English Summary – Exam 12.2 #2

English Summary – Exam 12.2 #2
A Pair of Jeans
Qaisra Shahraz
Content
Miriam is hurrying
home
Begum has to
solve the problem
phone call: white
lie (Begums sisters
daughter)
2nd ending
M. comes home
meets her
parents-in-law
discussion
between Ayub (c)
and Begum (p)
1st ending
M. takes her
"dirty" clothes
back on
"surreptitious
glances"
Ayub and Begum
left: "lousy
excuse"
Miriam got angry
and kicks her
clothes
M. calls Farook
Fatima opens the
door →shocked
M. changed: "They
are only clothes"
Miriam left
Discussion
between M. and
Fatima
Characters
Miriam - daughter of Fatima, Muslim, want to marry Farook, very integrated in the western
world, adapts both worlds, studies in Britain, beautiful.
Fatima - mother of Miriam, good friend of Begum, anxious about the marriage, helps her
daughter although she breaks the islamic tradition, tries to bridge the gap between tradition and
western values.
Begum - mother of Farook, good fried of Fatima, loves Miriam like her own daughter, has an own
opinion, obedient, Miriams mother-in-law.
Ayub - dad of Farook, husband of Begum, Miriams future dad in law, strong ties with islamic
tradition, dominant.
Farook - son of Begum, Miriams future husband, he shares the same hobbies, he doesn`t know
anything about what happened.
Central Themes
What is part of an identity (Do clothes really make a new identity?)
Gender (roles) and Islam (Why is Ayub so superior to Begum?)
White lie (Why? Was this all right?)
Troubled communication (What did the clothes say? What was understood?)
Clash of cultures (Islamic and Western)
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My Son the Fanatic
Hanif Kureishi
Content
Parvez in Alis
clean room
further
discussions
Parvez afraid:
talks to his
collegues
P. talks to B.
"I've lost my
son"
drug theory:
Bettina told
symptoms
dinner with Ali
no drugs but
praying
Ali: religious
fanatic
•alcohol
•escalation
B. meets Ali
•tries to support
Parvez
Ali: "a women
like this"
Bettina jumped
out of the taxi
"So who's the
fanatic now?"
Parvez and Ali
drove home
and went up
Parvez hits Alis
face
Characters
Parvez – first generation immigrant from Punjabi (Pakistan), taxi driver, proud of his son, not
religious since his religious education, alcoholic (in the end), superior to his women
Ali – son of Parvez, second generation immigrant, broke his education as an accouter, left his
girlfriend, cleaned out his room, left all his friends, religious fanatic?
Bettina – prostitute, good friend of Parvez (for years), beautiful, not religious, knows a lot about
“underground phenomena” (drugs,…), nice, friendly
Central Themes
Fanaticism against Fundamentalism (What is Parvez, what Ali?)
Gender (roles) and Islam (Parvez and his wife discussion?)
Culture gap/clash (Islamic and Western)
Generation gap (first against second generation immigrant)
“So who’s the fanatic now?”
Hitting the son?
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Good Advice Is Rarer than Rubies
Salman Rushdie
Content
Miss Rehanna
and the bus
offer: wrong
passport
Miss Rehanna
didn't get a
permit
Miss Rehanna
meets Ali: offer
of Ali
hint of Ali
She talks to Ali
"Good advice is
rarer than
rubies"
Miss Rehanna
hadn't to pay
anything
reconcilation
(Versöhnigung)
Characters
Miss Rehanna – beautiful, clever, knows how to use her female charms, poor, self-confident,
engaged to her fiancé in great-britain, needs to get a permit, independent from Islamic rules
Muhammad Ali – poor, bagger, cheater (tries to earn money by this), clever, overwhelmed by
Miss Rehanna, abuses the Tuesday Women
General Themes
Advices (Was Alis answer an advice? What needs a good advice?)
The 1st paragraph (Rehanna coming out of the bus)
Stereotypes (a fixed idea or image that many people have of a particular type of person or thing
but which is often not true in reality (false generalization))
Behavior and language of Miss Rehanna (how she effects Ali)
Alis language (dialect)
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How to…
…write a good summary?
