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.
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