Commentary On The Story I: An Iranian Girl

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, I was shocked by the first two sentences, but after I found that the ‘I’ is a girl the story began interesting. It was about Iranian girl, who was potentially gay, living in United States. The life style of Iranian is very different from American style. Drinking and having sex are banned in childhood. Of course, it is illegal in America too, but most people do not think them bad as Iranian does. Anyway, as a teenager in America, she was curious about sex a lot. She had the first kiss with a boy when she was 13. She didn’t like it but she felt proud of herself finally experience that. After two years, she had the first sex and she didn’t feel good this time too. She was just glad that her first sex was not hurt as she expected. The problem …show more content…
She thought her parents were going to yell at her, but they did not get mad. Actually, they knew all about her history because they were spying her blog and web history. The only thing that her parents wanted was her happiness. I was surprised by that part. I was waiting their yelling as she expected. They showed their love instead of anger. Moreover, they really cared about her future and cheered her up. I wonder if I am a gay and tell my parents about it then what are they going to tell me. I hope the same reaction as her parents, even I am not a gay. I know how Iranian people live and that is why I was super surprised by their reaction. If the background was America or Korea, I shouldn’t be that surprised. In her hometown, if her neighbor found out about her, then her family will be blamed a lot. However, what comes the first value was not a religion, it was the love. I personally do not like gay people. I wonder if I become a father one day, can I just give love to my child even he or she is a gay. Well, I cannot answer because I do not know. The love from parents are infinite and priceless. I hope she found her lover and had a good …show more content…
The story was about a Muslim woman fell in love with a Catholic man. The story began with her mind, how much she wanted to kiss her lover Rohan. When she said ‘kiss’ three times, I wondered why she was hesitating. She wanted to be a good Muslim woman. One day, she would marry a Muslim man and she did not want to have a shame about her future marriage. I could not be empathized that, but I could understand why she could not kiss him. Anyway, I like her diction. She described her emotion and her lover in a very excited voice tone, which dragged me into the story. I don’t know what happened, but I was cheering them to admit their love. When Rohan proposed his emotion to her I was happy to see their happy ending. However, she was very strict Muslim woman and she had to leave. They spent last day together and she knew it was the last chance they could share love. She was virgin and what she wanted was a just kiss. I was irritated to see her hesitating. However, I respected that she kept her promise to herself and the pride of Muslim. I wished that she could marry with a really nice Muslim guy as Rohan. Unfortunately, she was single at 30 years old and missed about Rohan. I do not know which is more important, love or religion. She could stay a good Muslim, but she lost chance to have a real love. Finding a true love is the most difficult thing I think, so I was super depressed by this

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