•author
•title
•general idea
•genre
•...
topic sentence
main body
•only key information
•no comments
•no interpretations
•no quotes
•present tense
•no conclusion
•maximum: a sentence
to summarize the
content
conclusion
…write a good characterization?
•author
•title
•story
•role of the character
•...
main body
•round or flat character?
•character properties
•mainly direct or indirect
characterisation
•examples, quotes,...
topic sentence
•summarize the main
elements
•name the elements as a
list
•final sentence
conclusion
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Words
Pair of Jeans
English
Hybridity /hybrid identity
(to express one’s identity
Midriff
Belly shirt/top
Tight clothes
(to) display one’s female charms
Modesty / modest
Self-conscious
Embarrassed / embarrassment
Self-confident / self-confidence
Clothes as a means of communication
Verbal/non-verbal/troubled/successful
communication
White lie
(to) bring shame on somebody
(to) save/restore family honour
German
Gemischte Identität
Seine Identität ausdrücken (durch Kleidung…)
Taille
Bauchfreies Shirt
Enge Kleidung
Seine weiblichen Reize zeigen
Bescheidenheit / bescheiden
Selbstbewusst
Peinlich / Verlegenheit
Selbstbewusst(sein)
Kleidung als Mittel zur Kommunikation
Verbale/non-verbale/gestörte/erfolgreiche
Kommunikation
Notlüge
Schande über jemanden bringen
Die Familienehre sichern/wiederherstellen
My Son the Fanatic
English
Fanaticism / fanatic
Fundamentalism / fundamentalist
Jihad
First / second generation immigrants
Generation gap
Culture gap/clash
(to) be implicated in sth
Purity vs. corruption
(to) abandon sb/sth
(to) alienate / alienation
Metamorphosis
(to) feel disgust / contempt for sb/sth
Agony / agonized
Devastation / devastated
(to) cry for help
German
Fanatismus / Fanatiker
Fundamentalismus / Fundamentalist
Heiliger Krieg (der Muslime)
Immigranten der ersten/zweiten Generation
Generationenkonflikt
Kulturkampf
In etwas verwickelt sein
Reinheit gegen Korruption
Jmd/etw aufgeben
Entfremden / Entfremdung
Metamorphose
Ekel/Verachtung für jmd/etw fühlen
Qual / quälend
Verwüstung / verwüstet
Um Hilfe schreien
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Good Advice Is Rarer than Rubies
English
Shanty-town
Fraud
Fake (British passport)
Interrogation room
(to) question sb/sth
(to) expose / (to) unmask sb
(to) humiliate sb
(to) bewitch sb
Fiancé(e)
Lecher/ lecherous
(to) ogle
(to) long for sb/sth
(to) seduce / tempt sb
(to) confirm / reverse a stereotype
(to) take sth at face value
German
Barackensiedlung / Elendsviertel
Betrug
Gefälscht(er britischer Ausweis)
Verhörraum
Jmd/etw fragen
Jmd aussetzen/entlarven
Jmd demütigen
Jmd verzaubern
Verlobter/Verlobte
Lustmolch/lüstern
Starren
Sich nach jmd/etw sehnen
Jmd verführen/locken
Ein Vorurteil bestätigen/wiederlegen
Etwas für bare Münze nehmen
So hier die „Zusammenfassung“ für Englisch, wenn man sie so nennen kann. Die
ersten drei Seiten sind einfach nur als Übersichtsblätter gedacht um wenigstens
einen groben Verlauf der Geschichte im Kopf zu haben und so die wichtigen Sachen,
wie die Zusammenfassung oder Charakterisierung dann auch hinzubekommen.
Die Anleitung hierfür habe ich auch eher kurz gefasst, sodass man sie schnell im
Kopf behält. Am Schluss noch die Vokabeln übersetzt…
Wie immer – bei Fragen, erkannten Fehlern, eigenen Zusammenfassungen mir eine
Mail schreiben ([email protected]) nun zunächst viel Spaß beim Englisch lernen,…
Gruß,
Florian
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