In the story, the House of Sand and Fog, there is a battle on several levels-racial, sexist, economic, cultural, and various others- for a home. The question is- who does the home actually belong to: Kathy Nicolo or Amir Behrani?
Kathy Nicolo, one of our candidates, is a woman who cleans other’s homes for a living. She has a rocky relationship with her family. She was an alcoholic and a substance abuser. She was left by her ex-husband recently and has been living a life of seclusion since.
Amir Behrani, our other candidate, is formerly a wealthy colonel under the dominion of the Shahanshah. He was exiled from Iran when the Shahanshah is killed. He has splurged most of his wages in attempt to find his daughter a suitable husband, and now he needs a more suitable source of income to provide for his family, the way he’d like to.
Kathy originally owned the home. However, her husband leaving her as he did left her mind immersed in thoughts of her past. She even stopped checking the mail, which shows a great amount of irresponsibility on her behalf. It seems the government has sent her months worth of mail regarding her taxes. Since Kathy didn’t respond to the mail, the government took the house. At this point, Mr. Behrani capitalizes. He didn’t know about Kathy’s history of the house. All he was looking for was a good investment.
Soon afterwards, Kathy discovers the government was wrong about her “tax evasion”. Mr. Behrani learning of this, claimed that he would sell the house to the government for an amount similar to rate given from real estate.
Kathy did practice a lot of brash decisions during this whole process. She went to the home, caused a raucous, and severely hurt herself (pages 72-73). She was then tended to by the people she despised.
Kathy dragged in a law enforcement officer. Because of Kathy’s influence, he practiced actions that jeopardized his life. As a result of his actions, he lost his job, went to jail, and caused the emotional death of his family. Meanwhile, she caused the physical death of Mr. Behrani’s family through her actions.
Do you think Kathy is justified because of what happened? Do you believe Mr. Behrani received the just deserts for his actions? Why or why not?
Kathy Nicolo, one of our candidates, is a woman who cleans other’s homes for a living. She has a rocky relationship with her family. She was an alcoholic and a substance abuser. She was left by her ex-husband recently and has been living a life of seclusion since.
Amir Behrani, our other candidate, is formerly a wealthy colonel under the dominion of the Shahanshah. He was exiled from Iran when the Shahanshah is killed. He has splurged most of his wages in attempt to find his daughter a suitable husband, and now he needs a more suitable source of income to provide for his family, the way he’d like to.
Kathy originally owned the home. However, her husband leaving her as he did left her mind immersed in thoughts of her past. She even stopped checking the mail, which shows a great amount of irresponsibility on her behalf. It seems the government has sent her months worth of mail regarding her taxes. Since Kathy didn’t respond to the mail, the government took the house. At this point, Mr. Behrani capitalizes. He didn’t know about Kathy’s history of the house. All he was looking for was a good investment.
Soon afterwards, Kathy discovers the government was wrong about her “tax evasion”. Mr. Behrani learning of this, claimed that he would sell the house to the government for an amount similar to rate given from real estate.
Kathy did practice a lot of brash decisions during this whole process. She went to the home, caused a raucous, and severely hurt herself (pages 72-73). She was then tended to by the people she despised.
Kathy dragged in a law enforcement officer. Because of Kathy’s influence, he practiced actions that jeopardized his life. As a result of his actions, he lost his job, went to jail, and caused the emotional death of his family. Meanwhile, she caused the physical death of Mr. Behrani’s family through her actions.
Do you think Kathy is justified because of what happened? Do you believe Mr. Behrani received the just deserts for his actions? Why or why not?
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GOOD PIECE. I WILL NEVER COME TO BELIVE THAT KATHY IS EVER JUSTIFIED. SHE HAS DONE WAY TOO MUCH TO MESS HER OWN LIFE UP AND EVE DRAG OTHERS INTO IT TOO. BEHRANI, HOWEVER, I BELIEVE TO BE IN JUST AS BAD OF A POSITION, JUST HANDLED DIFFERENTLY BY THE AUTHOR. SO THE ULTIMATE QUESTION IS STILL...'WHO OWNS THE HOUSE?" THE ANSWER: THE GOVERNMENT. =)
Suppose your post was a breath. You did a great job inhaling, but you never exhaled! You introduced the home and the home's possible candidates, but "who really owns the house?" Sami says, "the government", but explain Sami. Think of it this way, Behrani owned the home "legally" and once he and his wife are deceased, the ownership is transferred to the heir and since the heir "Esmail" is dead, the ownership should be in fact transferred to Soraya, the daughter. In the event that a will or formal document hadn't been previously composed the home would in fact become as Sami stated "the governments property."
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