The Cigarette Analysis
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Although Marjane's family enjoys having parties and drinking, before that, they also take precautions such as having the masking tape to protect against flying glass from the bombs and setting up black curtains to hide themselves from the neighbors while having the party(Satrapi 105 panel 1). Even though they all know how dangerous is it if the government officials finds out that they are having these illegal actions, the reason why Marjane’s family still wants to hold the party, drink alcohol and produce their own wines is because they just want to pretend like nothing is happening and forget all about the wars and everything around them and to enjoy every “last” moment of their lives. Also, people seek to keep their regular routines …show more content…
However, I don’t believe this is true because by her trying the first cigarette, it only shows her curiosity as a child, the influence from her family members who are addicted to cigarette and most importantly, her personal rebellion against her mom’s dictatorship which is somehow childish. Also, go from being a child to an adult is not as easy as Marjane thinks it might be. Even though Marjane is gradually showing progress such as having rebellions, curiosity and thinking somehow maturely, she still needs a lot of other factors such as experiences, knowledges and independence to be truly and fully grown up.
What the one-paged panel on page 116 is depicting is that Marjane is expressing her own opinion about the war that’s going on around her for years. In her own opinion, she thinks that the Iran-Iraq war is pointless and unnecessary due to the fact that so many people are dying and there are a lot of destruction and disorder which all lead to the decrease in population on both sides. Also, I agree with Marjane because if the war continues, it’ll just be great losses on both sides without any purpose or meaning, what both sides should’ve done would be to have more communications among the government officials and come to an
Although Marjane's family enjoys having parties and drinking, before that, they also take precautions such as having the masking tape to protect against flying glass from the bombs and setting up black curtains to hide themselves from the neighbors while having the party(Satrapi 105 panel 1). Even though they all know how dangerous is it if the government officials finds out that they are having these illegal actions, the reason why Marjane’s family still wants to hold the party, drink alcohol and produce their own wines is because they just want to pretend like nothing is happening and forget all about the wars and everything around them and to enjoy every “last” moment of their lives. Also, people seek to keep their regular routines …show more content…
However, I don’t believe this is true because by her trying the first cigarette, it only shows her curiosity as a child, the influence from her family members who are addicted to cigarette and most importantly, her personal rebellion against her mom’s dictatorship which is somehow childish. Also, go from being a child to an adult is not as easy as Marjane thinks it might be. Even though Marjane is gradually showing progress such as having rebellions, curiosity and thinking somehow maturely, she still needs a lot of other factors such as experiences, knowledges and independence to be truly and fully grown up.
What the one-paged panel on page 116 is depicting is that Marjane is expressing her own opinion about the war that’s going on around her for years. In her own opinion, she thinks that the Iran-Iraq war is pointless and unnecessary due to the fact that so many people are dying and there are a lot of destruction and disorder which all lead to the decrease in population on both sides. Also, I agree with Marjane because if the war continues, it’ll just be great losses on both sides without any purpose or meaning, what both sides should’ve done would be to have more communications among the government officials and come to an