In "My Son The Fanatic" we're presented with two characters (son Ali and father Parvez) who choose quite different lifestyle. Describe the ethical/moral beliefs of father and son. Does Kureishi seem to hold one of them up as more positive than the other? Give evidence for your view. Are one or both of them fanatics? If so, what this it mean?
             This story is about an emigrant family who live in London. Parvez, the father, is a taxi driver who works hard to provide everything for his family. Ali, the son, once an accounting student, joins an Islamic fundamental sect. From the beginning of the story we learn about their quite different lifestyles. On one hand, from Parvez's point of view, Ali is a fanatic because he is engaged in religious activities too much. On the other hand, based on Ali's religious beliefs and ideas. His father is implicated in western culture too much. Maybe we can argue that both Ali and Parvez are fanatics. Ali is a fanatic because he is obsessed to follow certain rules and he judges people by his own extreme beliefs, also Parvez is a fanatic because he hates religion due to his harsh religious training when he was a boy, he is obsessed in drinking alcohol and having friendly relationship with women outside of his marriage. So both Ali and Parvez are fanatics.
             To clarify and support the above statement, first we talk about Ali's moral and ethical beliefs and then Parvez. Ali was an accounting student, who used to play guitar and hang out with English girlfriends. He played cricket also he was an active scholar. But lately his behavior started to change; he doesn't play guitar anymore his old friends had stopped ringing and he broke up with his English girlfriend. He gives his personal items to charity and was developing a sharp tongue with his father. When his father asks him about his music lessons he says: " There are more important things to be done"(119).Thr...