What it all really means
By Sungii

Sungii: Today was hella memorable!
Naruto: (surprised) You sound really excited! What happened?!
Sungii: Well it's like a bunch of cool things that happened really. I grew the courage to talk with this girl I've always seen on campus. I got back a very good grade that I didn't expect to get. I even got a cleaner understand on the entire race thing too!
Naruto: Oh tell me more! About the last one though, the others... you can keep them to yourself. (smiling)
Sungii: ... Okay... Anyways I watched a filmed skit called "Trying to Find Chinatown" by David Hwang but performed by my classmates. We also shortly went over a very famous speech titled "I Have a Dream" by Martin Luther King Jr. I even got to watch a couple episodes of the Boondocks before talking with you tonight! What I noticed amongst them was something really encouraging: hope.
Naruto: (smiling)
Sungii: It made me really smile. In the episode of Boondocks titled "The Passion of Reverend Ruckus" - episode 15 of season 1 - Huey's friend was going to be electrocuted to death for a crime he had not committed but accused of simply because he was black. Miraculously, he was saved. Huey had sent a letter to blackmail the mayor, which had a very low chance of success for the freeing of his friend, but against the odds it came true. Coincidentally the episode was also about Uncle Ruckus - another character in the comic and television series - who was preaching about a deep and intimate love with God and only white people. At the very end, thunder struck him and all his 'believers' were no longer in his midst. It kind of ended with equality at its purest state. A sign of some omniscient and powerful observer who sees a mistreatment for the people who are condemned for being different in this world.
Naruto: (smiles bigger)
Sungii: In the play "Trying to Find Chinatown", Benjamin first confronted Ronnie and things didn't appear to go so well. There clearly was a lot of misunderstanding between the two and Ronnie made that very clear by saying things like: "Do you see a cob pipe? Am I f***ing my cousin?" For most of the play it continued like this but a very diplomatic moment came across for Benjamin and I guess he felt the need to take advantage of it - which he did do. He began illustrating all of Asian culture which he studied in college and even a bit about his life being raised by adopted Asian parents. Although Ronnie doesn't clearly appreciate the lecture Benjamin gives him he still listens attentively. Towards the end, Ronnie - as I expected - refused to listen to Benjamin anymore. The conflict between the two didn't end well, but what I really enjoyed was Benjamin's own desire to learn more about a race he himself was not a part of entirely. He had already had a taste for it, but he was hungry for more so he pursued this as a goal - an academic one. It was the heart to understand what Ronnie was like that impressed me the most!
Naruto: (smiles bigger)
Sungii: And in the speech by Martin Luther King Jr...
Naruto: (chuckles)
Sungii: What?
Naruto: Nothing continue.
Sungii: Well in that speech there were three fundamentally strong principles of persuasive writing that I learnt today in EWRT that he used very effectively: ethos, logos and pathos. He was already an inspirational and known figure carrying out logically inclined words to satisfy the ears of those who seek mutual, concrete understanding along with sentiments that touched the hearts of many souls who longed for a voice much louder than theirs. It was beautiful, more so because it focused on a race that was deemed neglected. It focused on a "hundred years" of mistreatment and inequality that was to be restored but was not. I don't think I can say much more about it because that's really all I understood from the his speech. I'm actually very ignorant about the entire historical context of the speech but I know for sure that it reached out to an audience at the time and one 50 years into the future - today. That's powerful!
Naruto: (laughs)
Sungii: I wonder what's so funny. Anyways, to some it all up I just got off a video call with my mother - who is Hispanic. I told her that I felt very insecure about my life goal and direction. The pressure of a society that somewhat discriminates my success as a student being partially Hispanic. I'd remember the comments from my high school days, "you're only half Asian so you'll only be half as good in math" or stronger ones hampering my goal orientation like, "have you ever heard of a Hispanic engineer? No! They work for them, and by work I mean screwing and hammering bolts and nails." My mother was never the brightest in our family - measuring by degree status - and neither was she the most academically pressuring figure in our household, but it was her heart that moved me today. (tearing up)
Naruto: ugh... are you... do you want a tissu...
Sungii: She told me, "no matter what people tell you or what they think of you, remember that you have a dream you want to accomplish too. You were destined for a greater purpose and no one call tell you that you weren't. You like many other inspirational figures were told all the same things: you can't do it, a guy like you would never know, you're not meant for that kind of work. They never lost site of their dream and they held unto it very dearly. I held unto you all my life because I knew that my success wasn't going to be something I would share in words with the world, my contribution to the greater good was you. You hold all my dreams and aspirations. You are everything I wished I could be when I was young. You are everything to me. Above that you carry within you the strong will of your father who did very well in school as well! You have the ability to perform! Don't let someone tell you that because you're part of a negligent race that you're no good. I never gave up hope on you. I pray for you daily so that you wouldn't have to go through this, but when you said this my heart broke into pieces. Mi hijo, por favor, no te rindas." (my boy, please, do not give up)
Naruto: (tears flows down the eyes)
Sungii: Don't worry I'm tearing up too. I'm proud of my mom. I'm happy I have her. I'm happy that people like David Hwang, Aaron McGruder and Martin Luther King Jr. exists too. They might not be as powerful in effective speech as my mom will be to me, but they're like guidelines. They're my set cornerstones. I have no reason to give up on anything!
Naruto: This racial talk really hit you hard. I think you taught me something today.
Sungii: Yeah, I never thought about all of this until now. My thoughts on Marjane in the beginning up to my view on poetry and relationships was always slightly hampered by a bit of discrimination. I never saw it till now. I never realized that it was a part of me till now. I guess I can proudly say I've grown out of it, or maybe just a little (chuckles)
Naruto: Yeah! I think you've grown a lot in just one day. I guess there is no use for me anymore.
Sungii: Wait why?
Naruto: You're entire reason for calling me was because you needed a guide. Someone you could talk to because you were lost, but you're well on your way. You can walk now, I don't even need to teach you how to run. You're sprinting!
Sungii: So what happens now?
Naruto: I'm going back from where I came. I'm going back home.
Sungii: But where is home for you?
Naruto: Silly! You created me in your heart because you longed for an inner friend to talk to! I'll always be with you! I'm just going to get some sleep.

