Marjane has come a very long way, from being a girl in Iran
living with your parents, sheltering her, until she has to live in Europe and
becoming an adult in a young age. When Marjane moved to Vienna, she had bad
experiences living with people. The people, who would take her in for a while,
would end up mistreating her by insulting her and making her feel less because
she was from Iran. However Marjane is still the same old Marji because she is
not the type of person who would say quite, she would talk back to them. Marjane
even learned the awful feeling of not sleeping under a shelter. She got to
experience sleeping on the street during winter, she even starting looking for
food in the garbage; leading her to the hospital with severe bronchitis. Once
Marji returned home, she started to change her look. She started to worry about
her appearance but not to a extreme where she was obsessed on how she looked,
but she did update her look. She slowing started to go back to her “old self”, she
started seeing her old friends, and started to get involve with the news about
the war, etc.
Good summary and searching for a deeper meaning within her life story.
ReplyDeleteI agree that Marjane has started becoming her "old self" again. Marjane seems to realize her true identity as an Iranian; although she was alienated in Vienna (because the culture was not as conservative and was very different) and she sees the big change in her friends (who wear makeup, etc.), she finds herself more at home in Iran.
ReplyDeleteI think this is a very good point. She got to experience freedom in Vienna. She always wanted to have a taste of freedom, but when she got it, she had very bad experiences and became lonely in Vienna. In this way, Marjane learned to value Iran a little bit more. It's kind of all about trial and error.
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