Theme Photo

This photograph has stuck out as it is somewhat a foreshadowing to a deeper idea that comes from the large theme of warfare that I have extracted from the book I have been reading. The world in Persepolis is one torn by fighting and conflict. In two different instances, the setting country of Iran is in a revolution within itself due to the backlash of its people and then is at war with the neighboring country of Iraq. Taking a look at the revolution particularly, one can come to the conclusion that the rebellion has happened due to the suppression of the Iranian people and their rights as individuals. They have been fought by their government with imprisonment, torture, and death. Though, I myself have not faced such foul treatment, there is a feeling of suppression in my own life. I feel expected to complete certain tasks in my life as the American lifestyle has conformed into a pattern or school, marriage, buying a house, and so on. Society had morphed the normal, enjoyable life into a laundry list as it portrays happiness through certain actions and material goods. For instance, people aren't shown as happy through media unless they have a beautiful smile and a perfect job. This kind of example slowly devalues the average person's life as they don't feel like they have the things that matter, even though they have many gifts right in front of them. I dump of a home is still a home that some people on the earth do not have. One of the biggest things that society has made into one of, if the most important things in life is money. Nobody is expect to be happy or healthy without money to hold them down and be able to get by. The world has reached the point where people will live, breathe, and die for money. In fact, people will fight and loose everything for money because it has become so essential for a happy means of life. This, in the end, brings war. The expectations of people and the importance of money deludes society to this point. The photograph above helps depict this point as money, in my mind, has been everlastingly bonded to war, but not just in violence, but perhaps in one's self as well.