A Mighty Heart Pt 2

I did it...I manage to finish the book and movie last week. Overall, I felt that the book was much better. Of course it's difficult to fit in condense all the book details into a 2-hour movie. The movie was more of a look at Marianne Pearl, her struggles and the investigation process. I believe it was a vehicle for Angelina Jolie to grab another Oscar nomination (which unfortunately, she didn't) and to show people that besides being a supermom, she can actually act.

I was really inspired by the book, mainly the lives of Daniel & Marianne Pearl. How two people from very different backgrounds, came together in a union and vow to be the voices for those who couldn't speak. They were the voices for the oppressed, the injustice, and the misunderstood. They were journalists who were so dedicated to their craft, to reporting the truth and not withhold anything. Willing to give up their comfort zone in order to understand the lives of what they were writing on.

The book begins from their journey in Karachi, when Marianne was three months (?) pregnant, the events of Sept 11th were not too long ago and tensions were building up between nations. I won't revel more details as the book is one that you can't put down once you begin. Compared to the movie, the book gives a more vivid look on Daniel Pearl. Who this person is, what his beliefs are, what this man encompassed. The movie seriously lacked that. It's quite an emotionally draining book cause for me, I knew what happened to him already. The book can get at times confusing with all the names of suspects being thrown back and forth, the details of the investigation process.

It also shows how people from different nationalities, backgrounds, cultures, and religions came together to find one man. Both the book and the movie really did captured that. I dedicate this post to Daniel Pearl, may your legacy live on through the writings of Marianne Pearl and the life of your son, Adam.