'The Ham Amendment'

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Page 82 "His picture was everywhere.  The serious expression on his face made it clear that this was an important person having important thoughts."

Reactions (Connection to World):
In 8th grade, out class did a unit on dictators.  When Firoozeh was talking about the ruler of Iran, it reminded me of 8th grade when we talked about the ruler of North Korea.   He has his picture and statues all over the place and the people go crazy over him.

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Page 86 "All the stories were marvelous -- until the lecture about forbidden foods.  To my complete shock, I discovered that my own father was destined to a very bad place for a very long time. All of a  sudden, our ham excursions no longer seemed fun and innocent."

Reactions (Connections to Funny in Farsi)
In Children of the River, Ravi was the one that was changing his ways and becoming westernized.  This relates to Funny in Farsi and the way that people change what they believe in.  Ravi ate McDonald's and not Firoozeh's father is eating ham, something he should not be eating.