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    Phoenix (In The Memory of My Mother

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    Pari Mansouri is an Iranian writer and translator born in 1936 in Tehran. She taught English for 20 years and has translated 10 books into Persian. Her own works include short story collections "Entertainment in Exile" and "Phoenix (In Memory of My Mother)". "Phoenix" tells the story of the narrator's memories of her loving mother and the devastation of war in Tehran through symbols of hope and family. It explores the difficulties of loss and conveys the damaging impacts of war on a society.

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    Phoenix (In The Memory of My Mother

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    Pari Mansouri is an Iranian writer and translator born in 1936 in Tehran. She taught English for 20 years and has translated 10 books into Persian. Her own works include short story collections "Entertainment in Exile" and "Phoenix (In Memory of My Mother)". "Phoenix" tells the story of the narrator's memories of her loving mother and the devastation of war in Tehran through symbols of hope and family. It explores the difficulties of loss and conveys the damaging impacts of war on a society.

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    Pari Mansouri is an Iranian writer and translator born in 1936 in Tehran. She taught English for 20 years and has translated 10 books into Persian. Her own works include short story collections "Entertainment in Exile" and "Phoenix (In Memory of My Mother)". "Phoenix" tells the story of the narrator's memories of her loving mother and the devastation of war in Tehran through symbols of hope and family. It explores the difficulties of loss and conveys the damaging impacts of war on a society.

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    Phoenix (In The Memory of My Mother

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    Pari Mansouri is an Iranian writer and translator born in 1936 in Tehran. She taught English for 20 years and has translated 10 books into Persian. Her own works include short story collections "Entertainment in Exile" and "Phoenix (In Memory of My Mother)". "Phoenix" tells the story of the narrator's memories of her loving mother and the devastation of war in Tehran through symbols of hope and family. It explores the difficulties of loss and conveys the damaging impacts of war on a society.

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    Persian Literature:

    PHOENIX
    (In the Memory of
    my Mother)
    By Pari Mansouri
    Pari Mansouri

    ● Iranian, writer and translator.


    ● She was born in Tehran, Iran in 1936.
    ● She was a teacher of English language for
    20 years until 1975.
    ● She has translated and published 10 books
    by such writers as André Maurois, E.
    Nesbit, Jules Verne, George Eliot and Ivan
    Turgenev.
    Pari Mansouri

    Among her own published works are:

    ● "Above and Beyond Love"


    ● "Entertainment in Exile”
    ● "No, I Was Not Dreaming"
    ● “The Hidden Wound”
    Entertainment in Exile
    ● "Entertainment in Exile" is a book of
    seven short stories, written in a clear and
    at times poetic style.

    ● The essence of the book is a combination


    of the day-to-day life in exile, and
    memories from Iran.
    Entertainment in Exile
    The stories are:
    ● “Woman, life and bird”,
    ● “Entertainment in Exile”,
    ● “The glass marbles”,
    ● “The pains of expectation”,
    ● “Curse of worries”,
    ● “A spark in a heap of ashes”,
    ● “Phoenix (In the Memory of my
    mother)”
    Persian Literature:
    PHOENIX
    (In the Memory of
    my Mother)
    By Pari Mansouri
    The Characters
    The Narrator Mother Father Hamil Tayyebeh
    Khanom
    ➔ a loving and ➔ a loving, ➔ An ➔ the narrator’s
    bright child in caring, and “absolute” little brother ➔ The cleaning
    the past; understanding dictator in ➔ he’s the one lady (helper)
    ➔ she loved wife and the family who took care of their
    spending time mother. but is very of their mother family.
    with her ➔ suffered soft and before she ➔ “Tayyebeh”
    mother. loneliness loving deep died is her name
    ➔ having a hard from her inside. “Khanom”
    time letting husband’s ➔ Loves to go meaning
    go. death. hunting with “lady”.
    his friend.
    Story Board
    Story map organizer
    Symbolisms
    ❖ MOTHER unconditional love and affection

    ❖ FATHER tough love

    ❖ PHOENIX FEATHER hope and urges us to fight on

    ❖ SUNSHINE FILLED HOUSE fun bond of a complete family.

    ❖ LAND OF EXILE symbolizes Tehran during and after the war.


    Figurative Language
    HYPERBOL
    E ● With a voice that could fill an entire sky.
    ● You replied in a voice that carried the sorrow of the whole world.

    PERSONIFICATION
    ● Goldfish dancing under the fountain.
    ● We waited for the midday sun to drive its chariot across the sky.

    ALLITERATION
    ● Fell asleep forever.
    ● You could not endure his absence more than three months, and joined him.
    Connections

    TEXT-TO-TEXT TEXT-TO-PERSON TEXT-TO-WORLD


    The story of the Anyone who have conveys the message of
    Phoenix is the same experience losing how much damage wars
    with Anne Tyler’s “The someone they loved bring in the society and
    Beginner’s Goodbye” truly. its people.
    Atmosphere and Mood
    “Bright and Melancholy”

    Storms and Stresses


    The devastating effects of war and crises in Tehran which
    had killed dozens of civilians.
    Cultures, Customs, and Traditions
    PERSIAN CULTURE PHOENIX
    Men are sometimes taught early that ● The protection and actions of the
    the protection of family honor resides father to protect his wife and
    with them. family.

    When an elder family member’s


    husband or wife dies, they will ● Hamil took care of his mother
    usually move into the house of one when their father died.
    of their children.
    Themes/Lessons and Universal Truth

    THEME/LESSON
    Letting go and moving on is not easy, but sometimes it is the best thing
    to do to keep moving forward in life.

    UNIVERSAL TRUTH
    ● The time moves swiftly onward.
    ● War can cause a big and negative impact to everyone.
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    REFERENCES

    ● https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/persian-empire/
    ● https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/where-is-persia.html
    ● https://www.worldhistory.org/Persian_Literature/
    ● https://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~rwest/wikispeedia/wpcd/wp/p/Persian_liter
    ature.htm#:~:text=Historically%2C%20the%20modern%20Persian
    %20short,and%20a%20period%20of%20diversity
    .
    ● http://www.artarena.force9.co.uk/pari_mansouri.htm
    ● https://www.britannica.com/event/Iranian-Revolution/Aftermath
    ● https://www.britannica.com/summary/Iran-Iraq-War

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