Religion In Persepolis

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In the novel Persepolis, religion is actually the key role of giving the storyline depth. Religion enhances ones understanding of the novel because without the religion the readers would be lost on why the characters have to wear veils or why the children have to be separated by gender. The novel gave the readers background knowledge on how all government decisions are “religion based”. If reading this you must have noticed the quotation marks around religion based, certainly because that is not true. The leader Shah wants everyone to believe that his decisions are religion based so his citizens do not judge him for making a wrong choice since the rules were indeed influenced by him. To back that conclusion up, the textbooks in the children’s …show more content…

How they use manners, who they marry, and how they look and dress a certain way. For example, the maid of Marji’s house, Mehri. She fell in love with a boy across the street and the feelings were mutual until the boy found out Mehri was a maid. As their religion it is only socially okay to marry people in your social class. The wealthy marry the wealthy and the poor marry the poor. That is just how their society and religion works. People are looked down upon for being born in a poor family, and once one is stuck there, there is no getting out. They say you can marry out of the family, but the thing is what wealthy man would want to marry a poor women that is a maid. He himself would be judged for wanting to marry a women from a lower class. This role in religion helps the reader enhance understanding because you feel for the character. You think “what would I do if that was me?” It felt as if it was a heartbreaking love story, but only because of their stubborn religion and how it made people behave.
Leading on how the religion made people behave, the upper class act “royal” and “in charge”. Which for in the United States the wealthy people are just wealthy, they are not controlling unless given that role. Overall the novel based on religion is a key role because we understand how people think and behave. Whether it is about relationships, different social classes or their

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