Who is Marjane Now?

At the beginning of the novel, Marjane is seen as an innocent young girl who doesn't really understand the political and cultural clashes occurring in Iran. Marjane doesn't know why Mehri can't be with the man across the street until her dad explains it's because of their different social classes. Marjane follows the status-quo and believes everything she hears and sees on TV rather than truly comprehending whats actually going on. When her father and Anoosh are talking about the elections, Marjane says, "On TV they say that 99.99% of the population voted for the Islamic Republic" (Satrapi 62). In reality the fundamentalist rulers were manipulating the public into believing this fake statistic, but Marjane doesn't realize that. Throughout the novel, however, Marjane matures and begins to understand more about the world. She makes sure her voice and opinions are heard, even if they don't follow the status-quo. For example, when the professor at the art university she's attending talks to the students about dress code and tells the girls they need to wear longer head scarfs and less-wide trousers, she voices her opinion. She says that its unfair to have all of these restrictions on what women wear while for men get to wear practically whatever they want. Marjane develops into a mature, intelligent, and well-spoken woman by the end of Persepolis.