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Silence of the Girls
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Class disparity
Discusses the disparity of treatment between slaves and those in power through Briseis (former Queen of Lyrnessus) being captured and being reduced to a cleaner and bed slave. Has connections to Persepolis in this respect whilst providing an alternate perspective.
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In a better world
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War
connects to the war in silence of the girl;s and Warsaw shires poems home and conversations about home at the deportation centre
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Persepolis
Moral Uncertainty
Ironies of the revolution, her uncle's heartbreak shadowing his political oppression are some of the adult and political issues that aren't understood by Marji. Other examples include Marji's teacher telling her to rip out the picture of the Shah from her book, which she doesn't understand. Marji's also told to forgive, but questions her mother's words to massacre the torturers' conflict that isn't explained because of her limited understanding.
Social Protest
Marji's parents stand up against the Shah's regime, and the entire country becomes furiated after a cinema of 400 innocent people are left to die in a burning theatre. Political prisoners held by the Shah became freed heroes, but were killed shortly after under the Islamic Guardians of the Republic, under the new government. Several people held parties and drank alcohol as an act of rebellion, which Marji begins to understand upon entering adolescence.
Class Differences
The 'keys of paradise' become the object correlative that symbolises the class differences in Iran during the Islamic Revolution and the war between Iran and Iraq. These keys are given to young boys from poorer families only, as an assurance that they will be safely delivered to heaven if they die in battle. Young boys from wealthier families however, are protected from any harm and are better equipped to survive the war and revolution.
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Warsan Shire
Home
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Desensitisation
Children begin carrying weapons to suggest the normality of violence, and thus the desensitisation the residents of the nation have undergoed.
Ugly
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Generational pressure
Pressure from relatives who directly address the daughter as ugly. The mother also feeds into these pressures.
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