The way to freedom

It needs work on organization and other stuff!

Democratic change to a nation that is considered to be a dangerous threat to the world because of nuclear weapons, is highly favored in the world and has no better time or place for political support. Democratic nations are seen as the leaders of humanitarian aid, and natural rights advocates . They are like the older brothers maintaining peace among the younger sibilings. Fathi and Mackey address in their article about the oppression of the Iranian government upon their people, but more specifically towards: the university students.Writing about this topic of student protests' in Tehran, show to people globally that there are people that want to bring forth change in Iran, leaving behind a strong hold to religious context and moving towards a more free interpretation and nation. This message of freedom is mostly targeted at the Iranian government, but also is informative to the . These two authors get there reasons across through the statements of facts, quotes of political leaders, and a persuasive essay called:"Why is the Islamic Republic Afraid of the humanities?"

To make the audience get a feel for what these protests are like, there is a video posted showing students walking around with green balloons and ribbons, holding up the peace sign. The video's recording, is to be seen as if you are marching along with the students; you are joined in their cause. They use the video to connect us more to the protesters.It shows to us that they are protesting in a very peaceful and democratic way. There is no arms, fires, or fights with the armed forces in sight as is usually seen like that in Middle Eastern countries.

The images shown throughout the article of students covered with green bandanas as if trying to cover their identity, shows by the authors that they are that they do not want to be recognized by the authorities because of punishment for defiance.

In the beginning of the article and throughout the paper, diction is used vividly to show the desire of the students to have greater freedoms. The authors do this by including in the text slogans that were used in the student demonstrations like "Death to dictator!," referring to President Amaginejad and "Ahmadi, Ahmadi, this is the last message, the green movement is ready for uprising. Through the wordings of "cleanse" in connectin with the Islamic Republic government attempting to remove as a whole and discredit the field of study of humanities in universities. And by including quotes such as "lack of faith" by Ayatollah Khamenei, a former country leader to describe those of whom study in that particular field. These statements legitimize what these authors convey as injustices to the Iranian people as to not allowing them to choose in what to learn.

"Teaching the theories of the humanities in Iran's universities had been a factor leading to waste and destruction of public property after the recent election."By using these types of overstatements of the government leaders toward the study of humanities, the contrast is even more enlarged.

These uses of diction from the beginning of the article, help set up the tone of the article. Instead of including different slogans used by protestors, the authors with this tool help set up the contrast.They set the students and the Iranian government on opposites sides of the spectrum.They Iranian Government as evil; the students, as defending their natural rights. They do address the views of the opposition but mainly focus on the reasons that the students have to protest. The government doesn't want them to study sociology, political science, philosophy or law. They legitimize this by mainly adding a rhetorical essay of a student entitled "Why Is the Islamic Republic Afraid of the Humanities?" An excerpt of the essay notes that the Iranian government has tried to place much of the blame of the post-election protests on the universities and in specifically, the teachings of the humanities.

"Teaching the theories of the humanities in Iran's universities had been a factor leading to waste and destruction of public property after the recent election."By using these types of overstatements of the government leaders toward the study of humanities, the contrast is even more enlarged.

The authors summarized very well the issues at hand, but I think that it would have had greater impact if the article would have been published internationally rather than in the United States only. Most people reading this article, already agree with their actions as to why they want their voices to be heard, they understand the situation. On the main targeted audience, there was not much of an impact except a cancellation of a speech that was supposed to have been given by the Iranian President.