In both Destiny Disrupted and Persepolis the history of Islam is told but from two different perspectives; a historical text and also from personal accounts. In Destiny Disrupted Tamim Ansary tell the history of Islam through the perspective of a male who grew up in as Muslim Afghanistan that belonged to the upper class. He states in the introduction of Destiny Disrupted “Growing up as a muslim afghanistan, I was exposed early on to a narrative of the world's history quite different from the one that schoolchildren in Europe and Americans routinely hear.”(Ansary xiii). In this statement he explains that at a young age he was exposed to history that wasn't told in school. What he meant by this is that ever since 9/11 history books have frayed away from the history of Middle East. He found that the people who write the history books found it best to resist the topic as a whole to avoid conflict.
In Persepolis, Marji the main character tell her story from the perspective of a Iranian female living in a upper/middle class family; she is also against communism and fundamentalism. Marji had very strong opinions on the revolution. She stated “For a revolution to succeed, the entire population must support it.” (Satrapi 17). At a young age Marji found …show more content…
Ansary wants to move away from the negative stereotypes of Islam. He doesn't want his religion to be associated with the extremists of it, which sadly most religions are represented from extremists ideas. He did state that “given my personal stake, I could concede that I might be overestimating the importance of islam.”(xvi). He does say that he might be exaggerating about Islam due to his positive experiences that he has with it. This does not make his opinions about Islam false
In Persepolis, Marji the main character tell her story from the perspective of a Iranian female living in a upper/middle class family; she is also against communism and fundamentalism. Marji had very strong opinions on the revolution. She stated “For a revolution to succeed, the entire population must support it.” (Satrapi 17). At a young age Marji found …show more content…
Ansary wants to move away from the negative stereotypes of Islam. He doesn't want his religion to be associated with the extremists of it, which sadly most religions are represented from extremists ideas. He did state that “given my personal stake, I could concede that I might be overestimating the importance of islam.”(xvi). He does say that he might be exaggerating about Islam due to his positive experiences that he has with it. This does not make his opinions about Islam false