Two different people
By Sungii

Sungii: Do you believe that racism is still a problem today?
Naruto: How would I know, there really is only one race I've known my entire life.
Sungii: How stupid of me to ask, I forgot that my dearest friend has not seen what the rest of the world is like.
Naruto: That is true but you can still tell me about it. I could be helpful!
Sungii: In what way? Someone who has only seen one skin shade and heard only one language couldn't possible help me with my thoughts on racism.
Naruto: ...
Sungii: Sorry if I offended you.
Naruto: The one person you could probably share all your thoughts with and you decide to write me off. Wow!
Sungii: Hey! I apologized! Anyways, I was reading "Brooklyn" by Aaron McGruder in my Remix book. To be quite honest, the comic itself is pretty hilarious and maybe a bit offensive to a race, but there is some underlying truth behind what he is saying.
Naruto: Want to tell me more about it. Still isn't clear.
Sungii: Well in the comic it seems that these two kids - Huey and Riley - who have moved from Brooklyn to a new suburban home in Woodcrest; which is predominantly inhabited by Caucasians. It's very foreign and strange to them at first because they've never been around this many Caucasians before and neither are they use to this new lifestyle: Riley said, "We've been walking for ten minutes and haven't passed ONE subway stop, ball court, Chinese carry out place or rib shack." Clearly the setting is different and at first they both seemed to be a bit taken back.
Naruto: Isn't that the same for anyone who has moved from one place to the other?
Sungii: Well I don't think that is the interesting part.
Naruto: Oh, well continue then.
Sungii: So they also meet this girl named Jasmine who is really half black. When Huey questions her about her ethnicity she immediately starts to list off the other mixed races which she's a descendant from other than her African race. She moves along her list until she finally hits the country of Haiti. Huey by this time was already agitated by her reply and said. "which makes you as black as Richard Roundtree in Shaft in Africa".
Naruto: Seems as if she is a bit ashamed of her 'black' race.
Sungii: She is very ashamed! Because even at the end when he tells her that, she still refused it.
Naruto: I guess for me that would be like being ashamed of your home.
Sungii: Yeah that is exactly it! Maybe I'm being a bit over exaggerative on the entire issue because these issues have existed for a long time. I just think that it's quite alarming to see this portrayed in a cartoon.
Naruto: That is pretty alarming... I guess. I still don't completely understand it all though.
Sungii: I don't think most people understand it well, but there is one thing that you'd understand and find interesting!
Naruto: In the comic there is the girl Jasmine and the two boys Huey and Riley. So far Jasmine seems to be ashamed of her black culture. Then there is Riley who's extremely proud and loves everything about black culture. Finally, there is Huey who seems to be a prophet of his own. He wants to be able to see things from somewhat of an omniscient point of view. He's more of a fixed point in the comic where people can try to correlate the two other characters; Jasmine and Riley. But for the two opposites or better said, on the two ends of the road, Jasmine and Riley are somewhat illustrations of the types of people in our world who see others in very different ways.
Naruto: I don't think I've ever been so lost. Did I ever tell you that you think of the weirdest things sometimes. This being one of them!
Sungii: Well that would make two of us! I know you understand what I'm telling you and I know that you do see something alarming in those comics. I'll give you more solid thoughts about this after I read and watch more of the Boondocks.

