Tuesday, November 24, 2015
The complete Persepolis #1
The theme of religion is evident in "The Complete Persepolis" more specifically, Marjane's idea of God. One instance of this is when Marjane wishes to spend more time with her mother and father, but because they are so tired from the demonstrations, they are not willing to play monopoly with her. Marjane, when denied her request of playing monopoly, replied to her father by saying "As for me, I love the king, he was chosen by God." (page 19) Marjane didn't understand why her parents went to these demonstrations against the king, because she was taught in school that the king was chosen for a reason by an all mighty being, someone that Marjane really values. When her father sits her down and explains to her that God had no say in who the ruler was, (despite what her school book tells her) she still believes that, “Maybe God helped them nevertheless.” This shows how Marjane is faithful to her religion, but she believes her father when he tells her the story of how the king came to be in power, even mentioning her grandfather was a prince. Soon after, one evening when Marjane’s father came home from a demonstration, he told her about the people he met there. Marjane began to really question the people in power of her country. She says on page 32, “Something escaped me. Cadaver, cancer, death, murderer, laughter? I realized then that I didn’t understand anything. I read all the books I could.” From then on, she read more than she ever had in her life all about her country. From this we can tell Marjane has a thirst for knowledge and that she is interested in politics, doing what is right, and that maybe God really didn’t have a choice in who would lead her people.
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I, too, noticed Marjane's loyal obsessiveness with religion and God and all of God's reasonings, even when it came to the choosing of an evil ruler. She is clearly torn between faith and family and that remains evident. However, as you mentioned, when her father brings up her grandfather, Marjane shows conflict in her beliefs. Family is clearly an important value for her as well. Another thing that makes me believe that is when her uncle was executed, she shunned God for good, cutting him out of her life as if she couldn't believe he'd let something like this happen. These two values of faith and family show importance and cause conflict constantly in The Complete Persepolis.
ReplyDeleteI agree when you say Marjane has interest in politics and God. Throughout the beginning of the book she is constantly trying to figure out things about politics of her country. Also she speaks to God almost every night. Marjane has a very strong interest in God and politics.
DeleteI agree with Joey when he says Marjane has a very strong interest in god and politics. I say that because she is always trying to figure out politics of her country by reading books about it, and in the beginning of the book God is a big thing to her and you know that because she talks to him ,most of the nights.
DeleteI think that god played a big role in Marjane's life. She used to talk to him every night and whenever she needed someone to talk to. But once her uncle is executed her belief in god diminishes. She says that she never wants to see god again. So i also agree with Jocelyn's comment when she says that she completely shuns god from her life.
ReplyDeleteGod was obviously a big part of Marjane's life. She may not want to talk to him all the time, but most of the time she always has something to share with him. After her uncles death, I think she blames god for what happened, even if god wasn't held responsible.
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