Persepolis Marjane Religion

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“No one heals himself by wounding another” - St.Ambrose. In life, hurting others will never benefit you but will make you be seen as one who brings others down to fit in with the crowd. In the book Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, it goes through the graphic autobiography of a young girl growing up during the Iranian Revolution witnessing violent acts and forcing religious beliefs to happen in her community and if not followed will have v crucial punishments. In the passage I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou, is an autobiography about a young girl in the 1940’s struggling with being a victim to racism where she must learn the importance of family and seeking for independence for her people. The world around you can affect the …show more content…

In the chapter, “The Party”, Marjane is kicking it back with her friends on the sidewalk when one of her friends mentions Ramin’s father and how he had killed millions of people for their beliefs. Marjane goes on to say, “In the name of the dead million, we’ll teach Ramin a good lesson. I have an idea...My idea was to put nails between our fingers like american brass knuckles and to attack Ramin” ( Satrapi 45 ). Marjane's behavior towards a situation like this looks alot like the way the people in her community act when they are protesting by not using their words but using acts of violence to get a message across to the others that don't agree with their opinions. With no peace going on in her country, the environment that Marjane is in at that time period is causing a negative impact in her behavior changing the person she becomes from a sweet innocent girl to a violent immature …show more content…

Marguerite says that “In our society, where two-legged, two-armed strong Black men were able at best to eke out only the necessities of life, Uncle Willie, with his starched shirts, shined shoes and shelves of food, was the whipping boy and butt of jokes of the underemployed and underpaid” ( Angelou 1 ). Not only is he a victim of racism by the white community, but he is also known to be lower than his actual people due to his disabilities and not being like the others. This then makes him feel unwanted due to his race and his disability causing him to change the person he is just so he can fit in with the others and feel wanted in his community and his

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