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Americanized
Created by Celia Ghilani
Intended Audience
- Teenage Girls
- Americans
Intended Audience
Intended for Teenage Girls
Teenage Girls
This is an autobiography of a woman, taking place mostly in her teenage years. She goes through similar struggles to almost all teenage girls. For example, the very first sentence of the book is, "Puberty is the equivalent of guerilla warfare on your body. Society commonly refers to it as the awkward phase, but I've always preferred to call it the 'everything totally sucks and I hate my life' phase."
Intended for Americans
Americans
Although this is written from the point of view of an immigrant Iranian family, it is intended for people who were born and raised in America. Many times throughout the book Sara Saedi tells the reader information about Iran and how it compares and contrast to America. For example in between some chapters, Saedi includes little excerpts called "FAQs". They are questions about Iranian culture for the knowledge of Amerians. Some are "Whats the difference between being Persian and Iranian?" and "Why do Iranians keep watering cans in their bathrooms?"
Author's Purpose
- To inform
- To entertain
To inform
To Inform
One of Sara Saedi's purposes for writing Americanized was to inform the reader about her life and her struggles as an illegal Iranian immigrant. She wants Americans to appreciate being born in this country and how wonderful it can be to live here. She doesn't try to make you feel bad about being born in America but just wants readers to acknowledge what other families are trying to do to get a better life. For example, "'You're not getting it,' Samira continued. 'the government doesn't know we exist. We could get deported at any time.'"
To Entertain
The author's other purpose is to entertain the reader. She tells funny anecdotes anecdotes, and uses a lot of sarcasm to make the book more enjoyable. You can tell that is Sara Saedi's personality and she includes it everywhere in the book. For example, she talks about the time her older sister and her friend made Sara go up to the door of their crush's house to see what he was doing. and how she had to make up a story about losing her dog. Saedi tells funny stories like these while connecting them back to life lessons she learned from either her sister or others.
Literary Devices
In Americanized, there are some key literary devices used to enrich the book. For example tone, diction, etc. A passage that has both great diction and the sarcastic tone is, "I don't think my sister derived any pleasure from blowing my carefully crafted reality into pieces, but maybe she couldn't handle being alone in her teen angst."