1. Critical
Hannah is a Pakistani young girl who is born in England. She is a daughter of a local Imam. Her father is very close-minded and strict. Although
Hannah’s father does not live in Pakistan, his mind is still not progressive. In contrast to Hannah, she starts her life in England which makes her life influenced
by western custom. By living there, Hannah has conflicting views and ideas from her father about many things. Being part of western people causes Hannah to be
critical. Pakistani society where Hannah lives does not like English people. They
are determined not to allow English culture to spill over and ‘pollute’ into their community. Hannah’s father never reads anything about England, from the
newspaper, magazines, or books, and he tries to maintain a strict insularity. All
members of Hannah’s family have to do as what her father says because it is the will of Hannah’s father who rules in the house. Hannah is also asked to stop
playing with English friends and none of her family is allowed to have white visitors 2009: 9
As a person who has a critical mind, Hannah does not follow this old tradition rules, she does not seem to share such fear at all with Western society.
She still has many Western friends, which help her to think widely about many things through many perspectives offered by her friends.
Another one of Hannah’s critical characteristics can be seen from her curiosity about her life. She is curious about everything around her that seems
illogical and inappropriate. She needs to know more about her life and not only PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
follow what her father says. She likes to compare her life to her friends’ and
question about everything around her.
I do not know whether it was Skip’s example or not, but at the age of thirteen I really began to question why my world was like it was. How
could my life be so abusive, and so dark? Why was my spirit so crushed with drudgery? I started to question everything around me: my culture,
my family, my father, my religion, and of course the abuse 2009: 61
When Hannah was 13 years old, she begins to question why her world is so
abusive. She starts to ask about her culture, family, father, and the abuse that are not normal. Then, Hannah opens her mind and makes herself curious and search
for the truth around her society. She asks about how her life is supposed to be and how she should deal with her problems in patriarchal society. She has learned
other religions to start questioning her own family’s faith system. Hannah is curious about the equality in her society. There is a struggle in her mind that must
be answered. She is being critical about everything around her. Hannah’s critical mind can be seen from the way she learns many things
from Quran. When she was a child, she learns Quran from what her father says without understanding what the Quran actually says. She just reads for many
times without thinking about the meaning. The family member also just believes what the Quran says by listening to Hannah’s father as their Imam. They believe
what the father says without considering the truth because he is believed as a holy man. For example, when the abuse happens, Hannah’s father does it in the name
of his belief and says that Hannah must get punishment to maintain honour. Because of this condition, Hannah needs to know the truth about the Quran itself.
I wasn’t doing a course that I required it, but one of the first things I decided to do at university was to read the Quran in English. After years
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