In Persepolis, Marjane was living in the Islamic Revolution. At the age of six she was sure she wanted to be a prophet. Her father owned a Cadillac and thought everyone should have a nice car and her grandmothers knees always ached and she didn't like seeing old people suffering. She was raised to believe in god and to trust him. She told god that she wanted to be a prophet but did want her parents to find out.
Marjane deals with her life with forces she can't control during the war. Marjane was forced to wear a veil at school and couldn't go against it, she couldn't control not to wear it. Her family also decides to stay while the Islamic Revolution was happening and she has to deal with her fear. The army kept marching and throwing stones all day and she had tons of aches on her body. There was no way she could control that and stop the war.
I agree that childhood memories stays forever in your life - it's not only remembered, but it is being applied to our growing lives. Because of this, I find your opening statement to be strongly relevant to the life of Marji because just as you said, the war and the persons around her influenced her way of thinking and has made her the person she is today. You were consistent in your ideas and have even shared us some pictures from the book. Keep up the good work!
ReplyDeleteHey Dave, your blog is very well written and interesting to read! I really like the part when you talked about how much memories mean in a childhood. Also I really agree with when you said you learn from the mistakes that you make as a kid.
ReplyDeletei thought your blog was interesting and you have a good point about childhood ending when your not with your parents anymore. I also thought your pictures were eye catching and helped your blog be more effective. One thing i would recommend is to check your grammar before bloging a post as i found one sentence hard to understand.
ReplyDeleteI think you have a lot of good ideas in your blog, especially in the beginning. I liked how you gave support to your statements and broke up the text by adding a picture right from the book. There were a few grammatical errors that made it a little confusing to read at times. I liked the tone you used in the beginning of the blog because it was informal and it didn't sound like you were writing and essay. I think you could go further with your ideas at the end of the blog and relate the information that you state about childhood back to the text to conclude the blog. Overall I think you have a lot of good ideas but I think adding one more quick statement at the end would help make your points more clear.
ReplyDeleteI love what you said about childhood and memories. You carry them with you your whole life, whether they be positive, or negative. In Marji's case she may have some very negative memories regarding the revolution which shaped her the to be the person she is today (probably much stronger than a person who had not gone through the revolution). The pictures from the text really helped explain and give me a better understanding of your ideas. ps I like your pink font!
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