Words brought to life
By Sungii

Sungii: Today was a pretty interesting.
Naruto: How so?
Sungii: I got to see a couple reenactment of plays and they were pretty good - even though it was in an amateur setting.
Naruto: Did you find anything in particular that you enjoyed?
Sungii: It's kind of amazing to see some of these plays come to life amongst the people I knew in real life. I especially loved the play by David Hwang called The Sound of a Voice.
Naruto: Want to tell me about it?
Sungii: It's a bit weird of a play actually. It's a story about a man who apparently is on some kind of journey - not revealed in the beginning of the story - and comes across the home of a woman that he ends up staying with. During his stay, he spends a lot of intimate time with her. I feel as if during this time he slowly starts to fall in love with her. My classmates didn't really portray that effect so well but it's amazing how much of the play was still conveyed during it's reenactment. Obviously those kind of emotions can't come out in acting but it was pretty close, and it was just kind of fun to watch my friends take on the roles.
Naruto: (yawns)
Sungii: Hey! You might not appreciate it but that was a really cool play!
Naruto: You make it sound very boring.
Sungii: I guess you need to read it yourself to understand.
Naruto: I did.
Sungii: Really?!
Naruto: "Yeah, you want me to tell you what was my favorite part about the play?
Sungii: Yes, do share... since it seems that my view on it was... boring.
Naruto: So you see towards the end of the play the man starts to show his affection for her. He slowly starts to tell her that she is falling in love with her, and what is ironic about this is that he was suppose to kill her. He felt defeated so he left. She was a witch and it seems like he wasn't the first lover she had because the flowers that spoke to him sort of illustrate soul like beings trapped inside. I think her past lovers who came and visited and were defeated by her became imprisoned and became flower petals.
Sungii: Your version of this sounds boring.
Naruto: This is the most exciting part yet. At the very end...
Sungii: He tells her he is leaving and she runs back inside crying. He was a bit confused at the sight of this so he wanted to see what was the deal. He found out that she hung herself and died. Mission accomplished he did his job he killed her! Even though I think it's kind of sad because he started loving her.
Naruto: You missed the most interesting part about the play. True the things they did together and the time they spent was interesting, but it was leading to a bigger picture. She died in the end because she loved him. She couldn't bare the thought of her lover leaving her. She must've felt very lost without him.
Sungii: Yeah... that's... wow.
Naruto: After she was found dead it said: "Around her, are scores of vases with flowers in them whose blossoms have been blown off. Only the stems remain in the vases. Around her swirl the thousands of petals from the flowers. They fill the Upstage scrim area like a blizzard of color." Sounds to me like the souls of the past lovers have been set free. When she died the lovers she had imprisoned within those petals were now allowed to leave - they were set free.
Sungii: ... too much

