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Motif in Persepolis (Coming of Age/Growing Up (188A6C95-51E3-4A6E-81A0…
Motif in Persepolis
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Heroes
Page 86, last 2 panels
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Marjane desperately wanted to have a hero in her family but after hearing Pardisse’s story, she realizes that having a hero can have horrible results and will probably not be worth it.
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War
Page 102 top panel
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War touched the social classes differently like we can see in this panel, the poor people went to the war with the promise of a better life if they die on the battlefield with their plastic key with them and the wealthy didn’t need to go on the battlefield
Gender
Page 133, top and bottom 3
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The expectations for a fundamentalist woman is that she should be submissive and adhere to the “dress code”. Marjane has rebellious tendencies and these actions led her to being busted by the Guardians of the Revolution for failing to comply with what is expected of her gender.
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