Forgiving is Everything

On the book of Persepolis, Marjane wants to give his friend, Ramin, a lesson for the evil that have been done by his father, by beating up Ramin with some nails. Ramin's father is a secret police in Shah's regime who kills and tortures a million people. Luckily, Marjane's action has been stopped by her mother, and she tells Marjane that Ramin has nothing to do with his father crime. Her mother also tells her that she has to forgive people's mistake because as humans, they do not have rights to judge other people's mistake (Satrapi 44-46).


I realize that the hardest thing to do is to forgive one's evil. How can we easily forgive someone that have hurt us so badly? However, after reading this book I have learned something from Marjane, which I think everyone should know about. Forgiving one's evil will eventually bring peace to our heart. As Marjane forgives Ramin's father evil given the fact that her uncle, Anoosh, is killed by one of those secret police in the Shah's regime, she feels really good after she lets her hatred toward this person go (Satrapi 46). I really appreciate Marjane initiative to forgive people who have done evil to her family. This kind of mentality is what we need to build our society to be a better one in the future. There are too much hatred and bitterness going on right now. Therefore, we should stop this hatred right now by forgiving people's mistakes and spreading the peace. Marjane's story is a really good example that teaches us to forgive people's mistake. In conclusion, I hope that people could forgive each other, and together we will make this world a peaceful place to life.