Light Years and Persepolis

In class we had read the book Persepolis. This book takes place in Iran and is full of a lot of information that I previously knew nothing about. Most of our class had started reading Persepolis with only the background information they learned from other classes, which wasn't much. Myself and three others, on the other hand, had a little bit more background knowledge from the choice book we had read Light Years. Light Years had taught me about the dangers in Iran and how often there is a bombing. Iranians are aware and have become expectant of bombings, but they have not become accostomed to them. Both Persepolis and Light Years made me think, how would we act and react if we lived in a place where the fear of getting bombed was constantly racking in our brains? I had a hard time imagining how I would feel or react. We watch the news every night seeing serial killers and murderers, but few of us have actually been affected by that in a personal way in our lives; whereas many Iranians encounter it daily. It just made me reflect on how different lives can be in different places of the world.