George Response:
In the book "Persepolis" Marjane is surrounded by hate and war which is fogging up her view of the "clouds". She tries to have hope of a free future, where woman don't have to wear veils and and men don't have to have beards, but in the mist of it all she has death around her and the only one that still has a little hope is her uncle Anoosh, on pages 65 to 69 there are multiple deaths of people her family knew, and multiple people going to United States and Russia, former U.S.S.R. and through all of this her uncle Anoosh kept saying "Everything will be alright." He adored Marjane and tried to keep hope for her and her family but one day in the story her uncle went on a "trip" which was code for, he went to prison. Marjane was very upset and was scared that he would be the next to die. Her uncle was allowed one visit and she was that one visit. Even in prison her uncle had hope and told her on page 69 " ..But you'll see! One day the Proletariat will rule!". The next day he was executed. Her only influence of hope was taken from her and the "clouds" were covered again but this time by the government, which told her she was not able to go to the United States or go to college.
I can honestly say my "clouds" are not being blocked by anything right now, but they were when i was in high school. During high school you can metaphorically say i never looked out the window, i never saw my clouds at all. Not because someone or something was blocking my view but because i wasn't sure what clouds i wanted to look at. I had no dream no goal. It wasn't until the end of my senior year that looked at those "clouds" and saw my the one "cloud" that was always there, audio. From there on I had nothing get in the way of my "clouds" because I as an individual was set to reach the goal I put for myself.
Michelle Response:
I believe Marjane is hiding her desire to be a prophet from her parents because she was already humiliated in front of her class that she didn't want to be laughed at by her own parents not knowing that they were okay with her goal. They knew she was special and different, and they were happy that she had bigger goal than just doctor, but when she told them she wanted to be a doctor they were okay with that too.
I don't know about anyone else, but the way i see it, if i couldnt tell someone something, whether it be a compliment or an insult or even about my goals then it shouldn't be said. I went to school where the teacher kept saying, "If your not sure if it's class appropriate then nine out of ten times it's not, so don't say it." I took that and use it everyday in life, if I feel like what I'm about to say is not suitable for the time and place than i would not say it. So in the end I keep secrets from people all the time, secrets that are not meant to be shared in different times and places.
That response was not only deep i really identified with it. At first i also thought that the charecter was looking out the window at clouds. And i know he was but its just that after thinking about it for so long im realizing that those clouds that he was looking at or looking for represented so much more. and i seen ME inside of him and i see myself inside of your post as well. I guess its like they say were all the same at the core. But from now on every time i just look at the clouds im asking my self.. how do i feel right now? and what am i truley searching for?
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