In the graphic novel Persepolis, we are introduced to Marji and are led through her life in Iran. There are many issues that Marji has with her current home when the Shah takes over and incites many changes to the people's lives. For example, all women are required to wear a veil, and are treated as less than men--Marji, being outspoken and a feminist does not agree with how women are treated.
Marji is very well informed for her age, and continued to glean more knowledge from her parents as more and more changes come about in their country. Many people to America, but their family chose to stay and to hold out. Eventually it gets to the point where the US Embassy is taken over, so no one can get a Visa to leave Iran for a better place. By now, bombs are being dropped, boys as young as 12 are being sent off to war; life is getting to be very difficult to deal with. Marji goes to demonstrations with her parents when she is young, and this is probably one of the catalysts of why Marji matures so fast.
Allison Weening, Post 10
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