Persepolis final

I chose the tolerance quote and this is how it goes.
“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. –Albert Einstein

This quote relates to both Persepolis and Hotel Rwanda. In Persepolis, Marjane, the main character, has many problems that lots of teenagers go through: drugs, parties, issues with the law, and many others. I think that at the time she is going through these stages she is just exploring herself. Then she starts to think about how her family would feel if they were seeing her in that position so she cleans up her act and goes into the phase of her personal desires and her families needs. She drifts back and forth exploring and caring for her family. She starts to care about others when she leaves Iran permanently.

In Hotel Rwanda, Paul Rosessabegina is a man with a very important job at a hotel, has good connections, and has a Tutsi wife and he is Hutu. Later in the movie when it becomes a bad thing to be a Tutsi because they are all being brutally murdered, Paul wants to save all of the connections that he has until his family needs help. He says that he can’t help the neighbors or anyone but family. He is in the delusion phase when the only thing that matters is him and his family. When Paul and his family get the chance to leave the war zone, you can see the change on his face when he decides to stay with the many people who are stuck at the hotel. He quickly went from the delusional phase to where he cared about others in the world. He knew that other people needed his help and he gave it. He was a wonderful man.

Aubri