Satrapi's Attitudes Toward Social Classes
Satrapi's attitude toward social classes in her society is eager yet serious , Marjane's childish curiosity wants to know more about why everyone is treated differently because of their wealth and status in the community but she also wants to understand the topic, and why it matters so much to everyone associated with the government . Satrapi and her father were having an important discussion one night and her father mentions that her grandfather was a prince, In this moment was when marjane's dad told her that the shah took every one of her grandpas belongings, and shortly after marjane's grandpa turned into a communist which was the equivalent of a criminal in that era of Iran . This was when I feel a switch clicked in marjane's head and
she felt like she needed to know everything about the iranian social classes(23). When Marjane's grandmother visits, she constantly asks questions about how her life with marjane's grandfather was (26). Marjane's grandmother dipped into very little detail of how she lived. A few of the small things she mentioned was that she had to learn how to sew scraps of fabric together because they were too poor to buy clothes, and that the family never really ate, but grandma would boil water to make the neighbors not suspect that they had close to nothing to eat (26). After hearing Marjane and her father talk Marjane's mother reminisced on her childhood and how scared she was when her dad constantly went to jail . After hearing her mother talk about her childhood marjane really wanted to put herself in her grandfather's shoes, so she sat in the bathtub forever because she had heard her mother say that her grandpa was trapped in a cell full of water one of the times he was in prison because of his status in the government. As Marjane processed everything she began to understand the problems associated with the government. I feel that the words eager and serious define greatly yet simplistically marjane's overall perspective or feeling about social classes in Iran.
she felt like she needed to know everything about the iranian social classes(23). When Marjane's grandmother visits, she constantly asks questions about how her life with marjane's grandfather was (26). Marjane's grandmother dipped into very little detail of how she lived. A few of the small things she mentioned was that she had to learn how to sew scraps of fabric together because they were too poor to buy clothes, and that the family never really ate, but grandma would boil water to make the neighbors not suspect that they had close to nothing to eat (26). After hearing Marjane and her father talk Marjane's mother reminisced on her childhood and how scared she was when her dad constantly went to jail . After hearing her mother talk about her childhood marjane really wanted to put herself in her grandfather's shoes, so she sat in the bathtub forever because she had heard her mother say that her grandpa was trapped in a cell full of water one of the times he was in prison because of his status in the government. As Marjane processed everything she began to understand the problems associated with the government. I feel that the words eager and serious define greatly yet simplistically marjane's overall perspective or feeling about social classes in Iran.