2nd Essay for final

                                                                                                                             Ismael Martinez

period: 4                    -

      Essay 2

              In the movie Persepolis Marjane's Grandmother told her, "To be true to yourself". The Protagonist/main character from Billy Elliot (Billy Elliot) was true to himself was well because people told him that if he were to dance that he would be a puff (homosexual/gay) and that he sucked at boxing. They were right about one thing...he did suck at boxing because it wasn't his thing thats all. He took and enjoyed ballet because he was good at it for his age and gender. No he wasn't a homosexual because he did enjoy playing with the daughter of the woman who trained him. His dad thought he was a homosexual just because he was taking ballet but Billy didn't listen to him and stayed true to himself because even though his dad didn't want him to do ballet Billy still did it because he loved and enjoyed it and it expressed him for who he was.

            He was still being true to himself because before he found out his best friend was a homosexual they were really good friends not judging each other and i guess helping each other out. After he found out that his best friend was a homosexual he told him that he wasn't and still accepted him as his best friend. He was being true to himself because he wasn't judging or being a bigot like his dad was when he thought his son was a homo sexual. Even when Billy and his best friend were caught dancing in the gym by Billy's dad he probably told himself to be himself and actually kept dancing and showed off to his father on how good he was at dancing ballet. After that the father realized that he was actually good and even tried and succeeded in getting Billy a trial to get him in the school of professional ballet school. Though at first his dad didn't want him dancing anymore but after Billy showed him his moves the dad finally realized that he was wrong and was proud of his son dancing and NOT being a homosexual and thought he deserved to go to that school and even sold his wife's jewelry which must of been hard for him since the death of his wife.

          So Basically Billy Elliot is a perfect example on what Marjane's grandmother statement was about being true to yourself. He showed the world who he was and what he enjoyed to do and didn't care what people thought of him.