This week, we were asked to answer a question and this was: What led to Marjane's grandmother to yelling at her? Was the yelling justified? Why or why not? This scene occurred on page 291 in the Complete Persepolis book. Marjane's Grandma yells at Marjane because she tells her a story of how she got some random man arrested and finds this amusing. Marjane's Grandmother finds this offensive and insulting because her husband- who is Marjane's grandfather- spent a third of his life in prison defending the innocent, and Marjane's uncle Anoosh died in a prison. So, getting someone arrested for no apparent/real reason is insulting because of all the heartache that this family has gone through with the police. Therefore, Marjane's grandma's yelling was justified in my personal opinion, because Marjane had a lack of respect for her family's suffering. After Marjane's Grandma leaves Marjane feels really bad about how her grandma yelled at her and plans that this never happens again. One factor why I believe she took this so hard is because her grandma reminded her of all the pain and suffering her family went through mainly the death of her uncle on page 70.
No comments:
Post a Comment