My Son the Fanatic 1. Introduction The theme of my term paper is the analysis of a short story with special regard to the socio-cultural and historical background. All the stories I could have chosen for that in school result from our semester theme "Britain: Past and Present"‚ but the story of my special choice was: "My son the fanatic"‚ by Hanif Kureishi. I have chosen this story because‚ as reported by my English teacher‚ this story does not only describe the situation of immigrants in Great
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The story: ”My Son the Fanatic”‚ takes place in Parvez’s house. This is the place that the story mainly takes place in‚ and it is also here that the conflicts erupt. The text also takes place at Parvez’s workplace; this is the place that Parvez uses to figure out what problems his son might have. The last place that the story takes place in is the restaurant that Parvez and his son‚ Ali‚ visits. The restaurant is where you could say that Parvez realizes how religious his son has become‚ and that
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"My Son the Fanatic" is a short story by Hanif Kureishi about a teenage boy‚ Ali and his father‚ Parvez who are immigrants of Pakistan now living in England. The underlying theme is the struggle they face in a new society. There is a sharp contrast in the way Parvez and his son Ali deal with the sense of belonging and being a part of society. With all the compromises and losses Parvez suffers in his migration; he appears to take them as a part of his experience and adventure of life; to him it seems
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does a couple of things in order to find out what is son is up to. First thing Parvez does was that he sat in his son’s room for hours trying to find clues or anything that cam useful. The second thing Parvez does is complains to his two closest friends when they were watching a Sylvester Stallone film‚ he broke his silence and said‚ "I can’t understand!" " Everything is going from his room. And I can’t talk to him any more. We were not father and son -- we were brothers! Where has he gone? Why is he
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J Parvez:Parvez is the protagonist of the story "My son the fanatic" by Hanif Kureishi. He is a Pakistani immigrant and lives with his wife and his son Ali in Britain. He was born in Lahore‚ the son of Pakistani parents. Parvez is very open-minded and has assimilated into Western society. As a taxi-driver‚ drunkard‚ pork-eater and friend of prostitutes‚ he´s totally disinterested in the Koran or in any Islamic beliefs. His attitude to Islam is also affected by negative experiences as a child (".
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Fanaticism ’My son the fanatic’ Translated from Latin fanaticism means one-sidedness‚ which describe it very well. It is when a person is filled with an exaggerated interest and bias enthusiasm‚ often for a religious case. A fanatic will there fore not listen to other arguments than those‚ which already supports the assumed position. Nevertheless‚ fanaticism can actually be many things. It can be quite harmless such as if a person only can tolerate one kind of flower in his garden. This kind
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Imagery in “My Son the Fanatic” Imagery in the language: Look especially on metaphors‚ similes and symbols. You also have to interpret the title Julie - page 193-194 Page 193 line 7-8: “His son was outgrowing his teenage attitudes.” It is a metaphor because a plant can grow‚ but your teenage attitudes can’t be outgrowing. Page 193‚ line 15-17: "He was aware that he had become slightly afraid of his son‚ who‚ alongside his silences‚ was developing a sharp tongue. It is a metaphor because your
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My son the fanatic analysis The story takes place in the United Kingdom and here we meet the young Ali. Ali is a Muslim and therefor he is faced with many religious problems. His father‚ Parvaz has worked in Britain for years as a taxi driver. The pay is not good‚ but even though he has spent a lot of money on his son’s education witch includes books and a computer. Parvaz is very proud of his son and his expectations for his son’s future. However Ali turns radically from this clever and
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In Hanif Kureishi’s "My Son the Fanatic"‚ Parvez loses his relationship with his son to a religious cult‚ but is then faced with a bigger problem of alcoholism. It begins as a father-son-brother relationship but then ends as a stranger-to-stranger relationship. Parvez no longer knows who his son is and feels as if he has lost him‚ which begins to drive him mad and turn to whiskey as an escape. In the attempt to understand Ali’s‚ the son‚ new philosophy of life Parvez instead pushes Ali even farther
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family In Raymond Carver’s short story “Elephant”‚ the narrator accepts the family members’ flaws and wishes them the best of their lives. This process is called reconciliation. In contrast‚ Hanif Kureishi’s story “My Son the Fanatic” develops through the conflict between a father and his son. The story focuses on the relationship between them‚ it’s pretty clear to see a relationship which gradually worsens and is broken down bit by bit. Reconciliation is the constituting cell of a society‚ and the support
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