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A review by jenny_hedberg
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood and The Story of a Return by Marjane Satrapi
4.0
10 things I learned from this book:
1. Grandmothers are awesome.
2. You might be the descendant of an emperor, you never know.
3. People stand up against oppression in very different ways.
4. "Don't ever forget who you are!"
5. "We can only feel sorry for ourselves if our misfortunes are still supportable...once this limit is crossed, the only way to bear the unbearable is to laugh at it."
6. The Iranian Revolution is one tricky business.
7. "One must educate oneself."
8. People are herd animals.
9. Your truth will always be the explanation that makes the most sense to you. Whether or not the explanation is actually true becomes irrelevant.
10. History will always be biased.
1. Grandmothers are awesome.
2. You might be the descendant of an emperor, you never know.
3. People stand up against oppression in very different ways.
4. "Don't ever forget who you are!"
5. "We can only feel sorry for ourselves if our misfortunes are still supportable...once this limit is crossed, the only way to bear the unbearable is to laugh at it."
6. The Iranian Revolution is one tricky business.
7. "One must educate oneself."
8. People are herd animals.
9. Your truth will always be the explanation that makes the most sense to you. Whether or not the explanation is actually true becomes irrelevant.
10. History will always be biased.