The “Veil of Fears” is set upon the middle-eastern countries and how the women there have to cover up and be controlled by the talaban. The Genre for this is more of a documentary explaining what the veil on a woman means and the customs of places such as Iraq or Afghanistan. I believe that the purpose of this is to show the reader what is going on and what the feminist movements are aimed towards in those countries. It tells a lot of the rights women have and what they have to do to stay alive. I thought it was interesting when it talked about how a woman is to do very certain things such as cover up and not even make sounds when walking in the city. So this leads to the central message which is, we should cherish what we have in the United States and remember that we have a lot more freedoms than those in other countries. Not to put the other countries down because they have many qualities that compare to the U.S. but there are many things that distinguish us as a country. The world view of this documentary is that those in middle-eastern countries right now are rising up because of the conditions that they have to live in and what the women have to do. The tools and evidence that were used very well were showing what a woman really has to do and what a day might look like in the eyes of a middle-eastern woman. Another tool used is imagery because it describes the woman to be dressed head to toe and having a veil which really puts a good image in your head.
I think this is so interesting. Perhaps this is what Sis. Elliot was trying to get us to understand. I read it very differently; which contrasts our world views. Maybe as readers we implant our world views into the story. You read it as telling us to be grateful for what we have in the US and I read it as don't be prideful of what we have in the US. I'm sure you were raised to be proud of the US and respectful of other cultures. I was taught that too, but, being a military brat and being from my family, I seemed to have a deeper reverence for different cultures. You can't go into another country thinking that America's way of life is better; it wouldn't turn out well. I got the vibe from this story that the author wanted us to respect the women that chose to wear burkas and the only thing we should attempt to change is the politics. But you had a interesting reading of this story.
ReplyDeleteThis story was a little hard for me to understand. I wasn't exactly sure of the point of view the author was trying to make until it stated that at the end, but I still didn't see how he was argueing it throughout. The vocabulary was way hard for me to understand, plus I just thought the wording was hard. Anyways it was cool thought to finally have a little more insight on the veils because I always see (well no not always ha), whenever I see people wearing veils it sparks an interest. I never knew if it was something religious or cultural...
ReplyDeleteokay so the above comment is actually from me...Rebecca Ditto. I'm not sure what just happened but I logged into my roommates blog somehow and commented from here ha
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