Body 1 Flashcards
Idea sentence
-An individual’s past traumatic experiences prompts them to reshape their cultural identity due to fears of social rejection
- As a result, they are affirmative in their conviction to acculturate, as they challenge the assumptions of being “uneducated.”
Elaborate
Valentine characterizes Aunt Sarrinah as an individual who liberates herself by unveiling due to the cultural oppression she endured in her homeland Afghanistan under the Taliban regime.
first Context and quote
We see Sarrinah’s obsession in forging her identity by internalizing her faith in order to avoid exclusion after entering a new environment, by placing significance onto obtaining an ID card to represent how she seeks acceptance through qualifications of Australian University and “until it does, I am Sarrinah abdullah, afghani migrant and nobody.”
1st technique and effect
The motif of the ID card depicts Sarrinah’s desire to “fit in” in an effort to avoid social isolation in westernized culture. Hence, Valentine effectively depicts the lingering nature of Sarrinah’s trauma and its role in affecting how she views her Afghan culture, communicating how we overcome her fear of being indefinite and a ‘nobody.’
2nd Quote, technique and context
By utilizing an accusatory tone, Valentine powerfully showcases how Sarrinah’s identity has been shaped through her traumatic past encounters with the Taliban regime as she asserts “You want to participate in a faith that judges others by the rules it fashions.”
2nd quote effect
he has changed how she practices Islam through a progressive lens ultimately challenging preconceived notions of archetypical Muslim women to externalize their religion.
3rd context and quote
Finally Valentine continues to correlate Sarrinah’s past to affirm her strong conviction as “You do not reason with fanatics. You do not argue with zealots.Their whole work is one rule and one law and one way of being.”
3rd quote technique and effect
Her use of emotive language and tension confers strong conviction within Sarrinah to accommodate her fear of extremism, as we challenge the assumptions of Afghan immigrants being “uneducated” , further revealing the reason in which she does not want to externalize her faith.
