During your tender years of childhood including young teenage years, you are not at the appropriate age to make important life decisions. Many of the decisions parents make for their children are for long term effects, specifically their future. In “Persepolis”, the Islamic Revolution is putting a strain on Marji’s future. With the war progressing and no signs of ending, Marji’s parents finally make the decision they need to send Marji to another place to start a new life. War causes parents to make decisions that may hurt them, but will benefit their child.
“Persepolis” is a book full of hardships and challenges that come with the war. Keeping a child in a situation as in “Persepolis” is not healthy growing up. Having to go through a revolution, experiencing riots and bombings affects children emotionally and mentally. Having to be a child during this time puts a strain on a childhood social life, especially the quality of education the child is receiving. Education during periods as such in a book is based of the majority beliefs on what’s going on and if your like Marji, a strong opinionated person who will fight to defend what she believes in then you will constantly disagree with what they teach. Not getting the ideal, fitting education could really effect the future ahead of a child. As a parent, you want to give your children the best of your ability. In “Persepolis”, Marji’s parents were unsure on how long the revolution was going to continue for. At the end of the book, they finally decided that they needed to send Marji to France to continue her life in a healthier environment
more suitable for a child. This decision killed her parents emotionally because they were sending their only child away and may never see her again, but they knew that it was the best decision for Marji to get a childhood she deserved and a successful future. Even though situations and decisions like in “Persepolis” are hard on parents, they know