Blog #3: Persepolis


C.M
Dr. Cobos
ELA
10.27.17
In what ways did Marjane find it difficult to fit back into Iranian society?
    One of the ways Marjane is finding it difficult to fit back into Iranian society is understanding why one in every street is named after a martyr. Marjane's father explains that the reason so many streets are named after martyrs is because the entire war between Iran and Iraq was just a setup to destroy both armies by the west, who sold weapons to both sides. While the parents of these martyrs are overjoyed that their kids are dead, Marjane can’t understand the absurdity of this situation (Page 253).
Another way in which Marjane is seeing different from Iranian society is in terms of hope for the future. While many Iranians, including her own parents, are hopeful for the future and putting the terrors of war behind them, Marjane isn’t feeling motivated to move forward, and she thinks that her parents secretly aren't motivated as well (Page 257). In the next chapter, Marjane is getting visited by friends and family. After all her family visits, her friends come to tell her hi as well. When they get there, Marjane is shocked by their makeup, hair, and the fact that they all look like heroines from American TV shows. She can’t remember what connected them in the first place, and she feels very out of place around them.
It’s understandable that Marjane feels out of place in Iran. She just spent four years in Europe while Iran was having a war. The war must have really changed Iran, and since Marjane spent her teenage years in Europe she missed out on the chance to really grow up an Iranian. Although she eventually adjusts back to the Iranian lifestyle (at least somewhat), I think she will eventually return to Europe because she spent her developmental years there.



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