Klau­sur zur Ein­heit Kurei­shi

Hanif Kurei­shi. “My Son the Fa­na­tic.” (Ex­cer­pt).

Text­grund­la­ge: Korff, Helga und Rin­gel-Eichin­ger, An­ge­la. One Lan­gua­ge, Many Voices. Ber­lin: Cor­nel­sen 2005: pp. 204, l. 20 – 205, l. 65

Which of the fol­lo­wing state­ments do or do not re­flect what the text ac­tual­ly says? Ex­plain by re­fer­ring only to the ex­cer­pt given. (Write about 200 words)

1. Some words of his fa­ther seem to af­fect Ali a bit.
   
   
2. For Ali, the world is di­vi­ded into Bri­tain and the rest of the world.
   
   
3. Par­vez tries to show to Ali a cer­tain un­der­stan­ding for his son’s point of view.
   
   
4. Ali is now star­ting to have a more to­le­rant point of view.
   
   
5. The roles of Par­vez and Ali are now being re­ver­sed.
   
   
6. Par­vez has no de­fi­ni­te phi­lo­so­phy of life.

Deal eit­her with task 1., 2. or 3.

1. The last sen­tence of Kurei­shi’s short story is “ ’So who’s the fa­na­tic now?’ ” Ex­plain this en­ding and also try to com­ment on what it has to do with the story’s point of view.
   
   
2. Today Ali is twen­ty years older than in the story. What let­ter about the events and at­ti­tu­des told in the short story would he write to him­s­elf now?
   
   
3. What as­pects of a mul­ti­cul­tu­ral so­cie­ty like the Bri­tish one does this short story cover? Give the ab­stract terms and ex­plain them but do not refer to de­tai­led in­for­ma­ti­on from the story.

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