Cited: Updike, John. Terrorist. New York: The Random House Publishing Group. 2006. 310.
Cited: Updike, John. Terrorist. New York: The Random House Publishing Group. 2006. 310.
Appeal to Ethos and Logos, Andrew Mack’s credibility remained not well-informed, sensible, or fair since he did not provide enough knowledge of Muslims and their religion, Islam. As well as, he did not strongly attest that Islam is not a violent, but peaceful religion using statistical facts. Also, he was not fair to his opposition, because he presumed that all religions exist the same, as in they are violent and not just Islam. Which made people who are Christianity, Buddhism, and other religions feel offended. Mack wrote and publish this article for his hostile audience, because some people may agree with him, and some may disagree with him.…
The book's themes deal with the moral ambiguities of the Iranian Revolution, the dissonance between politics and class, the history of Middle Eastern relations, and the process of growing up during political turmoil and war. The novel's release was particularly poignant in the United States. It came in the aftermath of the September 11 tragedy, the beginnings of the Iraq War, and the increasing strain on American-Iranian relations. It shed light on the tumultuous history behind Middle Eastern politics and it gave a personal dimension to stereotypical Western views of Middle Eastern culture and religion.…
The author of a Why I Am a Muslim: An American Odyssey discusses their viewpoint as an American Muslim female in the article. Asma Gull Hasan is an American born child of Pakistani immigrants who grew up in California and was attending liberal college courses during the Oklahoma City bombing, she uses these experiences in the article. Hasan opens the article with a hypothetical question, encouraging readers to think of the stereotypes placed on Muslims. The author points out the racial diversity of Muslims in America with useful statistics. The author shows an understanding of Muslims are capable of terrorism, however points out that the religion in based on peace and not war. The author expresses their opinion on the next step to progress in America, open conversations and education. Also discussed is media bias and the understandable affect it has on American’s perceptions of the religious group.…
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Christopher Hitchens’ New Atheist novel, “God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything” written in 2007, highlights everything that is wrong with religion, and how its effects are detrimental to society. Hitchens critiques Christianity, Judaism, and even Hinduism and Buddhism, for their atrocities and blasphemous beliefs and makes a very valid point as to why many individuals have turned away from religion. Though quite persuasive in some cases, other times the novel makes points that seem weak or trivial in regards to the “evilness” of religion. Each chapter of Hitchens’ book emphasizes a certain wrongdoing religion has committed, or how religion has poisoned society.…
On November 3rd (Tuesday), I went to an Arab American event called "Mosque Alert". Mosque Alert is a play written by Jamil Khoury, which elaborates on the struggles of opening a mosque for Muslims in the Naperville community. It also explores multiple aspects like Islamophobia, religious pluralism, and cultural collision from thirty four 2 to 15 minute clips that made up a story. In these clips, two family (One Christian & One Muslim) discuss individual perspectives of what they see as being Muslim. The Christian Family, the Bakers, presented themselves as Islamophobic or Anti-Muslim by establishing a hatred of Muslims towards society. The Khan, on the other hand, establishes their moral of opening the mosque and fitting within the society.…
The question of the existence of a divine being, a cosmic higher, is troublesome not only to answer, but the formulation of it to start with. It seems an impossible task to attempt at answering a question which isn’t fully formed, or one that doesn’t exactly convey what we are trying to express. In his essay ‘Religion as the Inexpressible’, Thomas McPherson categorises religion to the ‘sphere of the unsayable’, arguing that this is a natural result of trying to put inexpressible experiences into words. So how come we still rely on religion for answers, if religion itself cannot be explained, reasoned, or justified?…
The term “religiosity” was used by social scientists in order to indicate the extent, commitment, devotion and faithfulness of a person’s participation and practice of his or her religion (Gay and Lynxwiler, 2013). According to Ayenibiowo and Ayeni (2013), religiosity, in its narrowest sense, deals more with how religious an individual is and less with how religious an individual in terms of ritual, symbols and doctrines. On the other hand, religiosity, in its broadest sense, is a multifaceted construct pertaining to various religious activities, devotions and beliefs.…
I find the religion in the Popular Culture of the greatest interest to me. Popular culture according to one definition reaches a larger audience. When popular culture uses the images of religion to portray a message I see the message as more of a counterfeit intended to deceive the world and ultimately take the place of God. Subliminal messages our powerful and that is how I see religion when it is used in popular culture. I have much talk on-line about several famous celebrities being associated with the " Illuminati". The Illuminati enthusiasts seem to agree it is a modern-day secret society with ancient roots that is made of up powerful and elite individuals who conspire to control the world — politics, government, religion, entertainment…
Butler (2012) spelled out the potential impacts of cultural influences might lead to misleading perception. Based on the argument, she further questioned the novel’s authorisation of representing the divisive nation that has been attached to labels of war and terrorism (Butler, 2012). At the same time, Aubry (2009) also recognized the political landscape at the moment, of which Afghanistan was centred around war on terror, has inextricable relations to the novel’s reception and resonance, as headlines of warfare in Afghanistan, coupled with the popular topical affairs of terrorism, has not come to a complete conclusion ever since the September 11 attacks (Liao, 2013). New Historicism literary theory would, thus, be mainly applied in the critical review, along with the several other approaches such as Psychoanalysis, Marxism and Feminism.…
Eric Schlosser’s fast food nation first appeared in magazine, Rolling Stone in 1998 as an article. In this article, Schlosser aims to convince his readers about the origin of the tasty French fries and how it has become a fast food staple in American households. According to (Schlosser 19)” Simplot sold his frozen fries to other restaurant chains, accelerating the growth of the fast food industry and changing the nation’s eating habits”. Descriptive, chronological and discursive imagery are the techniques that Schlosser uses to capture the attention of readers as he builds a strong, convincing essay.…
The character of Jamal’s mother shows the effect of freedom and oppression through her daily life as a woman in Afghanistan. This is shown through the quote “Girls playing soccer is a crime. I say. Almost as big as mum and dad running an illegal school.” This quote shows how Jamal’s mother is running an illegal school as the government does not allow women to become teachers. This is shown through the restrictions she faces which the government have made rules. The book has shown the reader what life is like for the women living in Afghanistan and how harsh the government are towards women. It has also shown the reader how very little rites women have and how many rites men have compared to women.…
According to James Brain, why is witchcraft feared and what does witchcraft symbolize in terms of past and present attitudes toward women?…
By placing narrative within this cultural and political context, American novel defines the post 9/11 literary perspective on the basis of American political orientations as well as the relationship between politics and aesthetics, and between history and narratives. Jonathan Foer's Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2005) and Don DeLillo’s Falling Man (2007) are pervaded by the state's politics and attitudes towards the Arabs and Muslims in general. This the reality of post 9/11 American novel is a manifestation of the political hegemony and cultural superiority on the rivals. Though this reality doesn't touch the writers personally, it, however, is the concern of the state and embodies its realm of dominance and imperialism. Representation Arab characters in the both Extremely Loud and Falling Man succeeded in covering the concern of the politics; it is representation which is marked by a clumsy and sweeping generalization on the represented subjects.…
Ways that show how “the desire for God is written on the human heart.” Two examples are:…