Persepolis Conflict Essay

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Conflicts cause many problems in society and originate from many different sources. In the book “Persepolis” by Marjane Satrapi she describes conflicts between her family and their beliefs. Two other Articles one by Janet Reitman and one by Tori DeAngelis discuss conflicts between social class, western culture and religion. My takeaway from this unit is that conflicts are always present in today's society and conflicts relating to religion are the source of many.

One conflict that people face is one between the modern society/western culture and fundamentalism that was brought in by the islamic revolution. In the case of the book Persepolis modern culture and western influence came to conflict with religion, the Muslim culture and Islamic
In Persepolis, social classes had strict rules and there were lines drawn between social classes. Marji would help her maid Mehri write letters to a man next door that she liked. Mehri grew up in a very poor family and lied about being the daughter of Marji’s father. Marji’s father told the man that he and Mehri were in different social classes and he stopped writing to her. He then said to Marji “Their love was impossible, In this country you must stay within your own social class” (37). Marji found this unfair as her parents are following the rules of social classes but are also fighting in the revolution to get rid of them. Her parent’s behaviors conflict with their views of the revolution and getting rid of social classes. In an article about social classes DeAngelis says “ because of this sense of entitlement, higher-class people can behave more selfishly and less ethically than lower-income peers” (DeAngelis, “Class Differences”). This suggests that people who have more privileges and power feel that they are superior to others. This causes some people to look down on the poor and feel they are more important and have more rights than others. Social classes can cause conflicts between people because they think they are better than each