Reading Lolita In Tehran

The forces of art and the forces of power, ever since their existence, have always clashed with each other. The battle field, where the fight for artistic exposure is suppressed by the powers of censorship, is not just one field, but a massive number of fields. Fields like painting, advertising, food, media, and even gaming are being massacred by the weapons of censorship. Now, is it wrong to hold back art, or is it wrong to let it run free? It all depends on how the art is presented. There are good sides and bad sides to art. In the infinite battles of the war of art, the outcome of the war has already been decided, even before any battles have taken place: a stalemate. There are certain things that should be censored in any country. Things
Realistic images can teach lessons on life, stuff that just looks cool and inspires new ideas, and people can show themselves off with pride and power. The government is so scared that they make themselves believe that even a bit of bad exposure will cause society to crumble. That is why in some countries, people are dull and conservative. An example of this is Reading Lolita in Tehran. The narrator stresses on the fact that women are being forced to be dull. Dull as in not being creative with their appearance. Maybe it is their religion, or maybe it could be their tradition. In the book, it reveals that behind the veil, there's another form of life, and alternate brighter life. Instead of being uniform, they get to shed those dark, lifeless cloths into lively personal images uniquely that define them. The same concept applies to everything else. Now compare that to a larger scale. The person behind the veil is a country. The cloths are the censorship. People going around that person do not notice her. Those people are the victims of the exposure of art. Those people ignore her because she was so dull, covered up, and damaging herself. Without the cloth, there would be no censorship. People around her will notice her and everything will take off from