The Fall

In Persepolis there are various types of archetypes that you can connect to the story. The one that best fits the moral of the story to me is “The Fall”. Like I have said before Marjane had a high profile type family. They had the Cadillac, maid, and so on. As you continue to read you start to see everything, and everyone change around her. In the beginning Marjane couldn’t understand why she had the things that others did not. As things escalate with the war and her being so independent the social class didn’t matter as much as it did. The things started to get worse in Iran. So her parents thought that for the sake of my daughter let’s send her away from the chaos. As nice as it sounds it wasn’t that easy for her. War for any young kid can affect the mind; so when it comes to having freedom from that everyday nightmare. The decisions you make may differ. Like on page 185 “As if my natural deformity wasn’t enough” she expressed this in a negative way so then started to change her appearances. There were times when you can tell by the pictures in the book that she seems depressed. On page 233 she states “My breakup with Markus represented more than a simple separation. I had just lost my one emotional support”. After all the wars going on and moving to house to different houses. She felt as though he was her only support; so depending on him made “The Fall” even worse. She started to go deeper down after that happen. On page 272 she even says “She is nothing. She manages to graze herself. So I waited until my wrist healed to swallow all my anti-depressants”. She was going as far as trying to take her own life. My opinion is we all have been at our lowest point at our life or at least seen someone like that. After a while of being down there will always be a time to get back up. Marjane is a very educated girl so I feel as though over time she will learn from “The Fall” and continue to grow from everything that’s happen to her. It is probably going to be a hard process, but she will get through it. 

Rights!

Everyone has their own right and say to religious freedom. MarJane and her family see how quickly things are changing for them in their home. Each individual has to live under a specific Islamic regime. On page 73 they say “They want to ensure that our children are not led astray from the true path of Islam”. The religious organization took Jurassic measure by means shutting schools down for two years; just to let them on the “right” path. Without education what “right” path could anyone achieve? It is very hard for Marjane to have a say in anything because it is taken as a form of disrespect. You must obey at every cost. One of the biggest situations is the women’s rights. MaJane’s mother is a prime example of women’s rights. On page 74 she states “They insulted me. They said women like me should be pushed up against a wall and f***Ed”. Simply if you were treated like that you can’t do anything about it; plus it’s considered your fault. On page 74 it states “Women hair emanates rays that excite men”. So far so many women end up sexually assaulted so to prevent this they have to wear a veil. Women don’t have the right to wear it whenever they felt like it; it is just simply the “right Islamic path’. There are different types of religious freedom values within the text. For MarJane to equalize the values she’s going to have to observe, create evidence, and stand up for what she believes.

PERSEPOLIS CONFLICT

Skimming through this book I thought nothing of it, but a regular comic book. Something you will give a 9 year old to read.  As I actually read the first 62 pages this book have some really deep events that occur. What tops it off is she gives you a visual on everything she says. The main narrator MarJane Satrapi who at a young age had to see and endure a lot and barley understood anything. The odd thing that you wouldn’t expect is her family wasn’t poor. In page 6 she says “Because our maid did not eat with us. Because my father had a Cadillac” (Satraoi pg.6). The main difference in that is what we call social class.

Both of her parents go around shouting about equal social classes and freedom when they have things low class could only dream about. She then felt ashamed of the things her family owned all because the social class differences. “The reason for my shame and for the revolution is the same: The differences between social classes” (Satraoi pg.33). As an example all the times her maid was living in her home she never knew her maid was a “Maid”. Mehri was the name of the maid, and has been working for Marjane family. She was from a lower social class then them. For this one experience she saw the difference between her and “them”.  Marjane father tells her that their love was impossible. “In this country you must stay within your own social class” (Satraoi pg.37).  Also when the boy realized that she wasn’t a part of his class it changed his whole perspective of who she is. As I continue to read problems just as similar to this one happens often in the story. Some don’t want to be a part of a society that’s beneath them. Other’s in the story fight for that freedom to be with one another