2ND BLOG FOR PERSEPOLIS

THE THINGS THAT MADE THE PEOPLE IN IRAN ENJOY LIFE THE MOST WAS WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENED IT WAS GOOD TO KNOW THAT SOMEONE THAT THE PERSON WAS VERY CLOSE TO WAS STILL ALIVE THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT MADE THEM ENJOY LIFE. ANOTHER THING THAT MADE THEM ENJOY LIFE WAS LIKE WHEN THEY WERE GOING AGAINST THE RULES AND THEY THREW PARTIES. THEY THREW PARTIES ON SPECIAL DAYS AND THEY THREW A PARTY ONCE WHEN A BABY WAS BORN. I THINK FROM MY OPINION IT WOULD BE KIND OF HARD TO HAVE FUN BECAUSE EVERYTIME YOU LOOK UP YOU WERE BEING HARRASSED BY THE POLICE. FOR INSTANCE WHEN THEY HAD LEFT THE PARTY AND THE POLICE STOPPED THEM AND HE SMELLED LIQUOR ON HIS BREATH AND KNEW IT WAS FORBIDDEN SO HE WAS GONNA DO SOMETHING BAD TO MARJI'S FATHER. I DONT SEE HOW THEY MADE IT HAVING FUN. THE THINGS THAT MADE ME LAUGH THROUGHOUT THE STORY WAS AT THE END WHEN EVERYONE WAS KIND OF USE TO THE WAR AND THE KIDS WERE STARTING TO TRY TO BE HIP. ANOTHER THING THAT MADE ME LAUGH WAS WHEN MARJI HIT HER TEACHER I THINK HER TEACHER DESERVED IT FOR TRYING TO TAKE HER JEWELRY. WHEN THE KIDS WERE TRYING TO BE HIP THEY BOUGHT CERTAIN KINDS OF CLOTHES ALTHOUGH THEY KNEW THEY WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO WEAR THEM. THE THING THAT MARJI DID WAS WHEN HER PARENTS WENT OUT OF TOWN SHE HAD THEM BRING HER BACK ALL THE THINGS THAT WERE HIP. MARJI'S PARENTS BROUGHT HER BACK A JACKET,BUTTON, SHOES, AND A POSTER AND THAT IS HOW SHE STAYED HIP AND SHE ALSO WORE JEWELRY. WHEN MARJI STARTED TO SMOKE CIAGARETTES SHE DIDNT SAY THAT SHE WAS DOING IT TO BE HIP BUT I THINK IT WAS A FORM OF IT BECAUSE SHE SAID THAT SHE WAS GROWN. IF I WAS A CHILD LIVING IN THAT ENVIRONMENT I DONT THINK THAT I COULD HAVE LASTED AND TRYED TO BE HIP AT ALL BECAUSE YOU CANT DO ANYTHING WITHOUT PEOPLE ON YOUR BACK AND THREATNING TO ARREST YOU. I THINK I WOULD OF PROBABALY JUST STAYED IN THE HOUSE AND IF I WAS MARJI'S FRIEND WHEN SHE GAVE AWAY HER STUFF I WOULD OF EXCEPTED THAT AND THAT WOULD OF PROBABLY BEEN THE ONLY HIP THING I HAD. MARJI IS A NORMAL KID BECAUSE SHE TRIES TO LIVE A NORMAL LIFE BUT SHE CANT BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT LIVING NORMAL WITH THERE BEING A WAR. SHE IS NORMAL BECAUSE SHE TRYS TO FIGHT FOR HER RIGHTS. SHE GETS UPSET WITH HER PARENTS, SHE GOES AGAINST THEE RULES, SHE LIES, SHE SKIPS SCHOOL, SHE CRIES, SHE EVEN HAS SOME HIP CLOTHES WHICH IM MY CASE I WOULD CALL HER NORMAL BECAUSE THAT IS THE KIND OF THINGS THAT NORMAL KIDS DO ALTHOUGH SHE'S NOT LIVING THE NORMAL LIFE. MARJI'S FAMILY TO ME SEEMS TO BE CALM BUT THEY JUST WANT TO BE SAFE. THEY SEEM TO ONLY WANT THE BEST FOR THEIR DAUGHTER, THEY STILL HAVE HER IN SCHOOL ITS ONLY CERTAIN THINGS THAT SHE CAN GET AWAY WITH LIKE WHEN SHE IS DISRESPECTFUL THEY DO DISIPLINE HER. LIKE THEY LET HER GO SHOPPING BY HERSELF AND STUFF THEY WANT HER TO TRY AND HAVE A HAPPY NORMAL LIFE AND THAT IS KIND OF THE REASON WHY THEY SENT HER AWAY. IM NOT SURE WHERE THEY GET THERE STRENGTH FROM I WANT TO SAY THEIR PAST. BUT EITHER WAY IT GOES THEY ARE A STRONG FAMILY.