Blog #3: Persepolis - Ashwin
Ashwin Dev
Dr. Cobos
ELA
27 October 2017
In what ways did Marjane find it difficult to fit back into Iranian society?
It seemed like Marjane wasn't used to all of the change in the people and places that were in Iran. You can tell that she tried really hard to forget about the bad things in her past, an example would be on page 245, once she puts on the veil she thinks about all of her individual and social liberty that she had in Austria. Putting on that veil had already reminded her of things she didn't want in life (wearing a veil, not being able to wear the clothes she wants, not being able to have parties, etc.) and that was only one of the things. From the point of Marjane coming back to Iran, it seemed like she was expecting everybody to be the same or similar to how they used to be. Her parents and grandmother aside, most times that she had met up with her past friends and people that she knew, it didn't look like she was too happy with the way that some of them turned out or she felt bad for them. An example would be on page 266 with her friend Kia and another on page 259, she describes being "terribly alone" after meeting that specific group of friends.
The reactions of Marjane getting to be home again didn't really surprise me. From the point that Marjane arrived in Iran, a lot of what she did consisted of being surprised at how so much had changed. It also consisted of Marjane coming back to her old things but I feel like more of the people and things she came across were different and not at all the same. She didn't get to hear about what was happening at her home in Austria as well as being around people that had grown up around entirely different cultures and people. The only people that were close to being the same they were before Marjane left to Austria were her parents and grandmother. Her parents and grandmother seemed to all have the same personality before Marjane left to Austria. On page 258, she mentions that her grandmother was still her old self.
Dr. Cobos
ELA
27 October 2017
In what ways did Marjane find it difficult to fit back into Iranian society?
It seemed like Marjane wasn't used to all of the change in the people and places that were in Iran. You can tell that she tried really hard to forget about the bad things in her past, an example would be on page 245, once she puts on the veil she thinks about all of her individual and social liberty that she had in Austria. Putting on that veil had already reminded her of things she didn't want in life (wearing a veil, not being able to wear the clothes she wants, not being able to have parties, etc.) and that was only one of the things. From the point of Marjane coming back to Iran, it seemed like she was expecting everybody to be the same or similar to how they used to be. Her parents and grandmother aside, most times that she had met up with her past friends and people that she knew, it didn't look like she was too happy with the way that some of them turned out or she felt bad for them. An example would be on page 266 with her friend Kia and another on page 259, she describes being "terribly alone" after meeting that specific group of friends.
The reactions of Marjane getting to be home again didn't really surprise me. From the point that Marjane arrived in Iran, a lot of what she did consisted of being surprised at how so much had changed. It also consisted of Marjane coming back to her old things but I feel like more of the people and things she came across were different and not at all the same. She didn't get to hear about what was happening at her home in Austria as well as being around people that had grown up around entirely different cultures and people. The only people that were close to being the same they were before Marjane left to Austria were her parents and grandmother. Her parents and grandmother seemed to all have the same personality before Marjane left to Austria. On page 258, she mentions that her grandmother was still her old self.
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