the main question is, how much of your belief can you take with you into the new country? Should you keep your religion, values and norms or should you integrate into the new country, and try to be like them? In the short story “My Son the Fanatic” we meet a Muslim Pakistani family from England. They have been living in England for many years and they have chosen to live the English lifestyle. The family father, Parvez, is a taxi driver. He has been driving taxi for more than twenty-years. Parvez
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care about his son and want the best for him. The sons name is Ali, and one day Ali starts to behave odd. He begins to sell out his stuff, and things that he once loved, that now did not interested him anymore. Parvez becomes very concerned, but he do not know who he can talk to with out feeling ashamed. One day Parvez tell his colleagues out of desperation, about how his son drastic has changed. His colleagues are convinced that Ali, was become a drug addict, and he was selling his stuff, to afford
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champions, and failed in two attempts to capture the World Heavyweight Title. He lost to heavy weights including Muhammad Ali. Although he lost to heavy weight champions he also defeated top defenders such as Yvon Durelle, Doug Jones, Jerry Quarry and Cleveland Williams George. He had fought for the world title twice, losing to Ernie Terrell and in his first fight with Muhammad Ali. In 93 professional fights, Chuvalo was never knocked off his feet. Chuvalo was a spirited boxer and was looked up to by
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Indian Black Money Abroad In Secret Banks and Tax Havens Second Report Of The Task Force on the steps to be taken by India Members Shri Gurumurthy, Chartered Accountant, Chennai Shri Ajit Doval, former Director Intelligence Bureau, Delhi Prof R.Vaidyanathan, Professor of Finance Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore Shri Mahesh Jethmalani, Senior Advocate, Mumbai Submitted to BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY 1 I. The First Interim Report The first Interim Report of the Task Force appointed
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What kind of man does it take to achieve greatness? A man that inspires people through his work in the boxing ring, as well as in his personal life. We meet a man who, throughout his life has done both all the way up to this very day. He has inspired people to fight for what they believe and to have confidence to be whoever you want. Muhammad Ali was one of the greatest boxers of all time and an influential leader throughout his entire life. Cassius Clay was born January 17, 1942 in Louisville
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breakfast and as part of his regular clientele he drives around prostitutes. Throughout the short story you get the impression that Parvez no longer can identify himself with his Islamic upbringing. His son, Ali, seems to also embrace the lifestyle of his British peers. Parvez refers to Ali as a gifted cricket and soccer player. He also has a talent for swimming and a bright future in accounting. However all is not as it seems; Parvez is growing more and more concerned with his sons obvious change
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Muhammad Ali (Cassius Marcellus Clay) was born 17 January 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky to parents of modest circumstances. He started boxing in junior high, when he learned boxing from a policeman at a local gym. By the time that Ali had reached high school, he already intended to be a prizefighter and hoped to box in the Olympics. As an amateur boxer, Ali attracted notice in 1960 by winning the Amateur Athletic Union light heavyweight and Golden Gloves heavyweight championships. At the Rome Olympics
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social inheritance, which we all have. It takes time, effort and often, a lot of money. This is just one of the many things, that is happening on in the short story “My Son The Fanatic”. My Son The Fanatic is about Ali and his father Parvez. It takes us threw Ali´s life and how his father Parvez, has a big impact on Ali´s life it. It also shows us the ups and downs in the little families’ lives. The main focus in my analysis is going to be the relationship between Ali and his father, and also
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Summary: The story begins with Parvez noticing Ali is changing. He is suspicions, that Ali is drug dealing, and he gets advices from the prostitute Bettina. He looks for signs in Ali’s bedroom, but he finds nothing. One day Parvez hear ali praying, then he takes him out to dinner to confront him. But Ali is thinking it’s parvez that is wrong, and not the other way around. The story ends with Parvez gets upset with Ali’s behavior toward Bettina and therefore hits him. Characterise Parvez:
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and son in the story “My Son the Fanatic”. We are in London, present time, where Parvez, a Pakistani immigrant, works as a taxi driver to earn money for his family consisting of his wife and son Ali. A lot of hard work and a lot of money has been used to finance Parvezs son’s education, but not only the education but also for clothes, books and much more. Parvez is not a Muslim because he does not pray and goes against the rule about eating pork. Ali, on the other hand, prays five times a day and
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