Tale of Two citys

On the very last page of Persepolis, Marjane is about to be go off on a plane as her mom faints in her fathers arms. Everything in the book came up to the momment where Marjane was to leave her family behind for years and maybe even life. Through the book many different characters were all destined to go their separate ways. When Marjane was just 10 most of her friends left to other counrtries to escape while she and her family stayed behind. When marjane was kicked out of school she was to sent to Austria with her aunt in hopes of having a better life. Her family had to stay back and deal with the situations that they were in. Much crying was had but in the end Marjane said "i will never forget where I come from" in the mirror the night before her departure. With a heavy heart Marjane did what they thought was best and went to grow up. Every day I read another facebook status counting down the days they have left before they leave off to their new life of college. It makes me think about how everyone is on their own journeys and although some are connected inevitably we are all on our own. I have probably seen some my friends for the last time and now I'm on my own path. After College I plan on being on the journey to the rest of my life and finally getting some stability. I have been moving around alot but in different patterns. I want to be on the road to a stable job, contentness, happiness, etc. In all honesty I can only hope that journey is short as possible so I can get to where I want to be quickly and steadly get better. I look at me two brothers and see their stuggles and it makes me somewhat scared to go but excited. I want to get older and be independant for the most part, I want to finally contribute to the world and make my mark on it. Its been too long that I was held back for my lack of experience and the more I live the more experience I gain.

For the most part at Marjane's age she didnt ever really have to leave her "comfort zone". She asked alot of forbidden question and when she got older she didn't seem to care whether or not she was home, at school, or at the mall to do what ever she wanted to. When Marjane leaves for austria she was able to feel the leaving for the better. I think out of all the characters marjanes father made the most sacrafice for himself to better himself/his family and his land. On page 127 he went out shopping even thought he didnt want to with his daughter for "hip" things because he knew it was best for the growth of his daughter. Later he would again put his feelings aside for the best future for his daughter when he got moved to Austria. My most recent momment of leaving my comfort zone has been ever since I started this bridge program. I take a little while to warm up to a group of people and its been a tough road to cross to stay in here. Talking, particpating, socializing in class has never been something I would do without a longer time of confidence building and adaptation(its a little slower) I knew what had to best after deandre was kicked out and had to switch up big time. Another part of the the bridge program is doing homework...AT HOME! this has been the first time in years where I acutally do homework the night before or in some cases(like this 5 page paper) days ahead of due date. its been helping me lose my bad habits and getting me out of my little closed zone where I don't want school to intrude on my home time because sometimes I feel like my time is limited. Putting school at the forefront of my priortiy list has been quite the battle but I think its well on its way to become a standard.