growing pains

Loyce 2022-04-23 07:02:18

Fortunately, children born in peacetime did not experience war.
Precocious children always have to pay the price of losing their ignorant and joyful childhood.
Children who grow up in love and tolerance, the pursuit of freedom.
In a country that seems to be more free, the courage to pursue freedom has been lost.
Those who cannot face the past are cowardly after all.
States, governments, political parties, and democracies are all too complicated.
If Allah is not to be trusted, what can be trusted?
Grandma said: child, you have to be the same as your outside,
but how should you face the good and evil in your heart?
How do you deal with the ups and downs outside?
Without faith, without dreams,
without communication and understanding ,
without love ,
how can I let myself live?

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Extended Reading
  • Laurie 2022-03-25 09:01:09

    Marjane's grandma is undoubtedly the soul of the show, exuding the fragrance of jasmine in the carbon black war, dispelling confusion and ignorance.

  • Constance 2022-03-27 09:01:08

    Identity, home country nostalgia, and the pursuit of freedom are also straightforward. Only if the family has money can they go abroad to receive a good education and pursue freedom at any time. The poor can only be brainwashed and used as cannon fodder at home.

Persepolis quotes

  • Marjane as a teenager: You say that our scarfs and trousers are indecent and that we put on make up, etc. As an art student, I'm often in the studio. I need to move freely in order to draw. A longer scarf will hinder me. As for our trousers, you say they're too wide even though they hide our shape. Since these trousers are in fashion right now, I ask, is religion defending our physical integrity or is it simply opposed to fashion? You criticise us, yet our brothers all have different hair and clothes. Sometimes they wear clothing so tight, we can see their underwear. Why is it that me, as a woman, should their tight clothes have no effect on me, while they should be aroused by a shorter scarf?

  • Marjane's grandmother: So you're French, now?

    Marjane as a teenager: Nana, stop it.

    Marjane's grandmother: No no, I'm just asking, is all. I didn't know you were French.

    Marjane as a teenager: Do you think it's easy being Iranian here? The moment I say where I'm from, they look at me like I'm a savage. They think we're all bloodthirsty, violent, loud fanatics.

    Marjane's grandmother: Do you think that's any reason to deny your roots? Do you remember what I told you? Be true to yourself.