Showing posts with label Vocabulary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vocabulary. Show all posts

Wednesday, 27 October 2010

My Son the Fanatic

1. What themes does this short story present?

2. Consider the following words: adulterer -alcohol - beliefs - devotion - drugs - gambling - jihad - the Koran - mullah - Muslim - Paradise - prostitute.

How can we use these words to characterize Ali and Parvez? Furthermore, understand their different ways of living and reactions?
  • In what ways do they differ in terms of how they look upon women and life in general?
  • Why has Ali decided to become a practising Muslim?
  • Why does Parvez hit Ali at the end of the story?

3. Discuss message and intention.