Marjane was a female born into a wealthy family and taught to love Iran. She was only 10 years old when the revolution started, her family was very open about their views of politics. Marjane's family went against social classes and believed everyone should be treated equally, in result made Marjane believe that too. Marjane’s perspective throughout the book Persepolis helped better understand the social classes, gender roles, and her nationalism throughout the war in Iran.
Marjane was born into the royal family, and Iran whatever class you are born into, you'll stay there for the rest of your life. If you are born as a servant, you will never be anything else and you can not marry from another social class. This picture represents social
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She may have turned out to be different if she was born a boy. Both boys and girls in Iran had different gender roles, just like the picture above. The picture is representing what each gender's role in life is supposed to be. One of the pictures in Persepolis also shows this, but for Muslim people. As the revolution begins it brings along many changes for men and women; women must wear a veil and cover themselves head to toe and men have to grow beards and not tuck in their shirts. As the story goes on Marjane's aspiration in life starts to change. Younger Marjane wanted to be a prophet, everyone thought she was crazy and every other prophet was a boy. The more she grows up she realizes she wants to be an educated woman; just like the scientist Marie Curie. Slowly but surely that dream dies as well through the revolution, believing that she'll have many children at the age Marie Curie went off to study. The government of Iran starts to take over more control of women's bodies and what can happen to them. If women were to be killed, by law she must not be a virgin; before the police can kill her one of them must rape the poor girl. Marjane realizes the unfairness of being a women in Iran and that her future life depends on the freedom of women in