Persepolis was a part of the book that truly expressed my feeling perfectly in the time I used to live Beirut, Lebanon. Lebanon is a country located in the Middle East right next to Syria, Jordan, and Turkey.
In the year of 2010 a civil war erupted in Syria in which many Syrian citizens came as refugees to Lebanon. Every day when my father was staying late for work (page. 29) and having a meeting at night, I had a feeling in my stomach that told me he was going to come back bruised or robbed or hurt in any other way. With all those thoughts going through my head sometimes I couldn't even sleep with the thought he might get hurt, so I waited every day (even on school days) to see him come back home. As the same with my mother we always worried about my father but he would always joke about why we were worried about him and didn't even think it was dangerous to stay out very late (page. 30), even knowing it was a serious problem that he was always coming when night fell. Sometimes when my father and mother were talking about some political issues going on in Lebanon, I never knew what they were talking about so I just minded my own business just like Marjane did (page. 32).
The fact that the chapter has so much to do with my life, I sometimes wondered if the story was based on me. The exact situations and feelings occurred to me as if Marjane was a part of me (it felt like I was reading a story on a person that had a family just like I did) and knew everything that happened during my lifetime.
In the year of 2010 a civil war erupted in Syria in which many Syrian citizens came as refugees to Lebanon. Every day when my father was staying late for work (page. 29) and having a meeting at night, I had a feeling in my stomach that told me he was going to come back bruised or robbed or hurt in any other way. With all those thoughts going through my head sometimes I couldn't even sleep with the thought he might get hurt, so I waited every day (even on school days) to see him come back home. As the same with my mother we always worried about my father but he would always joke about why we were worried about him and didn't even think it was dangerous to stay out very late (page. 30), even knowing it was a serious problem that he was always coming when night fell. Sometimes when my father and mother were talking about some political issues going on in Lebanon, I never knew what they were talking about so I just minded my own business just like Marjane did (page. 32).
The fact that the chapter has so much to do with my life, I sometimes wondered if the story was based on me. The exact situations and feelings occurred to me as if Marjane was a part of me (it felt like I was reading a story on a person that had a family just like I did) and knew everything that happened during my lifetime.
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