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Sara varies her memoir by adding family photos and excerpts from her diary from her teen years. At intervals, she also answers FAQs about Iranians and their culture. In the last sections of the memoir, Sara addresses readers who are undocumented immigrants.
Americanized is an informative and engaging memoir that, in its documentation of the Saedis’s immigration journey, calls for greater awareness and sensitivity toward immigrant groups and their struggles to gain legal residence and social acceptance in the United States.
Americanized is a memoir by Sara Saedi that chronicles her experience as an undocumented immigrant growing up in America. It offers a personal and eye-opening perspective on the complexities of immigration and the pursuit of the American dream.
- Sara Saedi
- Summary: Introduction
- Summary: Chapter One: A Brief
- Summary: Chapter Two: Partners in Immigration Crime
- Analysis: Introduction, Chapters One & Two, & FAQ #1
Sara, who’s almost thirteen, worries about outgrowing her training bra, getting rid of her acne, and competing with her best friend over a boy. Her life changes one afternoon in 1993, when she hangs out in the kitchen with Samira, her older sister. Samira, who wants an after-school job, complains that she’ll never get one without a Social Security ...
Sara corrects a common mispronunciation. Iran, where she was born, is not pronouncedi-RAN but rather e-RON. She then explains the political background to her family’s immigration. In the early 1950s, Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh ruled Iran. He nationalized the oil industry and promoted democracy. With the help of the United States and Great Br...
In a diary entry for August 7, 1996, Sara records her mixed feelings about Samira. As a child, Sara hated Samira and fought with her all the time. Then, in the fall of 1994, Sara entered Lynbrook High School, where Samira was a senior. Sara became “Little Sami,” the younger sister of one of the coolest girls in the school. Sara and Samira get work ...
The central conflict of the book is the Saedi family’s struggle to gain legal status as immigrants in the United States. In the opening of the book, Saedi introduces this struggle through Samira’s explanation to Sara that they are undocumented immigrants. The revelation shakes Sara’s sense of self, and she feels afraid of and vulnerable to both gov...
Sara Saedi was two when her parents fled Iran to California. Her new memoir describes her 18-year-long path to citizenship, and the lingering anxiety of being undocumented.
Feb 15, 2018 · Her memoir recounts the discovery of her undcoumented status as a teen and the naturalization process in her early adulthood. Saedi paints a clear picture of the financial hurdles her family faced as they rebuilt a life in a new country, the legal implications of not having a Social Security number, and the sharp contrast between her mother’s ...
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Sara Saedi. Sara Saedi is the author and protagonist of the memoir Americanized. Born in 1982 in Iran, Sara immigrates to the United States with her family when she is two years old. Sara writes about her experiences growing up as an undocumented immigrant in California.
