In "The Complete Persepolis" Marjane Satrapi helps us understand the struggles of her childhood in Iran during the Iran/Iraq war. It was no doubt a time of turmoil and revolution for its people. The Iranian government was going through a time of change for its Muslim people and like anyone else, change is not adapted very easily. Marj made this very clear. She tried to revolt against the new laws that were put into place but like the rest of the people social identity was mere the same outcome for everyone in Iran.
Marj's whole family seemed to be outcasts of sort. They demonstrated their beliefs and opposed the new laws the Iranian government tried to impose on them. They protested which seemed to work for a while, but then that got rejected by the way the government handled it. It became dangerous to attempt to try it anymore. Also when the veils were imposed on the women they did not want to agree to those rules either they tried to alter the way the would wear them. Marj's family were outcasts from the government and tried to keep a low profile of their actions because of the consequences that would follow them if they were to get caught. The Muslim heritage of Sunni's and Shiite have been at war with each other for centuries and there may never be an end to that. although in Iran it may be a lot less magnified than in Iraq it does exists.
Like all the other pieces we have read this year "The Complete Persepolis" demonstrates another strain of outcasts. Although it may not be someone with disabilities or a vampire they are the outcasts of society and as we live our lives in society we will continue to see plenty of examples of outcasts not even thinking consensually that they are categorized that way.
Scott Swan
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