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Tuesday, February 22, 2011
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I disagree. I feel as if the book is very westernized and adapted, almost betrayed. While I agree that it is wildly contrastive to our lives, it is still not as realistic I think because of the audience the author knew she was writing to. I also think that she tries to make it a novel as opposed to keeping it nonfiction. She takes liberties that I don't think author's writing non fiction books are allowed to take. It does give an interesting view into the every day lives of those Afghani women, however her feminist bias shines through her mask of indifference, really betraying her ethos.
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Could you explain how it is westernized? I don't mean to single you out-many people say the same thing and its just that you have the most recent post. I agree that her ethos for writing a nonfiction novel is very slim. The fact that she creates dialog and opinion should categorize it as fiction. I'm not really sure if there is a feminist bias here, though. Describing the misogynistic way that women are treated doesn't automatically make her a feminist.
ReplyDeleteExplain where you think she fictionalized. I don't know see any specific place that there is a glaring example of fictionalization.
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