Persepolis: Take 2

I very much enjoyed the Persepolis activity we did in class on Monday. The question that I had to answer was how Marji dealt with the oppression of the Islamic Revolution when she returned to Iran, and that has hit home with me throughout this entire book. I'm a very strong, independent woman, someone who does not, and can not take orders from people. (As I side note, my brother just left to go to boot camp for the army today, something I could not do because I couldn't stand there while someone yelled at me and told me what to do). This is why I find it so horrible that these women, and ALL the people in fact, are being forced into something they do not want to do.

Oppression is a difficult thing, and I can very thankfully say I have never had to experience it. But I know people who have. And now we know of Marji and her family, who every day had to worry for their lives as free people, and even as LIVING people. And all because they ran to catch their bus, or wore some lipstick. The idea of this is absolutely mind boggling for me.

Marji dealt with her oppression through little acts of rebellion; showing her wrist, or carrying around a walkman. These are what allowed her to get up and face this every day, and let her basically survive. I think it was also harder for her than it was for the people who stayed in Iran, because she saw what it was like to not HAVE to wear the veil, or to be able to wear make up, or go out on the street with your boyfriend. I know that the people were free before hand, but she got away and had to come back, that is always the hardest.

She is an incredibly strong woman, someone who is to be commended for her bravery. All of the people of Iran who went through this revolution are. Its not something that should happen to a human being...ever.