Do you always have
somebody that in your mind to teach you and to talk with you? Marjane does, and
that person is God. God seems like a person that’s all white, just look like
angel, and actually that’s an old angel. In the book Persepolis written
by Marjane Satrapi, Marjane, the girl has grown up in Iran, experienced many
events, such as revolution, demonstrations and death. She became more mature
when time pass and when she understands more. She is always encouraged by God
when she is young. God is really important to Marjane’s childhood life: he acts
as a brother, a grandfather and a friend; he supports her dream; and he
comforts her when she has been sad.
God has acts as
many characters in Marjane’s life. She has no siblings, no close friends and no
grandfather. Actually, God is just in her imagination, and she makes him to be
her close friend, her brother and her grandfather. Marjane says, “The only
place I felt safe was in the arms of my friend” (Satrapi 53) when God hugs her.
God is so kind that he always follows Marjane and always stays with her just
like someone’s grandpa. For example, when Marjane doesn’t want to be a prophet
any more, the God doesn’t blame her and change to say something else. He says,
“Tomorrow the weather is going to be nice.” (Satrapi 13) which makes people
laugh. By acting a brother, he just stays with her and keeps asking questions
to her just sometimes like a brother who wants to understand his sister. For
example, when Marjane wants to try how it feels to be a cell filled in water,
he just asks, “what are you doing?” (Satrapi 25) even though he doesn’t get the
answer. Also, if Marjane has some secrets, she always wants to tell God, but
not her parents nor her friends. So, God is so important to fill the places of
some blank characters in Marjane’s soul.
Also, God always
supports her dream and always encourage her. When Marjane is only 6 years old,
she believes she’s the last prophet of the world, and God believes her, too. He
gives Marjane his warm embrace and says, “yes you are, celestial light, you are
my choice, my last and my best choice”. (Satrapi 8) As one of the most important people in
Marjane’s life, the support of God is really essential for Marjane’s dream. She
has told her schoolteachers that she wants to be a prophet, but the teacher
asks for her parents to go to see her. Then, the parents seem like they don’t
care about it, so Marjane could only tell them that she want to be a doctor
instead of a prophet. Besides that, no one really believes her and support her.
However when she tells God she wants to be a prophet, she’s been supported.
Because of his support, Marjane found she’s been loved by God and he’s becoming
more important in her life.
After that, God is
the person to soothe Marjane’s mind when she feels sad or meets something sad.
He is always staying with Marjane and always comforting her when she feels bad.
For example, when Marjane feel sad because neither her mother nor father is a
hero, God gives her his hug and calming her. Even the last time that God get
into Marjane’s world, he says, “Marji, what seems to be the problem?” (Satrapi
70) Marjane asks him to leave because he does nothing and he’s not helpful when
Uncle Anoosh dies. She was so angry that she and her best friend, her
grandfather, her brother couldn’t help her. However, he still feels really
sorry because he cannot make her better and he can do nothing. For God, he
tried really hard to help Marjane whenever he appears in the story. He’s just
like a grandfather that wants his little girl to feel good.
Admittedly, by
acting as important roles in Marjane’s life, supporting her dream, and soothe
her mind, the God is so important in the whole story even though he only has a
few scenes to appear. Nobody can forget this kind and caring God by reading the
book. So, why Marjane asks God to leave her life? I wish Marjane would forgive
God and herself later.
Citation:
Satrapi, Marjane. Persepolis:
The Story of a Childhood. New York: Pantheon, 2003. Print.
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