Thursday, April 8, 2010
Material Life
I totally agree with Araceli. I think we need to focus on relationships with our friends and family more than we do. We live in a very material world where new clothes, electronics, and other toys arrive on store shelves everyday. Sadly, I feel we go to a school where material wealth is a big priority and I think we all sometimes fall victim and get caught up in the rat race of trying to have more of something than the person next to us. The United States is a very wealthy country and we all constantly trying to be bought by different companies advertising this and that. Marji, in the book Persepolis, grows up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. During this time, the people of Iran were not allowed to have a lot of material items from western culture like magazines, music, and alcohol. After reading the book, I wonder if Marji developed a better relationship with her parents or friends during this time? We need to focus more on getting to know people and developing better and long lasting friendships instead of worry about what we wear or watch on tv. I try to focus on my family, friends, and faith more than a new phone or tennis shirt because when I die I can't take any of that with me. When our time in this life is over, it all goes back in the box.
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Pride is a strong influence
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with Kyle when he says we live in an extremely materialistic world. Most of peoples lives are centered around worldly goods, not friends and family. When faced with the decision to leave Iran and all of the family’s possessions behind, Marji’s father declines. However, I strongly believe that Marji’s father is not acting solely off of materialistic greed. Marji’ s father also has pride. This is a big influence for Marji and her family to stay in Iran. As earlier bloggers have outlined, if the family moved, Marji’s mother and father would be humiliated with lowly jobs. Even if being disgraced seems much less important than risking the family’s life, Marji’s father has put too much of his life into Iran and all of the precious assets he has there. To simply pack up and move out like a coward would not be acceptable. As tough of a decision as it is, I believe Marji’s father made the right decision by staying firmly rooted in Iran without letting the fear of revolution spoil all of his hard work.