I don't know what to do
By Sungii

Sungii: I've never been so lost.
Naruto: What's the matter?
Sungii: Well I've been reading a lot about you and many other people like you and the one thing I'm finding out is that you all have very strong bond with your parents.
Naruto: Yeah. I never received that bond for a long time thought. I only recently became so attached to them, so for the longest time growing up I was always detached from them.
Sungii: Yeah... but your case is different from mine. I've known them my entire life. Something just recently happened that gave me a bit of doubt on whether I should obey their advice a hundred percent of the time or not.
Naruto: Want to talk more about it?
Sungii: Well I won't say much because it's a deep family matter.
Naruto: Okay, well tell me what it feels like then.
Sungii: Well... Let's see... Have you ever been told to do something that could have probably put you in harms way by the people that love you?
Naruto: This sounds...
Sungii: Bad.
Naruto: Don't second guess them like that though. Don't you strongly believe that they love you ever so much?
Sungii: Yes, but why would there be a task assigned to me from my parents with a consequence so detrimental to my wellbeing?
Naruto: Well... when you read about me did you remember what my parents did and tell me before they would leave forever?
Sungii: " love you?
Naruto: Yup! There's something very powerful about those words. They gave their lives for me. They did it all for me. They faced the ultimate consequence for their actions - which was death - but because they loved me and the people of our village so much they sacrificed themselves.
Sungii: It's a lot harder for me to accept that though. You're a hero, and I'm not. My dilemma isn't even on scale with yours. I just really don't like the consequence of it.
Naruto: Well if your selfish mind shall lead you to a new river - other than the one your parents walked you to - then think of things this way: the toll burden they took to raise you and put you where you are today, far exceeds that of which you are going to bear doing this task for them. You want to do so much for other people and yourself, yet you are not willing to set your mind on the hardships that life is going to come with.
Sungii: ...
Naruto: Sit down and pray about it, meditate a bit. An answer might come to your dilemma if you seek it out. The solution might be a way of getting around the consequence, but more than likely the solution will be a heart of courage to face your problem head on!

