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In Persepolis , Why Does Marjane Want To Make Her Past Dissapear (Page 194)?     I think that Marjane wants to make her past disappear because she is feeling guilty. The main reason she is feeling this guilt is because she feels like a coward and a disgrace for smoking joints and behaving like a punk when her parents are getting bombed every day. One panel in page 193 supports my theory. Marjane, talking about her parents thinking of her as a dream child, says “If only they knew… If they knew that their daughter was made up like a punk, that she smoked joints to make a good impression, that she had seen men in their underwear while they were being bombed every day, they wouldn't call me their dream child.” More evidence can be found in pages 194-195, where Marjane is denying her nationality and not watching the news when they’re reporting on Iran. She says on page 195 that being from Iran was a heavy burden, since Iran was seen as an “evil” place. I think it’s unde...