I noticed in the second half of Persepolis there was a big change in Marjane. In Austria when Marjane had freedom she seemed to take her freedom and not do much of anything. We can recall that she hung out with friends and seemed to lose her identity and her drive to do something. We see her bounce from home to home even though she seemed exceptional in class. Her teachers noticed her troubles in Austria but with her freedom it became hard to fight something in order to disprove it. She joined up with the anarchist or the people from the commune because she thought this was the kind of free and independent life that she wanted. I thought that this was attributed to her not caring. So since she had freedom, she felt she lost all the emotions she used to use to fight the government were no longer needed in Austria so she did nothing.
When she returned to Iran is when she became motivated. We saw that at school she actually cared about sticking out and questioning authority. The simple fact that she displayed herself going to school and being in school was a good indication that she displayed herself studying and struggling. It would appear as though the struggle against the radical government is what drives her to do things like study hard, and to follow the ideals her family asked her to fight for. This gave the reader and Marjane a greater appreciation of the freedoms that we take for granted.
Douglas Domingo
I agree with Douglas in that we do see that Marjane shows a greater appreciation of freedoms that we take for granted. In the second half of Persepolis one thing that really caught my attention was that when Marjane married Reza, her father knew it all along that things weren't going to work out. I think that was important in Marjane's life because it made her learn from her own actions.
ReplyDeleteFrom this point on in the story, I think Marjane finally knew who she really was and stood up for her own self. Although the movie showed her being all depressed and then waking up one morning and being motivated for change, I firmly believe she did not fully find her true self until after breaking things off with Reza and going on with the rest of her life.