Is love for me or my significant other?
By Sungii

Sungii: So I just read this very intriguing play about a man and a woman who seemed to be quite the opposite of each other. They were both about to get married, but the play ended... awkwardly?
Naruto: You don't know how it ended?
Sungii: No, I know. I just can't tell what's going to happen after.
Naruto: Did the play not have a conclusion?
Sungii: Not really. Well maybe it did, but its resolution is very unclear.
Naruto: What happened?
Sungii: A bunch of trivial arguments, mainly from the man. He seemed very uptight and unresponsive to a lot of things, so he then made pretty harsh comments about them to his soon to be wife. It felt like he took his anger out on her.
Naruto: Really!?
Sungii: Yeah! I mean he describes their meeting of each other to be a 'convenience'. That sounds pretty harsh to me. Especially harsh to tell your future wife who loves you so much! She's so sweet and loving to him, and he's the exact opposite to her! This angers me.
Naruto: That does sound pretty bad, but maybe we're misjudging him. Maybe we're misunderstanding his true intentions. Maybe that's why she wants to marry him, because she can look beyond his characteristics on the outside and see probably some kind of sweet affection deep inside him. I don't know, that's just a thought.
Sungii: ...
Naruto: I mean if you think about it how often do you disobey your parents? How often do you do something that makes them angry? Yet, they still love you despite all those many times.
Sungii: ...
Naruto: I guess for a couple it's going to be a bit different because love varies for each kind of relationship, but I still think that maybe it's still a bit more than just being compatible with one another. Maybe a sweet handsome guy won't always marry a sweet and beautiful woman.
Sungii: I still don't quite underst.... Wait I think I get it!
Naruto: Yeah?!
Sungii: It's kind of like one of Shakespeare's plays - the Taming of the Shrew. Do you know the play?
Naruto: No I do not, tell me!
Sungii: In the play there is a girl named Katherine is the shrew in the play. She had a beautiful and supposedly very obedient and kind sister that all men wanted to marry - named Bianca. Their father however did not want Katherine to be without a husband so he made it a point that no one would be allowed to marry Bianca until Katherine was married. Later along came a man named Petruchio, who was ready to settle down and fall in love with a woman. His friend saw this as an opportunity and decided that he ought to get Petruchio to marry Katherine, and he did. Katherine as expected was very hard to be patient and loving with, but Petruchio had a way of changing her personality. He decided that he would show her what she did to him and others by reflecting her actions. This slowly started to change her and she became a woman who was loving, caring, sweet and affectionate for him. She completely changed her characteristics and towards the end she became a more obedient and loving wife than her sister who everyone thought was the best wife there could be.
Naruto: Wow! That's great! So you already understand that in couples things can work out! But back to the play you were describing to me - The Man in a Case right?
Sungii: Yeah! That's the one!
Naruto: I found it and read it. You know what caught my attention?
Sungii: Tell me!
Naruto: At the very end of the play it said: "Varinka pedals  off. Byelinkov, alone in the garden, takes out his bad and rips up the note about the lilac, strews it over the garden, then carefully picks up each piece of paper and places them all in a small envelope as lights fade to black."
Sungii: ...
Naruto: This is probably the most interesting part in the play
Sungii: But what does that mean?
Naruto: To be honest, we can't really say because we don't know what he was thinking. I just hope that he represents the same kind of accommodation we hoped love could bring out in people.

Words with a Deeper Meaning
By Sungii

Sungii: Do you find reading interesting?
Naruto: I'm a bad reading and writing. I almost failed my written exams graduating from elementary school!
Sungii: Oh, so I guess you wouldn't know much about poetry huh?
Naruto: mmm... not really, why?
Sungii: I'm trying to understand what makes poetry so powerful.
Naruto: I do know a bit about writing and poetry.
Sungii: No offence, but I'm sure it won't be that helpful if you almost failed your examinations.
Naruto: You're the one asking for help! It seems like you could use any bit of help you can get!
Sungii: Okay, sorry continue.
Naruto: Yeah, you're right I don't know that much about poetry but I think I understand a bit about it. My sensei was a writer. He wrote a series of books that many of my other friends liked and also a special book about me.
Sungii: Is the book: The Legend of the Gutsy Ninja?
Naruto: That's it! It's written in dedication of a peace he wished to find. He left his thoughts, aspirations, dreams and his desire to seek out a peace in words that developed into a story. That story became my life.
Sungii: That's pretty deep. Was that on purpose?
Naruto: I don't know.
Sungii: Well that's just great, so then is every wonderful peace of poetry or writing any different from any other?!
Naruto: Yeah they still are different. They're different in the way they impact people. Poetry conveys feelings, thoughts, stories in words. Just like a story, poetry too can be interpreted in different ways depending on the reader. It has to do a lot with a perspective that we want others to try and see. That's probably why poets work very hard at creating lines to convey their most inner thoughts. Words can only slightly show what we feel. There is still so much more that it cannot reveal.
Sungii: Hey you made a rhyme! That could be a poem about... poems.
Naruto: Yeah, probably a free verse.
Sungii: I'm now finding it hard to believe you almost failed examinations back in elementary school.
Naruto: I guess I never  fully appreciated how much of life you could leave behind with an imprint in ink.

