Destruction States make war look beneficial to solidify their power. Some people are manipulated into it. Civilians from all social classes often oppose war. Lives are uprooted, and people’s lives are changed. Political unrest is a consequence of what happens when people live under a ruthless government. Mistreated, people will fight back for freedom in the form of a revolution against the oppressor. What is more, in history it shows people can not evolve during such chaos. A lot of lives are lost or ruined. In the texts Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, “The Colonel” by Carolyn Forche, and “War is Kind” by Stephen Crane, all states that war oppresses innocent people.
Clashing has occurred often in the Middle East. In the 1980’s the most disturbing …show more content…
Marjane, a rebellious child of the shift in her society, is obligated to wear a veil in school as part of the cultural revolution during the 1980’s. The government has used religion to influence its civilians to follow the regimen. Marjane’s French school was first forced to become religious and she did not know why she could no longer go school with her male classmates. A sequence of restrictions follow as a public representative for Iran declares, “All bilingual schools must be closed down. They are symbols of capitalism. Of decadence” (Satrapi 4). The republic wants Iran to believe non muslims are wrong for indulgent qualities, and Iran is not living the way god intended if the people aren’t following the word of god. Debbie Notkin, who reviews women’s books, writes a critical review of the religious power over people in Persepolis, “A regime committed to pushing an entire populace into a fundamentalist world-view not only pushes this protagonist away from religion, but out of the country” (Notkin 297). Marjane, the protagonist, responds under the stress of losing her friends and past life by talking to her god about the fantasy of being a prophet, someone who bring peace to her people and abolish all the cultural injustice of this new rule. She does not want her people to suffer much like her own rebellious family who fights for justice. Later in her life this is unsuccessful and forces her parents to send her out of the country into
Clashing has occurred often in the Middle East. In the 1980’s the most disturbing …show more content…
Marjane, a rebellious child of the shift in her society, is obligated to wear a veil in school as part of the cultural revolution during the 1980’s. The government has used religion to influence its civilians to follow the regimen. Marjane’s French school was first forced to become religious and she did not know why she could no longer go school with her male classmates. A sequence of restrictions follow as a public representative for Iran declares, “All bilingual schools must be closed down. They are symbols of capitalism. Of decadence” (Satrapi 4). The republic wants Iran to believe non muslims are wrong for indulgent qualities, and Iran is not living the way god intended if the people aren’t following the word of god. Debbie Notkin, who reviews women’s books, writes a critical review of the religious power over people in Persepolis, “A regime committed to pushing an entire populace into a fundamentalist world-view not only pushes this protagonist away from religion, but out of the country” (Notkin 297). Marjane, the protagonist, responds under the stress of losing her friends and past life by talking to her god about the fantasy of being a prophet, someone who bring peace to her people and abolish all the cultural injustice of this new rule. She does not want her people to suffer much like her own rebellious family who fights for justice. Later in her life this is unsuccessful and forces her parents to send her out of the country into