Suheir Hammad & Marjane Satrapi on War

Some quotes that stuck out to me were "I will not side with you or dance to bombs because everyone is dancing, everyone can be wrong, life is a right, not collateral, or casual, I will not forget where I come from, I will craft my own drum". I really like this quote and I think I can connect to it. I like how it's talking about ones self and how they aren't going to be like others and do things that others do but at the same time they know where they come from but will still be them at the end of the day. I also think that in Persepolis Marjane was feeling what Suheir was saying in that part of the poem. Another quote that stuck out to me is "One women believes that love will never find her". I personlly feel that many people believe this quote and would agree, but the word that sticks out is believe. They only believe that for that point in time but things eventually change and they believe otherwise. Marjane was at the edge of giving up all hope for someone she would love for the rest of her life and someone that will love her for her. So she began to believe that since the first guy and secong guy didn't love her that she would never be loved again. And I really loved her whole poem all together. The poetry relates to how Marjane is feeling.

PART II

I think that in the poem the feelings and things said can also be coming from how Marjane felt at the time of the revolution and what she was going through, and the revolution that Suheir was going through when 9-11 occuried. They both define revolution as a complete change and even marked as if their lives are never going to be the same again all because of that one incident. There might be an end and there might not be but how they feel in both situations are as if there might not be an end. People still wont get treated the way the should no matter what may have happened that had nothing to do with them. Both of their families in this situation either were apart of some type of goverment and fought for their rights in war, fighting back in the revolution.