Theme Of Friendship In Mahbod Seraji's Rooftops Of Tehran

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Friends and family are the true foundation of happiness. In the summer of the middle east to keep cool people sleep on the Rooftops, This is an important detail because that is Pashas safe place that where he goes to think. Pasha in the story Rooftops of Tehran shows how love, family and friendship are all important things to value in life. In the novel Rooftops of Tehran by Mahbod Seraji a seventeen year old boy named Pasha gets to know the love of his life, Zari, has many great adventures with his best friend and learns many new things from his family.
A loving relationship not perseveres in those feel-good moments but also pick up support and deeper through life’s difficulties. “The plans to make her wonder if you love her. Nothing makes
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She’ll do anything to confirm it now, you 'll see. She’ll go out of her way to find out if you really do.” (Serji 65) This quote is key because it’s the start of when Zari starts thinking of Pasha in a more romantic way. When you tell someone they cannot know something of course they are going to want to find out. Using this strategy he made Zari more attracted to him and clued her in that he might like her. Pasha has been in love with Zari practically since the first day he laid eyes on her. She is starting to feel the same way in return. “ Now you see why you have to leave. I can 't be with you, and I can 't go back.” (Serji 343) This quote is important because it shows how much Zari (Masked Angel) really loves Pasha now; she is willing to do anything for him. She wants him to be happy and move to the United States to become and engineer and have a happy life. However, He says that he cannot be happy without her, displaying how much he loves her. “I was brutally tormented by my separation from you, and that is how I knew I …show more content…
“Your friendship with Ahmed reminds me so much of what Mehrbaan and I meant to each other,” dad said “he was my best friend for a long time” he takes a big puff on his cigarette.” he took a big risk for me once. You know, the kind of thing I suspect you and Ahmed would do for each other.” (Serji 115) This is significant because it shows how powerful Pasha and Ahmed’s relationship is, even their parents can tell. This quote also shows that their bond of friendship is so strong it is evident to others. The risk that Mehrbaan took for Pashas dad was crucial and he believes that one-day when the time comes that Pasha will take a big risk for Ahmed or the other way around. Pasha’s dad would not have said that if he did not mean it, he assumes that Pasha and Ahmed are really close just from seeing them and he way they act around each other. Pashas dad compares his childhood stories from when his friend took a risk for him to when Ahmed risked getting beat up to stand by Pasha. “We met for the first time at school when three bullies were beating me up. All the other kids stood by and watched, but Ahmed rushed to my aid. The boys were tall, big, and ugly, and despite our heroic attempts we both took a beating.”(Serji 6) This quote is critical because it shows how willing and caring the boys are, Ahmed was disposed to take a

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