In this video, we saw how Daniel went through a very painful experience that no innocent human being should ever go through. Though his experience of torture in Iran took place in the 1990's, this does not mean that the idea of torturing prisoners does not exist anymore. During January of 2013, an American pastor named Saeed Abedini was imprisoned in his native Iran because of his religious views that differed from the Iranian religion (Shi'a Islam). As soon as he was put in a cell, the guards burned his limbs and forced him to sit in a cell filled with water for a long period of time, similar to Marjane Satrapi's grandfather. Similar to Daniel's torture experience, Abedini described the torture he went through as a challenge to break your mental barrier; which if broken, would cause you to have a desire to want to die in order to stop suffering from the pain of knowing that you can be killed for expressing your opinion/view on a specific topic. Analyzing both Daniel and the American pastor's experience of torture, I see the theme of "life" or "rebirth" in Persepolis. After the release of their imprisonment, Daniel and Abedini put their faith into God, who would guide and give them a new beautiful life. In Persepolis, 3,000 prisoner's were released and if fortunate, were able to reunite with their families. Though Satrapi doesn't say whether or not these prisoners fled from their homeland, we can expect that some possible came to America to live a new life filled with many opportunities.
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Class Presentation
Torture of Prisoners in Iran
In this video, we saw how Daniel went through a very painful experience that no innocent human being should ever go through. Though his experience of torture in Iran took place in the 1990's, this does not mean that the idea of torturing prisoners does not exist anymore. During January of 2013, an American pastor named Saeed Abedini was imprisoned in his native Iran because of his religious views that differed from the Iranian religion (Shi'a Islam). As soon as he was put in a cell, the guards burned his limbs and forced him to sit in a cell filled with water for a long period of time, similar to Marjane Satrapi's grandfather. Similar to Daniel's torture experience, Abedini described the torture he went through as a challenge to break your mental barrier; which if broken, would cause you to have a desire to want to die in order to stop suffering from the pain of knowing that you can be killed for expressing your opinion/view on a specific topic. Analyzing both Daniel and the American pastor's experience of torture, I see the theme of "life" or "rebirth" in Persepolis. After the release of their imprisonment, Daniel and Abedini put their faith into God, who would guide and give them a new beautiful life. In Persepolis, 3,000 prisoner's were released and if fortunate, were able to reunite with their families. Though Satrapi doesn't say whether or not these prisoners fled from their homeland, we can expect that some possible came to America to live a new life filled with many opportunities.
In this video, we saw how Daniel went through a very painful experience that no innocent human being should ever go through. Though his experience of torture in Iran took place in the 1990's, this does not mean that the idea of torturing prisoners does not exist anymore. During January of 2013, an American pastor named Saeed Abedini was imprisoned in his native Iran because of his religious views that differed from the Iranian religion (Shi'a Islam). As soon as he was put in a cell, the guards burned his limbs and forced him to sit in a cell filled with water for a long period of time, similar to Marjane Satrapi's grandfather. Similar to Daniel's torture experience, Abedini described the torture he went through as a challenge to break your mental barrier; which if broken, would cause you to have a desire to want to die in order to stop suffering from the pain of knowing that you can be killed for expressing your opinion/view on a specific topic. Analyzing both Daniel and the American pastor's experience of torture, I see the theme of "life" or "rebirth" in Persepolis. After the release of their imprisonment, Daniel and Abedini put their faith into God, who would guide and give them a new beautiful life. In Persepolis, 3,000 prisoner's were released and if fortunate, were able to reunite with their families. Though Satrapi doesn't say whether or not these prisoners fled from their homeland, we can expect that some possible came to America to live a new life filled with many opportunities.
Thursday, October 24, 2013
My thoughts so far
My thoughts on Persepolis so far is quite interesting. I find it amazing that her mindset as a child was to help change the world by becoming a prophet, rather than think of what other children like her were thinking. I suppose the environment she was in is the reason why she has a different perspective on things compared to the average American child. Personally as a 6 year-old, I was looking forward to play with my friends during recess, rather than become a "prophet" with great responsibilities. Another similar event I can relate to in Persepolis so far was the idea of wearing a veil. Although I never wore a veil in my life, my school required students to wear a uniform to ensure student safety and to make it easier to distinguish students our school from students from different schools. Any students found not wearing uniform would be sent home immediately. Like the uniform requirement, a veil has its own set of punishments. Not only was it worn to not allow men to see the "shininess". Anyone found not wearing the veil would be punished and criticized. Ivan the Terrible - All shall wear the veil or they will be punished by my hand! How dare they speak up against me? They must listen and do as Ivan says, or they will eat dirt and be fed to the dogs. People are nothing more than objects that I will use in order to rule the world.
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