainly, as the professor was saying, she was revolutionary because she was living against the normal tendency. Revolution shows change and differences so she was as the other woman the professor mention and revolutionary model.
Also we could see in the professor character the frustration of be in a society like that. Where they didn’t have the liberty to express their beliefs or ideas if they were different from what were permissible in society. She felt limited and frustrated in her life and also in the work of teach because she was not able to say what she want to. Also many of their students felt in the same way. They were all limited by the social standards.
I think they were many things unfair in the Tehran society. Things as rules, fights, government, and religious systems which acted to damage or hurt the people those were not equal. Characteristics like these are which took the society in detriment, and limit it from the progress and the happiness of people.

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