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The main role of religion in Funny in Farsi is to show the difference in importance of religion in the two countries, Iran and America. In Iran Firoozeh is taught about many different religious beliefs in school. However, in America she

Firoozeh Dumas, author of Funny in Farsi, crafts a well developed book that details her experience as an Iranian immigrant in America. She uses humor and a light hearted tone throughout the book and this creates an appeal for all ages. While Dumas spins hilarious stories from her childhood, she often speaks with a serious undertone about the struggles of growing up Iranian in America. Dumas tells why she decided to attempt to take on an American name, how she discovered the way Americans truly feel about Iranians, and how her husband, Francois, experienced life in America differently than she did. Through her stories, the reader is able to dive into Dumas’ life and experience her life alongside her.

Death causes remorse. In “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe, The murderer goes insane after being reminded of his guilt. In “The Sniper” by Liam O'Flaherty, The narrator plainly states that after the battle rush, he became bitten by remorse. “The Tell-Tale Heart” is a story about a man trying to convince the reader that he’s sane while murdering his enemy. “The Sniper” is about a sniper in a battle to survive and discovers one of the dead enemies is his brother. Both authors use mood and symbolism to show that undeserved death causes remorse.

First, Anjelah Johnson effectively uses structure in her jokes in order to prepare the audience for her act-outs. Because they are well prepared for the act-outs, most of her audience find her jokes more funnier because of her act-outs. For example, one of her

Anas has known English for as long as he can remember and was taught British English as a young boy in an English school in Karachi. From the beginning in what would be the American equivalent of preschool, Anas attended a school that used almost exclusively English. Anas remembers all of his books being in English as a child and all of his teachers taught in English. While his speech is easy to perceive as foreign, it is not difficult to understand. When asked if he thinks he has a strong accent, he does not believe his accent is very strong. However he mentions that while working at the UT Dallas Visitor Center, many people ask him to repeat directions. Anas’ accent can hinder his communication, but he reports that usually after repeating his directions they understand.

First, johnson effectively uses structure in her jokes in order to prepare the audience for her punch lines.More members of the audience find her jokes funny. For example for the setup for a later punch line she explains to the audience

Are you ready to have a laugh at the funniest person you’ll ever hear. In one great jokes, about when a weird man sell him over price yogurt by the gram?maz jobrani uses his comedy so well because he got his audience to laugh at a weird man trying to sell him frozen yogurt. He uses structure in his jokes by changing his voice when makes joke.

Rick Moranis Vs. Bill Murray Comedy is an idea that vastly differentiates from person to person. Every person has a different sense of comedy and this is why there are multiple types of comedians from kid-friendly to vulgar humor. These two extremes of comedy are exemplified by Rick Moranis and Bill Murray.

The article “A person’s Accent Can Change Your Perception of What He Is Saying” by Alice Robb was very interesting. The title of the article says it all. I agree with the author statement in the article “listening to a voice with a foreign accent can prime people to see a situation according to the values of foreign culture. The Chinese-English speakers voices seemed low, soft, scared, and did not stand out as independent, therefore when I looked at the picture of the fishes it made me think the group of fishes were chasing the single fish that was swimming ahead. Once I listened to the American-English speakers the voice sounded more at a higher pinch, strong clear, and independent, which made me looked at the picture differently than when

In his stories Sherman Alexie’s humor, portays a role that helps bring people together,Alexie 's sophisticated use of humor unsettles conventional ways of thinking and helps brain growth, which allows Indian characters to connect to their heritage in ways and forces non-Indian readers to reconsider their ideas on them.

One of the first steps in cross cultural communication is making sure that you are confident in your own cultural identity. In the book that I chose, Lipstick Jihad by Azadeh Moaveni, the author struggled with finding a place that she felt she belonged and her cultural identity. Azadeh Moaveni is of Iranian diaspora and was born and raised in Palo Alto, California. Growing up Azadeh was embarrassed by being associated with Iran so she thought of herself as a Persian princess and when people asked “ Where are you from?” she would tell them that she was Persian. Throughout her childhood and especially during the adolescent years , once Moaveni started to accept her Iranian culture she started to dream about living in Iran and she believed that if she was from Iran then that meant she belonged there and it was her home and after she graduated from college she moved there to be a Journalist.

The Ashkenazi enjoys their lives. Humor is not a means of getting through a stressful life but an added advantage of making them live long and happy. They have been assimilated into the American society, which makes it difficult to differentiate them from the real Americans. They have adopted the American culture, which has even changed their approach as they have even dropped the accent, and become new age Americans. However, the Sephardi has remained genuine and loyal to their Jewish origins. They still have the Jewish accent and they humor concentrates of the Jewish culture and the issues affecting them. He has enabled them to remain relevant in the comedy industry, as they have not been assimilated in any culture that has taken away their

Some humor advocates say that comedy must be able to region free, and that joke about out differences, weaknesses, eccentricities

One of the main things people worry about the most is political correctness. Humor has not changed at all, the people who are listening to the jokes have changed, in other words the audience has changed their perspective on the genre of humor. For example, as mentioned in "The Funny thing about humor is that it is really really important," by Catherine Cucinella she demonstrates that relying on stereotyping in humor causes racism, sexism and classism(Cucinella, 1). Also how the uses of social media has changed the culture and society values of people(Cucinella, 2). That can explain the reason some people find ethnic humor funny and some do not. Kevin Hart states that Chris Rock told him "We might all be different when it comes to race, gender, and faith but we all have one thing in common and that is laughter"(Cucinella, 3). There are a number of comedians that use ethnic humor in their performances, and some can get away with using it depending on the background. For example, Kevin Hart is one of the most racial and ethnic based comedian out there today. Harts

Chinese women served as a driving force behind the economic miracle that transformed China from a rural, impoverished country into the world’s second largest economy. The domestic and social changes that permitted women ostensibly equal rights in the workforce played an essential role in China’s rapid development. Unfortunately, it seems that these reforms were not rooted in human rights principles, but merely initiated as a requirement for China’s own economic advancement. By alleviating the shortage of labor crisis, women functioned as a stepping stool on China’s journey to becoming a powerful global figure. Even though China has achieved its goal of becoming an economic powerhouse, the Communist Party continues to silence feminist