Persepolis

So far with the reading we have done with this book, we have seen alot of different themes and ideas that author wants to display. One is how she and her family felt like such outcasts in there own country. At first they were all united in trying to over throw the government and then when they finally did, it didnt end up how anyone wanted it. The government turned into a radical Islamic regime. This turns the entire country into a backward spiral. The people begin to have to conform to certain rules they dont want to like wearing veils, and having to send there sons to the military as young as 14. Also rules are put in place to ban ties and anything to do with capitalism or the western way of living. There are secret police who imprison or kill anyone who opposes the new government. This is certaintly not what anyone in the country was expecting when they revolted against the regime in the first place. But this usually tends to happen when a country is desperate for a new ruler. For example with Germany and Russia both countries over through there previous governments and in exchange ended up with a communist, dictatorship governments. But the country who was once united with its country is now an outcast in their own land. They are still rebels now even though this is what they wanted in the first place a new government. Im sure throughout the novel there will be more signs of oppression and hardships. And maybe even a sense of hope for the Iran people.

Kenny Liszewski Post 10