Persepolis Blog Response.

In Persepolis there were many situations, wither bad or good in Iran. But the citizens found ways to have fun and laugh about it. Even if it involved breaking the law, like people threw parties, drank wine, played cards and all these things were prohibited. But I think that was what made it fun was the fact that, although it was stupid that these things were prohibited, it was fun because of the thrill of going against the Shahs. It made me laugh because of the way they were sneaking around to each other's houses to party and when they were in a bad situation, they would just run. Like Marji's aunt who freaked out and just gave Marji her baby. 

Marji's family is quite, well.. Accepting I would say, compared to a lot of traditional people, her family is actually really westernized. Because what's really important to them is actually freedom, nothing else matters than freedom and the right to fight for their country's freedom. They're mostly against the Shah's laws but in order to survive they must do so according to the law. In the book Marji's family all agrees on this, that their country's freedom including them are most important that even dying for it is worth it. 

Religion overall is very important in this story and even now in our world, people die to get their freedom of religion. It's so cruel and sad. In Persepolis, religion plays a huge role in this story because the Shahs are basing their laws on religion, and by doing this they're controlling people. In the book Marji's uncle states that since most people are uneducated its hard for them to base things off of politics so they base it on religion, which makes it easy for those political leaders to persuade those uneducated with promises of religion. So religion is real important. =)

Marji protesting in her house, sine she can't go to the real ones.

This shows Marji's passion that she has for freedom.