Funny In Farsi

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Funny In Farsi: written by Firoozeh Dumas is a memoir about an Iranian girl that came to America with her family, where they settled in Southern California. Throughout the story, the author shares stories about herself and what it was like to grow up in the United States. Out of many books, this one explains what it means to be an American from the author's perspective using her own experiences and comparisons. Her father Kazem is a very optimistic, encouraging, and clever man that raised his children to be kind-hearted and goal oriented; especially his daughter, Firoozeh.
On pages 100-101, the author writes about Darius' grandmother Sedigeh (Darius being her father's unofficial third cousin) and tells a brief story about unjustified treatment …show more content…

The article was published on February 6, 1943 in the midst of World War II. Women had become an asset to the war effort and were then considered "At Home Soldiers" or "Riveters". They worked in the factories constructing submarines for the Navy, planes for the Air Force, and became medics.
These pieces of text relate to one another in the means of women stepping up and becoming more than (as they were seen back in this time) wives and maids. The way that this gender was treated as a whole got better over time, but only because they fought for what they wanted. Firoozeh used Sedigeh's situation as a motivator and that led her to go to college and pursue her desired career. Nobody was there to hold her back from reaching her true potential, and it was the same thing for our ladies back in World War II. They exceeded greatness and began to fight for what they wanted most, and that was equality for women.
Therefore, Funny In Farsi and this historical news article do relate to one another. They both taught us that you are the creator of your own destiny; others cannot hold you back. It also taught us that America is in constant change. This country has evolved in the means of educating, treating one another the way we would want to be treated, and much more. The change is only just beginning,

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