I think Anoosh left a considerable impact on Marjane during his visit. Marjane was so interested in the revolution and always wanted to participate in the demonstrations at such a young age. When Anoosh was introduced into the story, Marjane admired him immediately after learning he was in prison. So when Anoosh shared his stories with her, she was just in awe of his past history.
"I tell you all this because it's important that you know. Our family memory must not be lost." (pg. 60) It was so crucial for Anoosh to pass on his history to the future generation of Iran because the youth need to understand the changes in power over their country in order to be able to stand up for themselves someday. Perhaps Anoosh knew his time was coming to end soon and didn't want his story to disappear in vain.
"Get out of my life!!! I never want to see you again!" (pg. 70) Marjane was so faithful she was the last prophet and she spoke with God every night. After the Republic oppressors executed Anoosh and covered it up by claiming he was a Russian spy, Marjane became really upset and heartbroken. This lead to her abandoning her faith in God and becoming a prophet.
I think Marjane will try to follow in the footsteps of Anoosh. My reason for this is because she loved him very much and in order to honor him, she'll become more rebellious towards the ways of the Republic oppressors.
I totally agree with you that Marjane will become more "rebellious", but, i dont think that this rebelliousness has much to do with her uncle Anoosh. See , looking at history, after that point in the war things escalated even more,so i there was probably a lot more casualties , her family or closest freinds could have died or there could have been a big rebel movement which she was enthused by. All im saying is that a LOT happened after her Uncle Anoosh is killed; Marjane probably wittnessed several casualties after her uncles death which kind of made his insignificant at that point in time
ReplyDeleteOmar,
ReplyDeleteIt is true, we do have to continue passing on the stories of the past or experiences on to the next generation and so on.