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!
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