For Persepolis this book, it's just like an autobiography about the teenage part of Marjane Satrapi's life. There are a lot of people who influences Marjane. The character that I will present is her mother. She plays one of the most important roles in Marjane's life. She leads Marjane stand up to fight for freedom, and becomes the symbol of spirit of againsting injustices.
She has short hair, thin, black and dry hair. For the differences between other Iranian women, she is really special. She refused to wear veil, and she also stood up to against this policy. That kind of behavior influences Marjane a lot.
About her characteristics and behavior, she is independent, tough, and she loves her family very much. When Marjane was young, her mother was with her father go out with people to against the Shah. That scene influences Marjane a lot. It makes her uses the similar way to figure out the problems about the stuff she doesn't like in school. Marjane's mother is a tough and independent woman. Because even war the revolution these kinds of bad situations didn't break her, she is just like the hard pillar of her family. She is also positive to face her life. Although she was insulted by the fundamentalists, she still overcame it. She uses her behavior to teach Marjane to be a tough person.
There are some events about her mother. When she joined the demonstration, her photo was posted on many European newspapers, so she was famous for this event. That shows us the spirit that she keeps moving on that what she thinks is right. The result of that is she was insulted by some fundamentalists only because she wasn't wear veil. She got sick after that for a few days. Marjane learned something after that. Not really the strong power can make people surrender. Even sometimes people are weak, but at least they have their power to say no to the vile might. And When Marjane and other kids tried to bully the son of the Shah's officer, she was angry and stopped Marjane. She uses that event to show Marjane that, even some people are vile, they made sins. But it doesn't matter to be good with them. There's also no matter about the people around the vile one. She wants to tell Marjane never try to use violence as the way to solve problems.
According to these points, Marjane's mother acts like a symbol of overcoming any problems in Marjane's life. Her mother's encouraging makes Marjane grow up with a positive altitude during her whole life. Marjane left Iran, but her mother decided to stay in Iran, stand to support her family. I think she is braver.
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