Comparing The Iranian Film 'The Veil And Happy Endings'
I viewed the Iranian film "Persepolis" a few months ago. I was enthralled by the films subject matter and characters. With this in mind, I felt enticed to revisit Marj (the main character of "The Veil" and "Persepolis") and her wild shenanigans. But, after reading "The Veil," I was unable to say that "I enjoyed the comic strip, as much as I enjoyed the film." Therefor, I explored the other stories, and eventually, I concluded on Sherman Alexie's "The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven" and Margaret Wood's "Happy Ending's." Despite "Happy Endings" being a lot more complex and original, I could not help but admire the visuals that Alexie painted with his words. Every other sentence was so vivid, that I could almost taste the Creamsicle
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We accompany a young Indian man (the protagonist) as he journey's inside a 7-11. Once inside the 7-11, the young Indian man is reminded of a time he got robbed working at a 7-11. He describes the account vividly, stating, "the last time the bastard locked me in the cooler. He even took my money and basketball shoes" (Alexie 80). As the young Indian man voyages through the store, we can't tell his intentions as his character is not yet fully developed. But, already we could feel some type of tension. The 7-11 clerk and the hostile atmosphere surrounding the characters, are described in minor, but lucid detail. Lucid enough, that the reader can feel him/herself wondering the convenience store isles, eavesdropping on the protagonists conversation with the store clerk. Throughout the story, we get tiny bulk sentences describing Seattle. Seattle's dirty alleys, it's racial profiling authorities, it's racial tensions and it's thieves that strip you from your sneakers. With little detail, the author manages to turn Seattle into some sort of entity. An entity so wicked, that contact would be the last thing on our minds. However, In "Happy Ending's," we don't really get thorough descriptions of the settings, as it's focus is mainly on the characters
We accompany a young Indian man (the protagonist) as he journey's inside a 7-11. Once inside the 7-11, the young Indian man is reminded of a time he got robbed working at a 7-11. He describes the account vividly, stating, "the last time the bastard locked me in the cooler. He even took my money and basketball shoes" (Alexie 80). As the young Indian man voyages through the store, we can't tell his intentions as his character is not yet fully developed. But, already we could feel some type of tension. The 7-11 clerk and the hostile atmosphere surrounding the characters, are described in minor, but lucid detail. Lucid enough, that the reader can feel him/herself wondering the convenience store isles, eavesdropping on the protagonists conversation with the store clerk. Throughout the story, we get tiny bulk sentences describing Seattle. Seattle's dirty alleys, it's racial profiling authorities, it's racial tensions and it's thieves that strip you from your sneakers. With little detail, the author manages to turn Seattle into some sort of entity. An entity so wicked, that contact would be the last thing on our minds. However, In "Happy Ending's," we don't really get thorough descriptions of the settings, as it's focus is mainly on the characters