Carmelos: response 9

Eli response :

Where i am in the story right now, Marjane was just forced to leave her family back in Iran to go to Austria. She of course did not want to leave her family behind but her parents thought it would be best and she would get the education she deserved. Before upon leaving she caught that her parents were sad and crying, which made Marjane think maybe they thought they were giving their last good-byes. If Marjane found out her parents were taken as prisoners of war i think she would be sad and scared because as of now they are the only ones that understand her. Why would she be sad, she would be sad because she is already in a different country than her and just knowing that she cant be with her parents is hard for her and on top of that while being in Iran she heard what happens to prisoners that are non-fundamentalist like her parents. At the age of twelve her parents friends were released from prison, they talked about how they were tortured and how one of their friends who did not want to talk got chopped up into pieces, her uncle Anoosh was also sent to prison as a Russian spy, the next day he was executed. All of these scenarios plus more would be going through her mind if she found out her parents were taken to prison and i think she would then want to fly back to Iran and save them. Personally if my parents were taken as prisoners of war i don't know how i would react, i would probably have so many emotions going through my mind, sadness, scared, angry. I cant really tell because its not a situation i have been through and i don't plan on being in that situation, but i know i would try my hardest to get them out, even if that means going to war to save them.

Chris response:

In Persepolis the changes Marjane is going through, i believe, are for the good because she is understanding the world around her better and at a faster rate than anyone else at her age. The major and biggest change she is going through is possible when she leaves her family to go to Austria, like many of us right now she is in a new place surrounded by different people. this change is showing her that not everyone is aware of what is going on in Iran and that many people take things for advantage and also have a materialistic mind set. I think the major change that has happened to me is when i learned how to stop caring about what people think about me. This is a good but also a bad change, it is good because i dont feel like i have to impress someone any more and can do whatever i feel is right, but it is also bad because i lose a lot of friends because of how i treat them, i can sometimes be really harsh and hurt peoples feelings and with this mind of not caring i dont realize until its too late that i hurt them.