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 Rizvan, Rizvan 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
- 8 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