The value of virtue
By Sungii

Sungii: I think I'm slowly starting to give up in this
Naruto: What do you mean?
Sungii: I'm tired of it all, everything. Especially school!
Naruto: Is there something that's really bothering you?
Sungii: Yeah, but I would prefer to just forget about it and let it fade from memory.
Naruto: That sounds like the easy way of getting over it.
Sungii: Yeah, that's why I'm doing that. I'm done with giving time and care but getting crap back.
Naruto: Seems like you wanted something really bad huh?
Sungii: Yeah, I spent this great deal of time on a...
Naruto: Oh, I already understand.
Sungii: Please! Tell me it ain't so! Because I'm very close to walking away.
Naruto: Well, no one ever said achieving anything was going to be easy. In fact if it was quite easy why would it be a dream in the first place? Didn't I explain this to you already? If anything was easy to do, then nothing would really be a dream worth seeking now would it?
Sungii: Yes! I know that! But this isn't even really the big picture, it's just a simple assignment for a simple class."
Naruto: Be it insignificant to you, then why do you feel so much for it?
Sungii: ...
Naruto: Not my point , but think about what you're doing for a sec.
Sungii: I've given it enough thought and I've already decided that this was the better...
Naruto: Better what?!
Sungii: Better choice...
Naruto: Really?! Because when I fell and was beaten gravely, did I stay laid on the ground and cry? Did I watch more and more of my friends pass away before my eyes? Did I let my dreams die? That sure is the easy way out!
Sungii: ...
Naruto: You just read Marjane's book! Did any of her family relatives give up on their dream of real freedom? Everyone fought hard for a peace they so desired. Even if it was on the enemy's side. Everyone had determination! People even fought for something they wanted to the very end...
Sungii: ...
Naruto: You need to hold on to what you cherish.
Sungii: ...
Naruto: Sighs, sometimes it's like talking to a brick wall with you. Can't you recall what I told you last time?
Sungii: ...
Naruto: This is just a pot hole along your road. This is just a lesson of humility and a test of determination. Learn from it, just as Marjane and I have.
Sungii: What do I?
Naruto: You got to have faith in yourself before anyone else is going to have faith in you, slowly but surely you'll see this coming out more. You've been given proof of that already. I dare you to reread those comments on your paper again, and tell me that there wasn't something that your instructor didn't especially cherish about you. Let that which was special to you give you reason to continue. Let that give you reason to pursue all that you dream of being. Let that tell you; one day no paper, assignment, test, task, lesson will ever be too much for you to fail! You'll see soon! (smiling)

Is there really no other way?
By Sungii

Sungii: I'm starting to have my doubts.
Naruto: On what?
Sungii: That we only learn from mistakes or through pain and suffering.
Naruto: What do you mean?
Sungii: Well I gave it a bit of thought the other day, and I realized that we don't really need to go through an experience to learn something - right?
Naruto: ugh... yeah that's right!
Sungii: You and Marjane taught me that we gain a new perspective when having gone through pain or even a mere mistake - correct?
Naruto: Yeah
Sungii: Well then doesn't that contradict what I'm suggesting and you agreed to earlier?
Naruto: Not really
Sungii: ...
Naruto: How far have you read Persepolis?
Sungii: I've already finished the book.
Naruto: (sighs)
Sungii: Can you just tell me what I missed instead of sighing?
Naruto: Didn't you see how much Marjane read?
Sungii: Yeah
Naruto: "Didn't you see how many stories she's heard from the people in her life?
Sungii: Yeah
Naruto: It's very much the same, when you read about her life don't you grow some kind of connection with it? Don't you feel her experience through the pictures and words?
Sungii: Yeah, I do
Naruto: It's quite the same thing if you really think about it. By reading about her life you feel her emotions. So technically you are experiencing it!
Sungii: mmm
Naruto: You should have known that! Why do you think she feels all that sorrow, despair, sadness and anger when she hears about Siamak Jari and Mohsen Shakiba's various and numerous tortures or her Uncle Anoosh's life story or even her friend's (Paradise) experience losing her father.
Sungii: I see, so one way or the other we do live out these experiences.
Naruto: Yeah, how else is she going to be the hero she wants to live up to be if she doesn't immerse herself within the lives of others. Walking in their shoes is what she is doing, what I try to do and what you should try to do as well. You might perform a lot better in some of the things you are doing in life too Sungii!

