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Week 9 Notes

Posted by on May 31, 2019

5/28/2019  

Unaccustomed Earth 

Dense 

Traditional 

Affluence 

Degrees/Advanced Degrees 

Literary fiction vs popular/genre 

Classic, serious 

 

Plot vs character development 

Forces a depth of understanding, deep relationships being explored 

Bollywood – Portmanteau of Bombay + Hollywood 

 

My Name is Khan 

  • Main Character has Asperger’s, form of autism 
  • San Francisco, November 2007 
  • At airport, Khan mutters in Muslim, agent picks him out for inspection, mutters about missing flight to Washington D.C 
  • Wants to tell President he is not a terrorist 
  • Writes letter to Mandira, talks about childhood at dad’s garage 
  • With mother, 1983 – Hindu-Muslim Riots 
  • Gets bullied at school, Rizvan gets tutoring from Master Wadio 
  • Rizvan gets noticed for savant talents, Zakir (little brother) gets ignored and angry 
  • Zakir leaves for America at 18, lets rest of family know they will immigrate 
  • Mother dies, Rizvan promises to make a happy life in America, at San Francisco 
  • Washington D.C, December 2007 
  • Hasina, Zakir’s wife, finds out about Asperger’s, Hasina uses camera to acclimate to new sensations 
  • Zakir brings Rizvan to work as an herbal product salesman 
  • Panics in middle of street, Mandira rescues him 
  • Hair salon, Rizvan offers beauty products 
  • Mandira talks about receiving barber training as reason for arriving to America 
  • Sameer introduced (Mandira’s son), Rizvan talks about Mandira being divorced, Rizvan freaks at yellow jacket 
  • Challenges Mandira to San Francisco trivia 
  • Rizvan takes Sam to Discovery Museum, plays a word search game 
  • We shall overcome, Mandira is moving to Banville with Sameer 
  • Bowling Green Kentucky, 2008, Indian motel gets vandalized 
  • Khan takes Mandira to see sunrise, marriage 
  • Zakir threatens to sever ties with Rizvan if he marries Mandira 
  • Mandira, Sameer, and Rizvan move to Banville, throw a wedding ceremony 
  • Hasina arrives to celebrate, Mandira opens a hair salon 
  • 9/11 occurs, religious obligation to donate percentage of earnings to charity 
  • Rizvan starts chanting in Urdu, country wide retaliation against Islamic, Sameer bullied, Mandira’s business in the red 
  • Hasina told to give up shawl, Rizvan comforts Zakir, Mandira gets a new job 
  • Santa Fe 2008, wanting to meet the President, fails to meet him, wants to tell president about Sam 
  • Families made with love and not just blood, Sarah’s husband, Mark, dies covering Afghanistan 
  • Arizona, APril 2008 
  • Reese stops being Sameer’s friend 
  • November 27, 2007, 8:23 am. Last time Rizvan hears Mandira laugh 
  • Sameer and Reese get beaten up at soccer field, Reese pulled away, Sameer brought to hospital, spleen rupture, monitor flatlines, Mandira grieves 
  • Inspector Garcia wants to find the attackers, Mandira blames death of Sameer on marriage to Rizvan, will only return when he tells the president he is not a terrorist 
  • Puts on Sameer’s shoes for the journey 
  • Mandira’s having no room for love, only hate 
  • Christain only charity for starving African kids 
  • Prayer should not depend on the people or place, just belief 
  • Wilhelmina, Georgia 2008, Mama Jenny’s son was killed in the Iraq War 
  • Memorial service for veterans, gives a eulogy for Sameer, case will be closed after 6 months 
  • Mandira refuses to close the case, confronts people at soccer field with a sign of Sameer 
  • Distribute pamphlets at school 
  • Rizvan at Los Angeles, mosque, hears oath of violence against unfair treatment 
  • Rizvan defuses the violence, Path of Allah is love and compassion 
  • President arrives at college campus, Rizvan is misheard for being a terrorist 
  • College students decide Rizvan is the next project 
  • Rizvan detained, story is rejected, story becomes covered later, psychologist tells Rizvan he is free to go after reporting Dr. Raisal Frehman 
  • See Mandira drive out, Hurricane Molly hits Wilhelmina, wants to see Mama Jenny, arrives at the church 
  • See Mama Jenny, Rizvan helps repair church, Wilhelmina gets news coverage, relief efforts arrive 
  • Zakir and Hasina lead the procession 
  • Perpetrators found and caught, Reece given leniency, Mandira lets go of hate 
  • Mandira appears with RizvanRizvan gets stabbed, Obama elected 
  • Rizvan accomplishes his goal 

5/29/2019  

Next week Tuesday Bus leaves at 8:30, C-Lot 

Explore museum until 1:00 PM 

Eat at Harbor City 

Kanopy: East of Occidental 

No D&R next week 

Pot Luck Friday Week 10 1:00 Sem II B2105 

5/31/2019  

June 11, 1:00 PM eval conference 

South Asian Americans closing thoughts 

  • Most immigrants were affluent and well educated 
  • Women were expected to be married 
  • South Asian countries 
  • Many were formerly colonized by European countries 
  • Bollywood loves dramatic music 

Self-eval draft by Sunday night next week 

Talking points Friday morning 

Class notes 

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