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Who Is Marjane Satrapi's Economic Status?

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As of 2016, 7.442 billion people live in the world, 323.1 million people live in the US, and 11.61 million people inhabit the state of Ohio. Likewise, there are roughly 7.442 billion different opinions in the world, 323.1 million different opinions in the US, and 11.61 million different viewpoints in the state of Ohio alone. This is so because every single person on planet Earth has a background of various circumstances and experiences, which determine that person’s perspective. For example, some people are women and some are men. Some people practice Christianity, while others practice nothing at all. Some people even maintain a thriving business, while others remain unemployed. This same idea applies to Marjane Satrapi, who was born into a higher social class as a female and was raised by the customs and beliefs of Islam. …show more content…

Social classes can, and often are, represented by hierarchies, similar to the picture shown. The very bottom, blue level of this pyramid, when used as a hierarchy, traditionally represents the lowest class of a certain population according to the wealth of that person or family. Conjointly, the lowest level of a hierarchy is the largest part of the pyramid, showing an imbalance of income and what privileges the majority of the population has. Overhead of the lowest class rests the middle class, upper class, and exclusive class which, as shown, gradually represent less of the population gaining more power progressively. As hinted to in the novel Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi has the advantage, and sometimes

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