Sunday, May 9, 2010
Reason for disliking Persepolis
When Kate asked most of us that answered we didn't like Persepolis as much as Maus, most of us just kinda shrugged it off and said we don't really know. Well, I was one of those people at first, and I really couldn't put it to words why I didn't like Persepolis. Well, I think I finally can. My main reason why I didn't like Persepolis so much was because I saw Marjane as a very selfish little girl. Now, before everyone gets angry with me for saying this, I do realize that she went through a big string of events that would probably scare every one of us for the rest of our lives. My dislike for Persepolis stemmed from Marjane's selfish acts when she returned from Austria. I know that she just spent the previous three months on the streets, but for years her parents and freinds were being bombed non stop in Iran while facing a regime of dictators. Her attitude that everyone should be concerned with her and her health when she returned really bothered me, especially after hearing about what her family went through. Then this is where she decided she didn't want to live and went through that dark part of the story where she tried to kill herself. That is just my opinion, what does everyone else think?
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I don't really agree with why you don't like Persepolis, because she did not want to talk to anyone about what happened to her in Austria. She did not want any of the attention from all of her family and friends that came to visit, she just wanted them all to leave her alone so she can blend back in to life there.
ReplyDeleteThe one thing that did annoy me was when she got back from Austria she was kind of condescending to her friends. She basically hates on them for looking like tv heroines, when she herself at one time was caught up in the same stuff. Although at the end of the page she kind of recants by saying she later understood this was her friends form of resistance, I feel at times she was a bit egotistical in the book. I think that may have been what turned me off a bit.
ReplyDeleteWhen she returns I think she feels as if she is above others since she didn't conform to what the other girls did. I think that she is very conceited about this and wonder if she would have been the same had she stayed in Iran. Perhaps she would have been broken down to the point the other girls were at and act just like them? As I said in class, I think she wrote this book for herself to boast about her not conforming and I think this is an example of how she clearly made this known to all audiences.
ReplyDeleteI actually really liked the story. I thought it was very well done. I can see why you wouldn't like some parts of the story because the way she lived her life and her attitude may have bothered you. But I try to look beyond that. It's her life story; she can't really change the way she lived or what she did. I thought her life was really interesting.
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