Dear Mrs. Satrapi
First I would like to start off by saying thanks for opening my eyes, and letting me into your world. You have taught me a lot with your life. I have learned about a different country, a different religion, whole different prospected, thanks for taking the time to write about your life. Because if it wasn’t for your book, I would never been able to learn about your people and see it from your eyes. Because to be honest in my country you guys are practically the enemy, I have been told that you guys hate us. So when you hear such negative feedback it just comes natural to dislike, just a defense mechanism. And because of that, it just shows how ignorant we are to judge so fast, and we ignore the fact that we have so many similarities as human beans.
I honestly feel that there might be a reason why you had to go through such a scary lifestyle. And maybe that reason was so you can teach people like me that had no clue, that people were still being treated so badly. Maybe you were put on this earth as a voice for your people. And you should be very proud.
I noticed we have so many similarities. We both like to speak our minds. We both love music. And I noticed that are families are ranked in certain social classes. The only difference is that your family is more of a higher ranked class. But at least we both notice that social class can really affect our life styles. We also both left home at a young age. But the only difference is it was to help your ability to learn, but I was forced to leave. Even thou we can look and dress different. Or even live in two complete sides of the world, we still have gone through similar situations in our life’s. And that’s what will help me in the future, if I ever judge again. Which I won’t!
Some of the things in your life, I am not able to compare at all. I mean I was born and raised in L.A. which is a considered, a dangerous city. But it does not compare to where you have been raised at. You have been in way worst situations, situations that have actually put your life on the line. And that must have been scary. How were you still able to live day by day, knowing that at any moment a bomb could of easily hit your home? And that you and your family would be killed instantly? Wasn’t that scary? I don’t know how I would be able to take it, or even be able to sit still, or even eat.
So even thou you have gone through a bumpy ride in life, you still put education first, and I really look up to that. Even thou your situation was so hard to be able to focus with school, you were still able to do it. And that shows that nobody should have an excuse to not succeed. “Live like you’re going to die tomorrow and learn like you’re going to live forever” (Tony Sandoval). I see you in this quote, because you were able to climb through a very difficult obstacle in your life and you were still able to overcome it. And put education first in your life. Even thou your life was threatened every day you still moved up and you could have easily taken the easy way out, and that was to be nothing. But you didn’t, and that shows how strong you are as a person.
Sincerely, Andrea