The Calling
By Sungii

Sungii: Marjane... has suffered quite an amount of torture...
Naruto: In what way?
Sungii: She's heard of many gruesome stories from her friends and family that have been to jail and tortured, and more importantly... her Uncle Anoosh who passed away. It breaks my heart to see her lost in despair. She lost the one "hero" she considered in her family.
Naruto: It is painful, I've suffered quite the same experience too.
Sungii: I know! This also leads me to ask why is it that people go through this kind of torture! What do we gain out of this! It only hurts...
Naruto: Pain and suffering brings forth many different mixed emotions. It also brings to light a new perspective.
Sungii: Tell me, please. What could be positive about something like this.
Naruto: Well you're in school right now so let me give you an example you can easily reflect on.
Sungii: If it helps, sure!
Naruto: When you perform poorly on an assignment, what do you almost always do?
Sungii: Well I feel very bad about it.
Naruto: Sure, we would all but there is something else.
Sungii: I'd probably be anxious to see what I did wrong in the assignment.
Naruto: Yeah you're getting there!
Sungii: I guess I would try correcting it so that the next time another assignment similar comes I will remember what to do. Then I won't make the same mistake twice!
Naruto: Sometimes I wonder why you even ask me for help. You just solved your own question.
Sungii: ...
Naruto: Okay. When you made a mistake, you'd try hard to not make it again. Isn't that a new light? Isn't that a way of bringing optimism to a pessimistic situation? Isn't that what Marjane does in Persepolis? Does she not have a new take on certain things that happen around her?
Sungii: Yeah I guess, but in a very childish way.
Naruto: But that's the beautiful part about her, she's learning this from very young and not knowingly. She's getting back up every time she falls. She's giving life to world every time there is a loss.
Sungii: I think it makes a lot more sense when you explained it to me that way. But don't you think that you might be taking it too deep? Maybe she isn't even aware of all this!
Naruto: (laughingly)  It's okay though because you and I are kids too! And hey we're talking about this!
Sungii: Yeah we are, I guess that's why we can understand Marjane very well!

Marjane Satrapi: Child of Prophecy or Beginning of the End
By Sungii

Sungii: Marjane is pretty ambitious isn't she?
Naruto: She reminds me of us.
Sungii: I don't think so, I actually think she's a bit arrogant.
Naruto: ...
Sungii: Would you think otherwise?
Naruto: ...
Sungii: Why isn't she arrogant! Don't you think that seeking out equality for all people is stupid! We'd be in a 'communist' kind of situation where everyone gets rewarded - despite the extent of their effort. 
Naruto: "But isn't that what gives us reason to dream?
Sungii: ...
Naruto: I dream of someday becoming Hokage (leader of my village). You dream of something too don't you?
Sungii: Yeah, I do
Naruto: So let's say everyone was already Hokage, the title wouldn't really be special. I wouldn't pursure that "dream" now would I?
Sungii: I guess you're right, but don't you think this is different?
Naruto: No, her dreams are no different from yours and mine. Marjane has a similar dream to ours. The only difference is her desire to share it with others. She wants everyone to be equal in status and suffering. She wants everyone to be happy. I she's showed signs of a prophet. She sees that her maid does not get equal treatment like the rest of the household. She also sees the pain her grandmother experiences. She has all the motivation for her objective. 
Sungii: But...
Naruto: But above everything else, she is a girl. The gender which is least associated with prophecy. She's trying to beat the odds. She's trying to do the same thing you and I are doing.
Sungii: But she doesn't even have an answer! When her grandmother asked her how is it that she would eliminate pain, Marjane didn't give her a concrete answer.
Naruto: She did say that she was not going to allow it. That's what matters the most. Not that an answer be given but that the desire to seek one out is there. Keep reading Sungii the answer you're looking for might come.