Marjane parents both choose that Iran was not the place for their daughter. She was headstrong, outspoken, and independent. However, the behavior she has got her expelled so her mom and dad was afraid something worse would happen. They shipped Marjane to Vienna where she ended up in a boarding house that was run by some nuns.
"The Minister's Black Veil" is a short story wriThe Fluidity of The Minister'S Black Veil. Gender Norms & Racial Bias in the Study of the Modern "The Minister'S Black Veil"tten by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It was first published in the 1836 edition of The Token and Atlantic Souvenir, edited by Samuel Goodrich. It later appeared in Twice-Told Tales, a collection of short stories by Hawthorne published in 1837. Plot summary The story begins with the sexton standing in front of the meeting-house, ringing the bell.
It’s written on the first page of our schoolbook’ [said Marjane]” (Satrapi 19). Marjane’s perspective before imperialism is shown in this quote, and here the reader can see how Marjane is not yet ready to speak out against what she is told to believe.
In Marjane Satrapi’s book Persepolis, We see Marji change drastically with her choices in religion and beliefs. She becomes so intertwined in the revolution that she loses track of her dreams of becoming a prophet. Once the war has begun Marji merges herself into the whole situation. As she grows up Marji wants to fit in with the westernize society since in Iran the war has seized her freedom. This causes Marjane to take her own path without realizing many of the consequences.
Throughout the book, Marjane has kept a positive attitude. This is consistent until she hits rock bottom. Marjane comes of age when she realizes seeking medical help for her depression instead of hurting herself. It happens in Vienna, when she makes the decision to become homeless until she starts coughing up blood. Marjane has a hard time confronting her shame and this flaw eventually causes her to hit rock bottom.
When suddenly things got nasty. For the first time in my life, I saw violence with my own eyes.” Even though she sees a brutal retaliation, this doesn’t stop her from being disobedient to the government, towards the end of the story she wears a jean jacket and Nike sneakers, both of which are Western products. Marjane describes her apparel when she says, “ I put my 1983 Nikes on... And my denim jacket with the Michael Jackson button, and of course my headscarf.
In this chapter Marjane’s parent had just gotten back from their trip with all their smuggled goodies for Marjane. The fourth panel on page 132 depicts Marjane walking down the street in her denim jacket singing about kids in America. Not only does her jacket and neck scarf oppose the Islamic regime but her singing cheerfully about kids in America does as well. In the background you can see angry adults yelling and pointing at her most likely because of the casual clothes she is wearing. This demonstrates opposition to the regime because it shows her going against laws in her own free will to show what she loves.
Women are discriminated against welfare depicting the veil as seen in the case of Marji and also education. My identity, however, is liminal pertaining conventional, abiding by accepted proprieties and customs
In panel 2 from Persepolis, the protagonist describes herself as "very" religious, indicating that her faith is necessary but not the only factor in her opinions about the veil. She also mentions that her family is modern and avant-garde, implying they may be more receptive to progressive or unconventional ideas that challenge traditional religious practices, such as wearing the veil. Marjane can reflect the theme of identity as Marjanes struggle to reconcile her religious and modern identities depicted through a contrasting depiction of her beliefs with her conflicted
Her friends, boyfriends, and surroundings were the causes that altered her in her journey. Marjane came of age through her struggles in both Iran and Vienna by the surroundings and people around her.. Persepolis shows that coming of age can be affected by the historical and cultural events of the character’s childhood. In this novel, Marjane will unrestrainedly do whatever her parents are doing or did even though they command her not to. For example, when Marjane asked if she can go to the demonstration with her parents, she was refused. Then Marjane decided to go with her maid Mehri “Tomorrow we are going to demonstrate” (Satrapi 38).
Though Persepolis is a memoir, Marjane Satrapi is able to enter into self-awareness through deviation from social norms. According to Simply Psychology, social norm is defined as being “Social Norms are unwritten rules about how to behave they provide us with an expected idea of how to behave in a particular social group or culture” ( Seaul Mcloed). Throughout the novel, she tends to break her cultural norms. Since is from Iran and her religion is Islam, there are certain things you are not allowed to do such as smoking a cigarette or contacting to other men. If she did this action, she would have received punishment.
With all things considered, the personal nature of the story is expertly expressed through Marjane’s loss of innocence, her beliefs and opinions on her religion, and her experiences with gender
Marjane cropped herself out of the class photo to show that she doesn’t want to be a part of the regime nor accept the principles of it. It would be hard for the reader to notice that Marjane isn’t in the class photo if the reader wasn’t informed and this is due to the lack of visual distinction between them, which emphasizes the oppression of women. The fashion statement in Iran creates a confusion for Marjane, who lives in a modern family but is restricted by the rules introduced by the government. She has the choice of wearing anything she wants in her home, but when she’s at school she is once again restricted by the veil and her religion. When Marjane is in Vienna, she changes from a conformist that she needs to be in Iran to an individual that she is allowed to be in Vienna.
When Marjane is a child, she was very obedient. She followed the rules of Islam and the rules that her parents had established. As Marjane grows older, she begins to lose her innocence. She grows into this girl who is rotten. She does not obey Islam, she begins to not obey her parents, and she causes trouble in her school.
