Firoozeh Dumas Kindness

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Have you ever experienced love and kindness from someone that never knew you before? Some answers may vary, but in the story “A Little Help From My Friends” from the novel Funny In Farsi by Firoozeh Dumas, Dumas experienced an overwhelming amount of love and kindness from the people in American when she moved from Iran. She says “After almost two years in Whittier, my father’s assignment was completed and we had to return home. The last month of our stay, I attended one slumber party after another, all thrown in my honor” (Dumas 16). This quote shows the portrait of how Dumas points to herself as a child, her family and their relationship to their community in California.

Dumas was shown an immense amount of kindness when she moved to America based off of this quote. In the quote, Dumas states that she had slumber parties for her. In another place in the story, Dumas says “Kids invited me to their houses to show me what their rooms looked like.” (Dumas 15). Here we see how Dumas was treated by other children that she lived with in America. For instance, we noticed how the kids she knew showed her kindness and love through inviting her to their houses. At the same time, Dumas shows acceptance to the children by opening up to them. Dumas states “I tried my best to be a worthy reprsentative of my home land but, like a Hollywood celebrity relentlessly pursued by …show more content…
We see how her childhood, her family, and the people of California were affected by the great amount of love given. Dumas hopes that one day, people in America would treat immigrants with the same love and respect given to her. Maybe one day, Americans would be more accepting again.

Dumas, Firoozeh. "With a Little Help From My Friends." My Perspectives, edited by Ernest Morrell, Elfrieda Hiebert, Kelly Gallagher, and Jim Cummins, Pearson Education Inc.,
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