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My favorite text that I read this week was called My Son the Fanatic which is a play on words just in the title alone.  The story is about a father, Parvez, and his son, Ali. Parvez is a cab driver in an English city which allows him to branch out and meet people. He tends to meet prostitutes while driving, who led Parvez to believe Ali is doing drugs. Parvez was deeply wrong on what was going on with Ali, but decided to drown himself in alcohol which led him to beat Ali within the same night.  Once Parvez found out the truth that Ali became very religious in a certain type of Islam religion, which was not the western way like his father wanted Ali to be. Ali decides to grow out a beard, and prays five times a day to really adopt his new religion. While his father is eating pork, and living more of a scandalous life. That was something Parvez enjoyed the most about being in England that he could do as he pleased. This text is a very different text in many different ways. For exa

Throughout the test Punishment was written in an odd way. The speakers point of view is wishy washy and tends to go back and forth. One minute the speaker is praising the girl, and the next minute he is putting her down in some way shape or form. The way the girl is talked about in the text could be offensive to some people, due to that I would say that this text is meant for mature readers only. This text also discusses how young catholic girls would being with British Soldiers. Catholics have more strict rules to follow compared to other types of Christianity. They are not supposed to use contraceptives, and not have sex until after marriage. The text takes a turn when one of the Catholic girls commits adultery, and is later on drowned to her death.  I always feel like there are high expectations held for Catholics all around no matter the gender. But when a Catholic person does something wrong they are held to a different standard just because they are Catholic. I am not Catholic

This week’s text feels like it is hitting home at the right time with all that is happening in our world right now. Currently, there are protests going on all over The United States due to the death of a black man named George Floyd by police officers. In the text Heart Of Darkness there are many different times that a person’s features are pointed out within the text. People’s skin color, the shape of their noses. Racism is a big topic in this text and something I feel like readers can learn a lot from. Students reading this text can understand how long racism has been around for, and also how people will tear each other down for any reason. Throughout last week and this week our world in The United States has been changing everyday. I currently live in Columbus and we now have a curfew for when we have to be inside. All of this is due to racism which has been around for hundreds of years. A problem that no one has a real solution on how to fix. Most of this text is based on raci