On pages 114 and 115 I noticed that Marjane is walking down the staircase to get to her "hideout": the basement. However, in watching her descend I noticed that as she gets closer to the bottom of the staircase the stairs become further away and appear smaller.I am not entirely sure on the meaning behind the illusion of the staircase, but expading on the idea brought up last class that on page 116, where Marjan is seen walking out and presumed to have walked through a battle, perhaps the stair case shows how that, because the basement is her "hideout" perhaps having the battle in what we presume is the basement indicates how the War is becoming reality in the way that it becoming close to home. The reason behind believing the battle shown in the basement indicates how the war is becoming close to home is that the basement was Marjane's "hideout" and showing a battle in her "hideout" indicates how it can reach anyones safeplace; safeplaces are being suffocated and destroyed. No one is safe from war, there is no safe place to go physically or mentally.
- Bhanesha
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