Family
He is dying from a brain tumor.
Who is Babou/Ardeshir Bahrami
Mr. Apatan confuses two bullies for friends in this place of Darius' employment.
What is the tea shop. (Tea Haven technically)
Who is the main character that suffers from clinical depression?
Who is Darius?
He is the Captain of the Starship Enterprise.
Who is Captain Jean-Luc Piccard?
The Iranian airport security guard almost confiscated this item when he was interrogated.
What is Darius' book: The Lord of the Rings?
Darius almost never refers to him as "Dad".
Who is Stephen Kellner?
She is Darius' only Persian friend in Portland, and her family is from a region called Esfahan.
Who is Javenah Esfahani?
This other very important character takes medicine for depression, too.
Who is Stephen Kellner?
Darius relates almost everything to either The Lord of the Rings or to this ...
Space/the universe/Star Trek...
She grew up as Shirin Kellner's friend, and her son is Sohrab.
Who is Mavash Rezai? (Khanum Mrs. Rezai)
Two bullies put these on Darius' bicycle.
What are "truck nuts"
True or false: clinical depression can be caused by the foods you eat.
False
Mint is described as this species of cybernetic humanoids that take over everything.
The Borg
She is the Farsi-speaking little sister of Darius.
Who is Laleh?
He's like more of a grandson to Babou than Darius himself.
Who is Sohrab?
Sohrab turns to this when he needs succor (comfort in times of trouble.)
What is his faith/God.
Darious wanted to ask his father if he agreed that Persepolis reminded him of this fictional planet.
Where is Vulcan?
Darius calls the tea kettle this name as a reference to the fire-breathing dragon in The Hobbit.
Smaug the Terrible
This is a Farsi term that describes the relationship of an uncle and a nephew.
What does Jamsheed mean?
Stephen Kellner claimed Darius would have more friends if he was like this.
What is more "normal"?
This is the way that Darius describes his quick turn-arounds from feeling great to feeling miserable.
What are mood slingshot maneuvers?
Not Star Trek, but Darius had a pimple he named after the largest volcano in the galaxy on Mars.
What is Olympus Mons?
Darius calls the bully Trent Bolger this name after a character in The Lord of the Rings.
Who is Fatty Bolger?