Friday, September 25, 2015

Upsilamba!!!

Upsilamba is about how Nafisi has meeting outside of school for women to discuss the literary works that have been banned from the classroom. These meetings were also a chance for the women to share their experiences of using their imaginations to escape situations where they feel trapped. In my own experiences, I have had my nose stuffed in a book through some of the hardest experiences in my life. During my freshman year of high school, my mother and my aunt were fighting for custody of my sisters and I. The first night of that experience, the state police showed up to the house and I instantly ran to my room and grabbed eclipse of my book shelf and began to read, before I knew it I was six chapters in and lost in the forest, jumping tree top to tree top. This was my attempt to escape from this reality I was faced with. Reading books to escape from uncontrollable situations can help someone clear their minds and rearrange their thoughts to try to deal with the situation that is at hand. I also feel as though escaping reality through reading can also give a person hope that the situation is able to get better.     

1 comment:

  1. I can clearly relate to Tazney regarding using a book to escape reality. I will routinely use it as a procrastination tool as well. Books have a great way of taking you outside of your environment in which you are digesting their material. From your bedroom into a gun battle. From your living room to a detective hot on the heels of a murderer. These women took a risk, but they took a risk because of the great value that books bring with them.

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