This book is a really good book to read. It definitely helps the reader gain awareness of everyday life for teh people who live in Iran. The citizens aren't all terrorists or fundamentalists. They are people as well and the book really helps us to gain that awareness. I really liked the way that you learn about their history from the child's perspective. We talked a little in class about our impressions of Iran had changed after reading the first part. I think that it is important to gain awareness about other countries on their history. You don't really understand a culture until you realize the history that they have had to go through. As the Iranian people have developed their culture they have had to go through a lot of wars and a lot of fundamentalist regimes. Unfortuneatly, this story gives you the first hand experience of all the protests.
She had to go through a huge change in school and even a huge change with having to wear the hood after not having to wear anything. That is a huge difference in how you live your life. She learns about all the struggles first hand but it is nice that we can gain this knowledge and understand all they have gone through. My perspective of Iran was that they were mostly fundamentlist extremists and plot against the US but in reality that is only a small portion of the country. The people are the ones that have to risk their lives everyday hoping that the regime ends its power and a new one comes that will be better. Unfortuneately, it doesn't happen that way. Your impressions of Iran definitely change reading this and I think putting it into a comic book form helps to incorporate the importance of the imformation.
(Kelcey Summers 20)
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