Readers Response #1!
When reading the short literacy narrative called "The
Secondhand Bookseller", I found it very interesting. The small passage at the
beginning about Marina Nemat really made me think that she couldn't really speak
her mind at all while living in Iran. She had gotten arrested at the age of
sixteen for speaking her mind on the Ayatollah Rhomein's regime. I believe it
was a very good thing that she had gotten away from Iran so she could continue
her readings and writings without it being censored.
The story was written before the the censorship took place, imposed by the Islamic Revolution. The story begins on her telling us about what she did on a daily basis after school. She would either retreat to her bedroom if her mother was in the kitchen, or she would make herself a sandwich if her mother wasn't around. She had kept to herself in her bedroom when her mother was around. When she was alone, she would read the fairytale books that most of us have read or watched as a movie. Most of the stories she had mentioned she read, I remember reading or watching as a child.
I felt really bad for her that her or her mother couldn't purchase books when she wanted them like we can today. It made me feel like they couldn't afford much to begin with. She had mentioned in the story that the books were somewhat expensive so she could only get a new book once a month. It was one of the best things that has probably happened to her as a small child finding that secondhand bookstore.
She had saved her milk money from school to be able to afford money to buy a used book to read. The man, named Albert, wasn't very friendly and heart-warming at first because of the fact she was a young girl who may not of known English. All of the books that he had were written in English and he didn't know she could read and or speak English. She only had four tomans to purchase a book and the one that he offered her was five tomans. He had let her have it for four tomans, anyways.
Marina had read "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" multiple times and she had gone back to the bookstore to purchase another. She had sold up her prized pencil box her mother had given her for school to be able to buy anothe book. Marina went back to the bookstore in order to purchase the second book in the series. Albert was dumbfounded when she mentioned that she read the first book a few times and she wanted the second book. He had given her the book to lend and didn't take her money. He only let her borrow it only if she kept it in good condition and read it twice.
This piece of writing was very interesting and I enjoyed it very much. It went into such great detail and it has a great message at the end of the story. I could picture every scene in the writing because of the detail it went into. I would consider reading another piece of her work.
The story was written before the the censorship took place, imposed by the Islamic Revolution. The story begins on her telling us about what she did on a daily basis after school. She would either retreat to her bedroom if her mother was in the kitchen, or she would make herself a sandwich if her mother wasn't around. She had kept to herself in her bedroom when her mother was around. When she was alone, she would read the fairytale books that most of us have read or watched as a movie. Most of the stories she had mentioned she read, I remember reading or watching as a child.
I felt really bad for her that her or her mother couldn't purchase books when she wanted them like we can today. It made me feel like they couldn't afford much to begin with. She had mentioned in the story that the books were somewhat expensive so she could only get a new book once a month. It was one of the best things that has probably happened to her as a small child finding that secondhand bookstore.
She had saved her milk money from school to be able to afford money to buy a used book to read. The man, named Albert, wasn't very friendly and heart-warming at first because of the fact she was a young girl who may not of known English. All of the books that he had were written in English and he didn't know she could read and or speak English. She only had four tomans to purchase a book and the one that he offered her was five tomans. He had let her have it for four tomans, anyways.
Marina had read "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" multiple times and she had gone back to the bookstore to purchase another. She had sold up her prized pencil box her mother had given her for school to be able to buy anothe book. Marina went back to the bookstore in order to purchase the second book in the series. Albert was dumbfounded when she mentioned that she read the first book a few times and she wanted the second book. He had given her the book to lend and didn't take her money. He only let her borrow it only if she kept it in good condition and read it twice.
This piece of writing was very interesting and I enjoyed it very much. It went into such great detail and it has a great message at the end of the story. I could picture every scene in the writing because of the detail it went into. I would consider reading another piece of her work.
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