Response to Malala's two Articles

After reading this two articles I was speechless. First because of the fact that people are so cruel and so ambitious in order to shoot a fourteen year old child. Second because of her immense bravery and courage she had to speak out against the Taliban's laws. 

I just couldn't believe how courageous she was to post her feelings in a blog and just the fact that she gave a voice to many people in that country. Those are the qualities of an effective and capable leader. What I believe is that you don't question authority unless you have too. In this case she had to speak up because the laws enforced by the Talibans were simply to brutal and harsh against the people. I was also very impressed when I read she was nominated for various peace related awards. For someone that age is very hard to gain such honours recognised worldwide. But she definitely earned them. Her desire to  help and promote prosperity and change is amazing. I believe she can be placed in a category with women that have impacted the world such as Aung San Suu Kyi the women that wanted democracy in Burma, Rosa Parks the famous women that refused to give her seat to a white man, Margaret Thatcher the first female prime minister in Britain's history, etc. 

To conclude, I believe that everyone has to speak up for what they believe, fight for it, and defend it no matter what the cost is. No one can tell you that what you believe is wrong. I also believe that an effective leader is that person that has the courage to speak up and defend it ideas, fight for them, and stay true to them. 

The Dowry Blog Response

After reading page 144 of the chapter when Marji tells the teacher she was saying wrong information because according to the teacher there was no political prisoners but her uncle was imprisoned and other people too it made me remember of a similar experience I had with the teacher of social studies. He told something that was very wrong and I corrected him. He eventually found out I was right not like the Marji's teacher. This event also reminds me of myself and the other teenagers. We are rebellious and think we are always right and the rest of the people wrong. Just teenage years.....

The Passport

After reading this chapter and more specifically page 121 when the aunt of Marji tell her that his uncle needs an open heart surgery and they were not equipted there in Iran it made remember about my grandfather's cancer. When he was diagnosed the doctors told my family he had to be operated of the kidney, so my uncle had to call a specialized doctor to do the surgery because there was no one in the city that was specialized in those types of complicated surgeries. Also in this page when Marji's aunt told her that he had to leave to have the surgery but he had to get a passport from the government to leave the country I remembered of the movie called The Lady which is based on the real life of the leader Aung San Suu Kyi who wanted to restore democracy in Burma. Since she was the enemy of the dictator of that country she was not allowed to leave Burma and her family which was from Great Britain had to have a special passport in order to travel there that was also given by the government.

The Sheep Response

After reading this chapter I had three connections. On page 63 when one Marji's friends says he is living to the United States it made me remember the time I had to say goodbye to my best friend that was leaving to London. It was very sad and I really felt dreadful so I understand why she said it was the end of the world because she was leaving. This event also made me reacall a book I read about the story of Anne Frank. During the book she said that her friends were leaving to Switzerland due to the second World War that broke out in Europe. Also because this country was neutral and it was a place Jewish like Anne and her friends where accepted. Like Marji, Anne Frank stayed in her country and didn't leave. On page 66 when the revolutionists killed Siamak I remembered when watching the film The Patriot when the English coronel killed the child of the main character because he wasn't loyal to the king, he was against his authority. This happens very frequently during war. This events of mass murders of innocent are to scare people and make them understand who is in power. 

Persepolis Blog Response

After reading the chapter called Persepolis and more specifically page 28 where the author explains how the Shah spent all his money on stupid festivities I remebered about a film based on the various emperors of Rome. To be more presice it made me remember about the emperor Nero which rulled Rome from 54 B.C. to 68 B.C., and was the last emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. He was very similar to the Shah because he spent all Rome's money in very expensive building projects for himself and bankrupted the empire. Because he was crazy he did all kinds of insane things such as killing his wife and marrying a man. At the end he killed himself. On page 32 when the main character didn't undestrand why her parents were laughing about death and cancer she after a while laughed too just to try to fit in, made me remember about me. I am like that too. One day some of my friends made a joke and they all laughed, but I didn't understood it and after a while a laughed and they looked at me very awkardly. I felt kind of dum. Just my crazy self.

The Veil Response

After reading the first page of The Veil when Marjane said that the girls at school did not like to wear the veil, I really understood them. I would really be angry and confused if all of a sudden I would have to wear mandatory a veil for school. Though I never been forced to wear such thing, I still have been forced to wear things I really didn't like. In the marriage of my cousin I was forced to wear a dress because I had to be ring bear. On page 4 when the narrator says that woman and men were sepparated  into different schools it reminded me of the childhood of my mother. When she was young she had to go to a school that was only for girls. She felt in heaven when she entered college because she could finally share moments with men. On page 6 when the main character said she wanted to become a prophet I remembered my childhood years. I wanted to become a hero like Batman and sneak out of my house at night and fight thiefs, and wrongdoers. I also wanted to become a scientist and find cures for all the diseases in the world that didn't have an actual cure. Just chilhood.....