Professional Documents
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Lolita in Tehran
Azar Nafisi-author/main character
Best committed students
All women
Nima
Nassrin
Manna the wild one
Islamic Republic of Iran (Setting)
Mitra-calmest among us, dimples
Sanaz
Nassrin-she didnt make it to the end
This is Tehran for me: its absences were more real than
its presences.
Nassrin? I once called her the Cheshire cat, appearing
and disappearing at unexpected turns in my academic
life.
Nassrin was Nassrin
Poet-Manna, dark eyes
Mahshid-delicate features and retreating smile
Nassrin-sensitive/fragile
Yassi-youngest in our group
Azin-my tallest student, with her long blond hair and
pink T-shirt
We speak of facts, yet facts exist only partially to us if
they are not repeated and re-created through emotions,