Marji's Coming Of Age In Persepolis

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In Marjane Satrapi novel, Persepolis, the main character Marji goes from being a incent little girl to becoming of age by going back to school, her grandmothers death, and moving away from her parents. Marji shows her coming of age by going back to school. Marji going back to school shows her coming of age by begin a strong induvial knowing education is a priory in life. Also with her going back to school tells us how she is becoming more responsible. Also Marji shows her coming of age when her grandmother died. Because when her grandmother died, she knew she had to be strong and move on from her loss. She also started to realize how life actually works and started to see the world in a whole different way. Marji as well shows her coming

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