Persi's Blog

Q: In what ways can you challenge yourself to be a better group member in a group project? Although I tried to be the best group member I could have been, there are some things I would have liked to change. To start off with, I wish I would have better informed my interviewee of how the interview would be. I hadn’t told her that we would record and film it, and it was planned a bit late. When it came to the actual interview, she was slightly irritated with me for withholding the information mentioned above. I think I could have had more questions and backup questions prepared, as our interview went by pretty fast, Q: How did you handle the difficulty of working in a group? I have to say, my group was a pretty good group, and our class had it together on this project. It wasn’t super difficult, and we all did equal amounts of work by bringing our strong suits together. I had a willing interviewee, Brooks was able to provide a microphone and video camera, and Francesco helped wi...

In what ways did Marjane find it difficult to fit back into Iranian society? In what ways did this surprise you (or not surprise you)? When Marjane decides to leave Austria, it’s because she feels as though she has no one there, and she just misses her family. But it’s been a long time, and when she firsts arrives in the airport, she’s hit hard with how different and oppressive she forgot it was. Her father doesn’t recognize her and her mother barely does. ‘Marjane: “Dad!” Mom: “Ebi! Look! It’s Marji!” Dad: “Marj…?”’(pg. 246) She quickly realizes that not much has changed except for herself. Her relatives visit her for weeks while she feeds off the attention, and deep down she feels horrible about this. She’s especially guilty about how safe and free her life was in Austria, and how she only left because she felt as though she had given up there.