A Fez of the Heart

a) pg. 11
"Not that you would have guessed by the 1990s, when Pomegranate had traveled so far toward a European ideal, modern and liberal, that the old names had fallen away, such associations with the past no longer sustainable, terminally broken by the sheer weight of Naf-Naf and fried squit."

-I chose this passage because to me this was most representative of the reading. It concisely describes the transition experienced by Pomegranate, from traditional Muslim to modern European chic. You can tell just from this one sentence that the modern Pomegranate holds no similarity to the Pomegranate of the past and that alteration is due to new economic and cultural influx.

b)
-when tourists first began going to Pomegranate, people tended to let them stay in their homes for free because hospitality was just part of their way of life, but people soon realized that they could make money by charging the tourists for things and the tourists didn't mind paying. Thus the traditional hospitality made way for modern economic opportunity

-the residents of Pomegranate stoned people that dared wear bikinis inside town because that was against traditional Muslim rules, but when the residents realized the economic girth of these scantily-clad Europeans they became more than willing to accept the sight of their skin and even encourage it

-the restaurant host as forced to wear a fez because it was good for business. They were making a mockery of the old Turkish garb, despite its lack of legality, for the chance to increase their profit margin

c)
-The leading tourist destination in Germany is Berlin. People go to Berlin because it is the largest city in Germany and has been such an important site in German history and is still considered one of the nicest and most modern cities in the world.

-Another destination for tourists is the Auschwitz Concentration Camp, people tend to go there to honor those who were unjustly murdered there and to help remember what can happen if the wrong people are in power.

-Another major destination is Dresden. It is called the "Florence on the Elbe" due to its sheer beauty. It is widely considered to be the most beautiful city in Central Europe and that's despite being almost entirely destroyed during World War II.