Monthly Archives: April 2015

Remember that we don’t have regular class tomorrow. Use the time to write and research for your bibliography and research papers. I’ll be available in my office (25 Park Place, #2319) around 11:45 to chat if you need help. Remember also … Continue reading →

I love the fact that Nazneen was able to finally ice skate! It makes me think about how I feel when I listen and/or watch artists on stage or the radio. I, to feel like the artist can be free … Continue reading →

I was amazed by these chapters. It sounds lame, but I have never thought about what it would be like to see a new environment like Nazneen is emersed in. I’ve never been outside of the United States, and while … Continue reading →

While Nazneen’s perspective is beautifully insightful, I couldn’t help but think of what life was like for their children. As the first generation outside of their previous cultural line, it would be interesting to see how the cultures would develop … Continue reading →

The scene where Nazneen watched ice skating on T.V and then she decided to go ice skating was enjoyable. Ice skating for Nazneen was a sign of freedom or liberty. A lot of my classmates wrote about this symbol and … Continue reading →

I liked one of the peer responses to the cultural strife that is taking place within the novel with the various characters especially Chanu and Nazneen. There exist this consist subtle but forceful drive or conflict to be at peace … Continue reading →

I think it was brilliant for Ali to put the 9/ll attack in this novel. She showed an entirely different perspective on it. Ali putting 9/11 in the novel from a non- US citizen point of view can actually speak … Continue reading →

I don’t really feel like I’m looking into another person’s life when I read this book, because most of the stuff Nazneen goes through I can totally relate in every way. I think this is something every immigrant at a … Continue reading →

When I read about September 11, 2001 in Brick Lane, I immediately thought about how that day affected the United States. The terrorist attack impacted the world. I think that it was creative that Monica Ali included the September 11th. … Continue reading →

I also agree with what my classmates are saying about how it was interesting that Ali included 9/11 in the story. It is easy for us to forget that the US is important, and when tragedy struck, it effected a … Continue reading →

I love the theme of ice skating and I love how Nazneen actually got to ice skate towards the end. I have written blog post before about this this theme, but I said that ice skating is a form of … Continue reading →

As I read Brick Lane and saw Nazneen try to find herself within a new culture, I thought about the fact that she might have felt a little invisible. It’s interesting how one can be made to feel inferior when … Continue reading →

Cultural/Political Response             Brick Lane addresses the political conditions it is set in by weaving the cultural and political effects of 9/11 into Ali’s characters’ actions. Chanu, the avid reader, is fascinated by the newspaper report and points out a … Continue reading →

The last few pages of the novel are a description of Nazneen’s first time ice-skating, so I think the activity has important symbolic value in the novel. We first hear about it from Nazneen fairly early in the book, when … Continue reading →

I also thought it was interesting that Ali included 9/11. I also have never thought about it outside the context of the United States. I was in class (first grade) when we found out and I remember the teachers all … Continue reading →

Yes, I concur with what Wykemanm says about cultural strife playing a big part in this book. I think it starts becoming important once we get to the chapters that involve the Tigers and how strife happens between. This is … Continue reading →

“It feels to Nazneen as though they have survived something together, as a family.” I thought it was interesting how Ali included 9/11 in the book. Though I knew it had been broadcasted worldwide, I didn’t think that it would … Continue reading →

I think that the cultural strife that is depicted in Brick Lane is the most important aspect of the story to modern day readers. Here we have something that is still going on all over the western world, a culture … Continue reading →

It almost seems redundant to post on Nazeen’s sexuality, but it was a huge part of the story in the section we read. She not only cannot correctly identify being arroused, but misidentified it as being sick. One of my … Continue reading →

Throughout reading the book, 2 things really stood out to me. Not only is this book a huge cultural piece, but it is also a huge feminist piece. They play hand in hand. Her culture is responsible for her view … Continue reading →