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The Veil

Respond to text personally

In this chapter , The Veil I connected a lot to the girls in the school that had to wear the veil. None of these girls actually liked wearing the veil , and they didn't feel it had a purpose and they didn't understand what the meaning it had.Even tough I never had to wear a veil I do connect to this from when I was a little girl and my mother would always dress me up. She would make me wear long uncomfortable fancy dresses and itchy sweaters!I obviously didn't like none of this and I didn't feel it made me look better or protected me from the cold! I simply hated them!Like the other girls in Iran , I had to was forced to wear things that I didn't like and that I found  unnecessary   , just like they with the veils.

Persepolis

Connect to a film

This chapter reminded me of the movie  Dear John. A movie in which a guy had a very dangerous job and his friends and family were always worried about him when he was working.Just like Martyr's father that took pictures of the demonstration which was strictly forbidden , John, also had a risky and dangerous job , he worked in the U.S.A army. He often had to travel to dangerous places and fight in war! Many of his colleagues died daily in war and most of them were always hurt!John had a girlfriend who he wrote letter to weekly , sometimes he was in war in places like Iran Afaganihstan and other places far far away from the U.S.A. Many times he was so far away from home that the letter took a lot of time getting delivered and sometimes they would even get lost and never arrive. This made Johns girlfriend worried sick! Sometimes she would even start wondering if he was ok , if he had been shot in war or something. I connect it to Marji mom being also extremely worried when her husband didn't arrive and also the little girl wondering if her dad was dead.

The Sheep

Respond to text personally

I connected this chapter a lot to myself! When things start getting very bad in this chapter all of Marji's friends start leaving and moving to the United Staes in search of a better and safer life. I connect to this chapter a lot because when I was 5 years old , Colombia wasn't exactly the safest place , a lot of people were being kidnapped and killed there was a lot of mafia going on and things were getting worse and worse! People couldn't even go out safely to the streets! My parents decided that the best thing for my family to do was move to the united States until things got better in Colombia! While I was their me and my brothers were very sad , we missed our friends! Marji's friends in this chapter start moving to the united states in my case I was the one that moved! But I also missed my friends a lot! Just like in the book I moved to the U.S.A hoping for a better and safer life!

The Passport

Ask questions

 

This was a very sad chapter! Uncle Tather talked about how he missed his son and he wishes that he had left with him. This makes me wonder if it's a hint of something that's going to happen later on in the book that has to do with Marji , maybe she and her parents are going to have to go through something like that and are going to regret something later on.Also Uncle Tather later on has a third heart attack and just as they were about to save him he dies. And last they find , arrest and execute the communist that was hiding. All these events make me wonder , are things going to keep on getting worse and worse? Are they going to keep on executing people?When will somebody do something that helps stop all this!?

The Dowry

Answer previous questions

In this chapter my previous question were answered. Things didn't get better ,things got even worse the Iraquis had misses and launched them to Iran , one of them on the building next to Marji's.her neighbor friend dies and things didn't improve.she became a rebel! Also my question about Uncle Tather talking about when his son left and him regretting not leaving with him did have something to do with Marji's future! Later on Marji's parents decide to sed Marji to Austria for a better like but they don't go with her! They say that they will join her in 6 months but their are a lot of hints that it was a lie and they weren't. Just as Marji was leaving , she turned around to see her parents go from the airport and just as she did this she regretted it. This proves that my prediction about uncle Tather talking so much about his son did have something to do with Marji's future and her leaving and then regression something.at the end of the book they show Marji's dad carrying her mom, I didn't quiet understand that picture , was she dead!?! Or just very sad!? I really want to know!

My Opinion on the Articles.

After reading these articles I realized that their are a lot of places in the world where people cant express their thoughts without taking the risk of being severely hurt.This girl who is only 14 years old , living in a hard condition tried sharing her opinion on her blog about her disagreements as well as her agreements. Im not really sure if this girl knew the risk she was taking when she decided to start her blog , or if she knew but thought that it was more important to share her opinion and let the world know what she thought.It really impacted me how serious someone had to be about their beliefs and religion to have been capable to attempt murder to a 14 year old girl only because of her disagreements.When I read the second article about this girl I realized that maybe she did no the danger she was living in and the risks she was taking when she talks about how when she herd a man behind her say "Im going to kill you!"This shows that the girl was feeling fear in the inside and maybe even being threatened , but she had enough courage and valency to keep on sharing her opinion with the world and standing up for her self.What most impacted me from the entire article was the part about Courage , which explains how Malala Yousafzai was only 11 years old when she started writing her diary. I was very shocked by how a girl this young living under these circumstances could be so brave and so conscious of what was going on.It makes me think of how when I was 11 years old , I was plying with barbies and eating candy , while other people around the world are having to see such things in their daily lifes at the same time I am doing this! I find it sad that while Malala was writing undercover to the BBc of how scared she was and sharing her opinion about all these terrible things I at home though that the world was perfect!These articles make you realize that people all around the worlds have to face many different things and that sometimes we are so involved on making ourselves happy that we don't realize what others are having to go through.