The Book I Chose

The Book which I chose to do my presentation on is, Laughing Without an Accent, by Firoozeh Dumas.  Dumas is an Iranian American, balancing two very different cultures trying to sustain harmony amongst them.  The book is a memoir about the experiences Dumas had to go through being an Iranian American.  Dumas gives us an invitation to try and comprehend a clash of two totally different cultures, by giving us a walk though of her life.  She explains the hardships and the humor in American traditions and Iranian Traditions.  I chose this book because it gives me something to relate to.  The Iranian culture and my native culture are very similar.  Many of the issues she had to face growing up, I had to go through as well.  Dumas gives us a lighthearted depiction of first and second generation immigrants, coming to America and being befuddled by the customs, rituals, and rites of this great country.  I see her struggles as an outlet for many immigrant families and individuals, who are currently in this very day and age, going through the mixture of cultures, and living in New York gives me firsthand experience to what she is talking about.  New York is like Globalization in its essence.  It is here where all the world’s cultures come and meet, to exchange ideas, principles, and beliefs.  I look forward to reading this book and actually debunking many problems us “foreigners” have growing up in a distant land

The Book which I chose to do my presentation on is, Laughing Without an Accent, by Firoozeh Dumas.  Dumas is an Iranian American, balancing two very different cultures trying to sustain harmony amongst them.  The book is a memoir about the experiences Dumas had to go through being an Iranian American.  Dumas gives us an invitation to try and comprehend a clash of two totally different cultures, by giving us a walk though of her life.  She explains the hardships and the humor in American traditions and Iranian Traditions.  I chose this book because it gives me something to relate to.  The Iranian culture and my native culture are very similar.  Many of the issues she had to face growing up, I had to go through as well.  Dumas gives us a lighthearted depiction of first and second generation immigrants, coming to America and being befuddled by the customs, rituals, and rites of this great country.  I see her struggles as an outlet for many immigrant families and individuals, who are currently in this very day and age, going through the mixture of cultures, and living in New York gives me firsthand experience to what she is talking about.  New York is like Globalization in its essence.  It is here where all the world’s cultures come and meet, to exchange ideas, principles, and beliefs.  I look forward to reading this book and actually debunking many problems us “foreigners” have growing up in a distant land

The Book which I chose to do my presentation on is, Laughing Without an Accent, by Firoozeh Dumas.  Dumas is an Iranian American, balancing two very different cultures trying to sustain harmony amongst them.  The book is a memoir about the experiences Dumas had to go through being an Iranian American.  Dumas gives us an invitation to try and comprehend a clash of two totally different cultures, by giving us a walk though of her life.  She explains the hardships and the humor in American traditions and Iranian Traditions.  I chose this book because it gives me something to relate to.  The Iranian culture and my native culture are very similar.  Many of the issues she had to face growing up, I had to go through as well.  Dumas gives us a lighthearted depiction of first and second generation immigrants, coming to America and being befuddled by the customs, rituals, and rites of this great country.  I see her struggles as an outlet for many immigrant families and individuals, who are currently in this very day and age, going through the mixture of cultures, and living in New York gives me firsthand experience to what she is talking about.  New York is like Globalization in its essence.  It is here where all the world’s cultures come and meet, to exchange ideas, principles, and beliefs.  I look forward to reading this book and actually debunking many problems us “foreigners” have growing up in a distant land