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A 4 page paper which examines and contrasts two works that look at the Armenian people. The works examined are Michael Arlen’s “Passage to Ararat” and Peter Balakian’s “Black Dog of Fate.” No additional sources cited.
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want to forget it happened. It was a time and place that occurred prior to WWII and it was a time of genocide for many Armenian people as the Turks
attacked and all but destroyed a culture. Two personal works that address the realities are Michael J. Arlens "Passage to Arafat" and Peter Balakians "Black Dog of Fate." The following
paper examines these two tales as they involve self image and a discovery of ones culture. Passage to Arafat In Arlens work we see, from the beginning, that
he was Armenian but yet his family seemed to ignore this fact. The authors father gave up his Armenian name long ago in favor of an American name and his
son did not really even know of their heritage for many years. It is not until the death of his father that he feels a need to connect to his
people, to find out who he is and where he came from. This work is that of the authors own personal discovery of his heritage, a heritage he does
not even really care for. He admits that he never really like the Armenian people, or the people he knew in the United States. This reflects the truth that many
Armenian people preferred to ignore what happened to them decades ago since they now live in the United States. But the author travels to the land of his ancestors and
begins to make discoveries about who he is and who the Armenian people are. Arlens work is not necessarily a work that focuses a great deal on history as
it involves the Turks and their all but ultimate destruction of the Armenians. Arlens work is far more internally focused in relationship to who he is and who his people
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