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October 17, 2005
Being a teenager in a political distracted country
Personal stories always seem to attract readers. I'll admit that it is far more interesting than a research paper. I was doing some research on the assignmen about Iran and I didn't quite grasp such informative and attention grabbing moments from those official web-sites.
Persepolis helped me to understand or get a little feel of
what was it like to grow up or live in such environment and how people really treated each other. The little girl's image stays in my mind as I finish the book and put it down. It amazes me how much of a strenght she has, to be so expressive and responsible. Her actions, thoughts, and personality is so strong that she becomes heroine herself when she is faced with the decision of leaving her family behind that seemed as an exile to me. She is not afraid and she is brave.
The family goes through intimidating and life threatening moments during the revolution and war. Some of Marji's reaction reminded me of my own during 90's when there was a revolution in Mongolia. When communism fell in Russia so it took its turn on my country. I was about 4 and I vaguely remember my parents leaving our apartment at night sneakily. Later, when I was old enough to understand my parents told me that they used to attend secret meetings because there, they met with people who wanted to have change in the communist govermnet. My mother is my heroine because she was among those women who stepped up and helped the revolution and the democrative movement to happen in my country, so the rest of the world can be connected, besides Russia.
I am happy that the revolution in Mongolia wasn't as aggressive and brutal as that of in Iran. Many good things came out as the results of the revolution, and I am assuming the same thing might have happened in Iran. I will present you the details on Wednesday along with Jessica Faria.
Posted by lcisbold at October 17, 2005 09:20 PM
Comments
I think it would be interesting to find out more of what your parents did for your country. It seems that your parents are the type of people we see in the movies, truly dedicated to the cause.
Posted by: Jessica Y at October 18, 2005 04:48 PM