Events
This events leads to the discrimination of Iranians in America including Dumas family
What is the Iranian Revolution?
This main character moves from Iran to the US in the 1970's with her family
Who is Firoozeh Dumas?
Dumas is from this country which she tries to explain where it is using caviar and cats
What is Iran?
What is simile?
Kazem and Dumas's uncle Nematollah sample a variety of these food determining that KFC is the best before the latter gains weight.
What is fast food?
This loving but comical father of the protagonist works for an Iranian oil company moving his family to America
Who is Kazem?
Dumas husband is from this country
What is France?
In comparing her family during Thanksgiving to feeling more stuffed to the bird Dumas is using this non-similie device
What is metaphor?
Kazem particularly loves this American amusement park and it's “Pirates of the Caribbean” ride where Dumas gets lost early on in the book
What is Disneyland (take off all of the teams points if they say Disneyworld)?
This woman trained to be a midwife denying two suitors until her teacher died unexpectedly leaving her to marry Kazem.
Who is Nazireh?
Dumas and her family often vacationed by this sea in Iran
What is the Caspian Sea?
Firoozeh's vivid descriptions of her Uncle's weight loss attempts are an example of this stylistic device that use words to illustrate in literature
What is imagery?
What is Bowling for Dollars?
Who is Ms. Sandberg?
Firoozeh's father Kazem's favorite vacation spot is this city where the "mighty" Al always got them a room
What is Las Vegas?
This stylistic advice is used in the quote "my father often spoke about America with the eloquence and wonder normally reserved for a first love" to exaggerate her fathers affection for America
What is Hyperbole?