The second half of Persopolis was most interesting because you got to see the complete change of Marji's character. After having a hectic and unstable childhood during revolutionary times in Iran she traveled to Europe were she was still struggling to find her identity. Marji was without parents and without a stable role model to guide her through her growth to womenhood. She had to rely on a series of unstable relationships with friends and boyfriends to support her growth.
You can see that a piece of her life was missing and she was in a very negative point in her life, the only way to account for that was to go back and interact with her family and see again the place where she came from. Upon her return to Iran her family accepted her with open hands and helped her climb back up to a mind set that was vital for her to start adulthood. The tragic part of the story is, that although she gained the moral support she needed back home there was nothing more for her in a country to oppressed. The story ends with a new beggining, she goes on her way back to the west to start a new life for herself.
-Michal Tokarski
No comments:
Post a Comment