Iranian Revolution In Persepolis
In the book: Persepolis Marji and others are surrounded by oppression set upon them and they have to live their lives under the control of the Regime, The Shah, and being in the mix of a war between Iran and Iraq. Persepolis reflects on what happened during the Iranian Revolution, the way of life for people in Iran, and how the conflictual and corrupt state of Iran effected & changed the lives of many. Marji shows and tells us throughout the book her experiences she faces in being surrounded by oppression under the Islamic Regime, the Shah, during the Iranian revolution, and during the war between Iran and Iraq. Some characters in Persepolis never find freedom as the people are enclosed and limited by the unjust government. The only people
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Mehri’s maid finds freedom when communicating with her boyfriend by calling Marji her “sister” as she pretends to be Marji’s sister so that she may have a better shot at dating the boy. It even says on the last frame of page 35 Mehri telling Marji to write “My dear Hossein, I miss you a lot. It has been three days since I saw you at the window. I often talk about you to my sister.” Which Marji, being as innocent(she was innocent) and kind as she is, went along with it. But unfortunately, this doesn’t last long as Marji’s father finds out and informs Mehri’s boyfriend saying “Ok, I’ll get straight to the point: I know that Mehri pretends to be my daughter. In reality, she is my maid.” This then provokes Mehri’s boyfriend to stop wanting to date Mehri as he finds out she is in a lower social class. And this then leads to Marji sticking up for Mehri asking her father on page 37 “Dad, are you for or against social classes?” Marji is strongly attached to Mehri and after hearing of this wants to demonstrate, and so does Mehri. So they both go and demonstrate against the Shah for he has established Discrimination in the matter of social classes which is both unfair and unjust. But, in demonstrating, Mehri is able to express herself as she is upset that she can’t be dated by someone of a different social
Mehri’s maid finds freedom when communicating with her boyfriend by calling Marji her “sister” as she pretends to be Marji’s sister so that she may have a better shot at dating the boy. It even says on the last frame of page 35 Mehri telling Marji to write “My dear Hossein, I miss you a lot. It has been three days since I saw you at the window. I often talk about you to my sister.” Which Marji, being as innocent(she was innocent) and kind as she is, went along with it. But unfortunately, this doesn’t last long as Marji’s father finds out and informs Mehri’s boyfriend saying “Ok, I’ll get straight to the point: I know that Mehri pretends to be my daughter. In reality, she is my maid.” This then provokes Mehri’s boyfriend to stop wanting to date Mehri as he finds out she is in a lower social class. And this then leads to Marji sticking up for Mehri asking her father on page 37 “Dad, are you for or against social classes?” Marji is strongly attached to Mehri and after hearing of this wants to demonstrate, and so does Mehri. So they both go and demonstrate against the Shah for he has established Discrimination in the matter of social classes which is both unfair and unjust. But, in demonstrating, Mehri is able to express herself as she is upset that she can’t be dated by someone of a different social