We
here in America, really don't know much of what's going on in the world. So it
seems. I am curious if the caste system was adopted from the European
influence. There was much death in this section. I can not comprehend the
desire for empirical rule. Having such power is beyond my scope. It seemed as
if the shah did what ever he could to keep his power. Even at the cost of many
of his citizens’ lives. The social class issue, I really don’t know how this
could have started. Perhaps the rich enjoyed being where they were, didn’t feel
like sharing, and in order to keep that wealth enslaved a and grouped a people.
There would have to be a very poor (slave) class that works for the bare
minimum. This is a repeating pattern seen all throughout the world for ages.
The rich get richer, and stay rich with minimal work given. I believe they are
seeking lasting happiness. Though usually having poor life conditions, the
lowest class in most cultures has many life-loving, hopeful, appreciative, and
counter-intuitively: satisfied people.
I got into it for this reading. I really
like that Satrapi talks with God. I wonder how that experience was for her. I
wouldn’t call myself a religious person, although I do have all an important
love of God. For me God is in everything, and is everything. So loving him
covers it all.
It is disappointing to know that a person
can not go through with their dreams, are not allotted the freedom to do what
they are most passionate about because of socially constructed boundaries and
religious expectations. Women can not simply do what ever they love most. The
caste system also really limits people. It makes me appreciate every right I
have here in the west.
At the time of the middle-eastern
revolution there were many protesters on the streets risking their lives for
change, at the same time many other places in the world were also revolting,
though some more productive then others. I always loved Gandi’s approach:
radical non-violence. The means of which Iranians protested were often quite
harsh, desperate. The people were desperate for change.
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