In the book, Persepolis Marji, the main character, learns many things about the world around how and how the people around her react to various things occurring. Her parents try to guide her through the right things to do and the wrong things to do and to never forget where she came from. Her parents always tried to keep her happy and tried to protect her from the dangerous things happening in the world, and they had a major impact on her childhood and as she grew up.
One of the main things that Marji’s parents teach her is that she should never forget where she came from and to be proud of her heritage. This occurs when her father finally tells her what had happened to her grandfather and how he was a prince, and when he tells her to never forget where she came from when the family is at the airport and Marji is getting ready to leave. Some of the panels also help describe how the parents always put Marji’s future and life in front of what they would like, and this is clearly shown when the parents decide to send Marji away from Iran to live in a place that they probably would not be able to visit often.
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Her parents gave her freedom to make up for the things that were going on in the country of Iran such as being forced to wear a veil whenever they went outside. However, they did punish her for going to places that she was not allowed to go to at the time. An example would be when she went to Kansas and skipped school. This had also occurred when she had gone to a demonstration when her parents had told her that she was not allowed to go. This lets her know that she could not always do whatever she wanted since it might end up with her getting seriously