Marjane's View Of An Innocent Child

The views of an innocent child Marjane is a very young girl brought up in the turmoil of religion and war conflicts. Marjane is just a simple, gifted, sincere child who believes in religion and follows the steps of god as a child. She seems not to understand the way the world works around her and why some events were happening in her lifetime. She is brought up in a world of social conflicts between the new regime and the war between Iraq and Iran. Marjane was so naïve that she didn’t really understand why they were fighting in the first place. She didn’t quiet understand why they wanted a new republic regime to take over Iran. Marjane felt restricted by the new revolution and wanted to stand up for her herself and her people who suffered

The veil is a religious entity that shows modesty in women and also shows respect for women. Marjane felt like she didn’t feel like herself when she wore the veil. She felt restricted on what her beliefs were as a woman. She felt like women were being overpowered by this religious act. She felt like they were taking away her freedom and rights as a woman. Her mother and grandmother were also two influential female role models to her. Marjanes mother was also in support of women’s views and rights. She protested for the rights of feminism and Marjane viewed her as a leader. They supported Marjanes views and beliefs, which made her into a strong woman on what she is today. Marjane was a woman who wouldn’t stand up for what she felt wasn’t right. This would eventually get Marjane to follow along her mothers footsteps in taking action against the new

Her mother also tells her that the boys at school are being taken into war and given a key. The military told them that the key signified a way to get into heaven which it provided a mansion and women altogether when they are killed in war. Marjane believes that they are telling them these lies just so they can encourage the boys to go to war. Marjane also soon finds out that her best friend is killed in a bomb attack near her house. Marjane is so upset and is so stressed out about what’s going on and starts to blame it on the new regime. This is leading to her to feel a false hope of the new republic Islam and their opposing views on them. Marjane then feels like she needs to do something about it. She soon starts to make her actions and voice heard at school and in public. There have been various studies amongst war and young children. “Survey Replication (Harvard Medical School, 2012), based on a representative sample of 5,692 U.S. children younger than age 13, suggest that as many as 39% some type of trauma. Worldwide childhood exposure to war trauma is also common. A 2002 report estimated that more than 2 million children were killed in wars in the preceding decade, and many more had witnessed or been victims of violence accompany-ing wars (Bellamy, 2004)” (Llabre, 2015, p.169). I believe witnessing war as a child can greatly impact the