Love seems to have meant different things than what it does now. In the Persepolis, Marji's maid fell in love with the neighbor and was writing letters back and forth with him. The boy neighbor seemed to reciprocate her love for him. However, once the boy found out that Marji's maid was only a maid and was not a daughter of Marji's dad, he stopped his relationship with Marji's maid. It seems like Marji's maid understood very well how the system worked too, since she knew it was important to hide her true identity from the boy. Love seems to have meant love + social class + money + status. Living in the world right now, I obviously think love is simply love, love=love, and social classes, and status can't stop love. I would also think that what they called love back then is silly, and not true love. I would want to think that I am more courageous and would stand up for myself if I were truly in love. However, I have never lived in the world back then, so I wouldn't have known. It might have been the pressure from parents, judgement from the society, and other issues that I would never understand unless I lived in that time period. I wonder if the girls back then were always the ones who are more willing to just ignore the whole world and go with their feelings. Since girls seem to function more on feelings while guys seem to function on logic. Status is also a very important thing to guys, therefore, I would guess that girls back than are more willing to give up everything and pursue their true love while guys back then (unless the love they're pursuing is in a higher social status than they are) are more hesitant to give up their status and money for a girl they honestly, truely love. So what is love? All we can know for sure is that Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
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Love seems to have meant different things than what it does now. In the Persepolis, Marji's maid fell in love with the neighbor and was writing letters back and forth with him. The boy neighbor seemed to reciprocate her love for him. However, once the boy found out that Marji's maid was only a maid and was not a daughter of Marji's dad, he stopped his relationship with Marji's maid. It seems like Marji's maid understood very well how the system worked too, since she knew it was important to hide her true identity from the boy. Love seems to have meant love + social class + money + status. Living in the world right now, I obviously think love is simply love, love=love, and social classes, and status can't stop love. I would also think that what they called love back then is silly, and not true love. I would want to think that I am more courageous and would stand up for myself if I were truly in love. However, I have never lived in the world back then, so I wouldn't have known. It might have been the pressure from parents, judgement from the society, and other issues that I would never understand unless I lived in that time period. I wonder if the girls back then were always the ones who are more willing to just ignore the whole world and go with their feelings. Since girls seem to function more on feelings while guys seem to function on logic. Status is also a very important thing to guys, therefore, I would guess that girls back than are more willing to give up everything and pursue their true love while guys back then (unless the love they're pursuing is in a higher social status than they are) are more hesitant to give up their status and money for a girl they honestly, truely love. So what is love? All we can know for sure is that Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
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Good job! It sucks that Marji's maid and the neighbor can't be together just because of status. I agree with you when you said "Love is Simply Love and Status can't stop Love".
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I love that you put in the quote from Corinthians. Everything that quote says is true.
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