When going from book to book, I like to find similarities between the literature I read. In the books Persepolis and The Book Thief, I found that both main characters told their stories while their home country was in a time of war.
In Persepolis, the main character Marjane Satrapi lives during the time of the Iranian Revolution (1979). The revolution started by the events involving the overthrow of Iran's monarchy (Pahlavi dynasty) under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and its replacement with an Islamic republic under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of this revolution.
In The Book Thief, the main character Liesel Meminger lives during World War II. This obviously as many of you know was a global military conflict during the years of 1939-1945. Liesel lives in Germany where Hilter rules supremely over the land. The citizens follow his lead by becoming Nazis and hating the Jewish, disabled and homosexuals. The holocaust victimized between 11 to 17 million people.
Also, in Persepolis, we find out where Holden's ducks went. ;)
ReplyDeleteI love looking for similarities too! It's amusing to see how similar yet absolutely different some are. Good post!
Now, which story did you like better?
That is a really good connection Logan! I didn't even think about that, but you are right. I think a lot of stories can come from war and bad times. I really liked both stories and they both had good plots.
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