Persepolios 3

Do a character sketch of one of the characters in Persepolis. This should include the character's name, age (or ages as the book progresses), gender, appearance, personality, and importance to the plot of the book.

Marjane is the main character in Persepolis she is from Rasht, Iran. At the beginning of the book she is about 7 years old, and by the end she is 23. Marjane is female, she has black hair, brown skin, brown eyes, and has a mole on her nose. She has a rebellious attitude, she is kind, a little stubborn, she has a temper, and she's an independent woman. Even from a young age she did as she pleases, when her parents approve, for the most part. Persepolis is mainly focused on Marjane, like while the war was going on and she was in Austria she never paused in the middle of her life to talk about Iran war.

Persepolis 2

1. Explain the differences between Marjane's personality before she left Iran and when she returned after being in Austria. Why do you think she changed so much? Use specific examples from the book to support your claims.

I think Marjane changed so much not only because she had gotten into the drugs and sex while she was in Austria. Austrian culture is extremely different than the Iran culture, and at first Marjane didn't want to adapt to the new culture she was in. She thought they were very rude, selfish, and maybe even unclean. Because she came from a place where she wasn't allowed to have sex before marriage, and if you did you should try to hide it, or something bad will happen to those people mostly if you were a woman. In Austria however it didn't matter what you did as Lon as you didn't break the law, also Marjane was only 14 when her parents sent her away, a very young woman who was still at an impressionable age. Since she did stay in Austria for a few years she got used to the culture and without realizing it she was starting to "conform" to the culture she was in. It was only natural for her personality to change over the course of her teenage years. When she came back to Iran she had adapted to the Austrian culture and almost forgotten her original culture. It was a culture shock while she was away from home and when she returned. Also her friends were a bad influence on her, peer pressure could have also played a part in her personality change. 

Persepolis 1

1. Why did Marjane's parents decide to send her to Europe. Do you think this was the right decision? Why or why not? 

Marjane's parents decided to send her to Europe because of war, they wanted their one and only little girl to be safe, and free to do as she pleased. I think it was the right thing to do because it was not safe in Iran for Marjane. They wanted to keep their daughter away from danger, they also wanted her to get a good education. They love their daughter so much that even though they could not go to Austria, with Marjane they still sent her away. It was the right thing to do because they could make sure that she was safe she has a good education and then she would be free to do as she pleased while being responsible enough to live on her own. They trusted their daughter a lot so they know that she would not stray from her path. They knew it was the right thing to send to hurt their daughter to Austria.