First off, I do not know much about the middle east right now as it is, and to learn about Iran in the 1980's was a very interesting reading for me. I also like how it is not from a historic perspective but rather a personal one. Even though the reading talks about how a child's perspective is simple, and how not only one perspective can fully represent trauma. I do not know the actual feelings one would have when going through such trauma and problems as a young girl did while living in Iran, and I did not read the story to understand her true feeling. I did not get many of the arguments made in this story.
The best part about the reading;s was the pictures, although they are really simple, I think the stories could be better understood while looking at the pictures. My favorite picture was the one where all the girls are looking straight ahead wearing veils. The picture then names all the girls, even though they all look identical, wearing the veil with black hair, white face and the really simple drawing of a mouth and eyes. I think that was the purpose though. Many of the pictures capture the important parts in her life, when she was a child. Today, I doubt she is happy about remembering her first cigarette, but when she was a child, she valued that day. I do not think it was actual the day she matured into a adult. But the picture shows how important this time in her life was, as a young child.
Furthermore, this short story gives the reader a little insight on the oppression of women. I wonder what the writer thinks of oppression in the world today, especially in places like China, and Latin America.
Was this originally written in English?
2 comments:
I completely agree with Sean, I really had/have no knowledge of what is or what has already happened in Iraq and Iran. With all of the lies in politics and the things you can not see first hand I don’t know what to believe. Before the movie we watched in class the other day I never knew that back in the 80’s Iraq and Iran went to war. That was something new to me as well. What I liked most was that we both agreed that the pictures were the best part. After seeing the movie, I liked the drawings even more, and it helped answer one of my questions. We both agree that the black and white added to the struggles and injustices the people were going through and that even though they were simple line drawings they had impacting meanings because they stood for something.
I am glad someone else does not really believe what they say or hear about Iran and Iraq. I wonder if this girls view of everything is enough to give me knowledge about the subject so I do not sound ignorant.
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