With A Little Help From My Friends Analysis

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Kindness is something America had and something that we lost. We can be so kind to someone yet the next day be so cruel to them. Like what happened in the story With a Little Help From my Friends by Firoozeh Dumas. In a quote from the passage “We remember the kindness more than ever, knowing that our relatives who immigrated to this country after the Iranian Revolution did not encounter the same America.” ( Dumas pg 92) Firoozeh moved to America with her family from Iran in 1972. For a couple of years because of an assignment her father was given. While in America, they received great kindness from kids at school to neighbors to just strangers in town. Kids wanted to be Firoozeh's friend and learn about the country from where she came from. They wanted her to come to their houses and sleep over, they even shared food with her at lunch (Dumas pg 91) On Halloween, one family …show more content…

This all changed after the Revolution. When Firoozeh relatives moved to America they did not get to experience what the Dumas had. (Dumas pg 93) Americans had bumper stickers on their cars that read “ We play cowboys and Iranians” or “ Iranians Go Home”. These Americans felt that they knew all about Iran and it’s people , they had no questions just opinions.(Dumas pg 93) When Firoozeh and her parents get together today they often talk about their years in America. They remember the kindness they acquired more than their relatives who immigrated to America after the revolution did not encounter the same America. (Dumas pg 93) It’s insane how America can turn so cold on countries on people so easily. They do wrong to us and not that kind. Yet the people that live here in America did nothing wrong yet we treat them ever so poorly. We treat people badly and unkind for the mistakes and vulgar things that their country has done, not them. We should be kind to everyone, no matter where they come

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