The Islamic religion has always been split up in two different type of Muslims. One being called the Sunnis and the other being called the Shi’ites. The difference between the two goes far back to the death of the prophet Muhammad, and the issue of who would take leadership position for the Muslims.
The conflict is more then just hatred and is more of a political dominance. The war between the two has caused many issues to where some of the actions that were done to one another went too far.
The picture I have chosen is the cover of a time magazine, it illustrates the world wide recognition the Shi’ites and Sunnis were calling towards each other.
I can remember being really young watching CNN and not really understanding what was really going on, I never knew the division between the two was that serious. This effects the American Islamic population as well because I see this everyday in my community, to the point where certain areas are divided just like if I were to live in another Middle Eastern country.
This reminds me of Persepolis being that when I saw this I was as young as Marjane except I wasn’t living the life that she was. This is a direct depiction of her life in this novel but the political aspect is more of the topic rather than this particular issue, which I’m sure was an issue.
Adilla,
ReplyDeleteReally work to build that relationship between what you are saying about "age" and theories of "age" in your response. In America, childhood is portrayed as something that is rosey cheeked and giggling; there are conceptions of childhood and innocence. Do you think Marji gets to have that idea of childhood?
In conversation, you bring up some great theory application, but you haven't pushed into it yet to start reading how Persepolis is not simply Marji telling her story, but a cultural text for us as reader too. What does it tell us about "American" culture when we are "surprised" to see parts of Iran that are wealthy instead of the CNN images we are used to?
This problem takes place where i live.
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