Sugarcane Alley

I liked Persepolis a lot more than I liked Sugarcane Alley. I think the reason I liked it more was because Persepolis was in English rather than reading throughout the entire movie. I could also relate to Persepolis a lot more because I am a teenage girl. I remember going through puberty and it felt like I had changed overnight. I thought Marji’s story was a lot more interesting and relatable to. It gave me a good idea of what it would be like to live in Iran during that time period. Joes’ story was a little bit drug out and boring. Although I feel for him and overall the message is interesting I feel that they could have wrapped up the overall message of the story quicker. His story does inspire people to change old traditions and make a new path for themselves. Getting his education was one of the most important things in his life and nothing was going to stop him from getting it. He is more inspiring than Marji because she is portrayed as a college girl experiencing new things.

In our class discussion we asked each other that if we were to watch a movie from a different perspective if we would have felt differently about the situation. I would say yes. Every person has a different story and viewing the different perspectives the audience would grow towards the main character in most situations. This could be true for Sugarcane Alley as well. Maybe if we saw the story from a little white boy’s perspective about how he wants to help Jose then we would probably side with the little white boy.  As human’s most of go to what is morally right in any story, therefore we judge one side and pick the side that seems the most “right” to us.