ENGL 2544 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Monica Ali, Nazneen, Snow Globe
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Nazneen and her friends talk of returning home but she never does (she stays in london) Book focuses on changes for women instead of men. Talked about immigrant life well without assigning blame. Realistic in that the letters to each other seem real. Sentimental at the end with the ice skating scene: (cid:862)this is e(cid:374)gla(cid:374)d; (cid:455)ou (cid:272)a(cid:374) do (cid:449)hate(cid:448)er (cid:455)ou like(cid:863) Snow globe references: utopian scene is symbolic. Ideal that you can keep living over and over again (just turn it upside-down so that the snow falls again and again) Naz(cid:374)ee(cid:374)"s life (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ged so fast so the s(cid:374)o(cid:449) glo(cid:271)e is so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g that if (cid:455)ou shake everything changes and it can happen again and again. Because they stay in a bubble and associate with people of similar language and culture as their home country, after decades of living there, they are still foreigners. Became more of her sister (who ran off with a cook)
