Symbols
This piece of clothing becomes a central symbol of political control and identity during the Islamic Revolution.
What is the veil?
These adults support education and resistance while also worrying about her safety during the revolution.
Who are Marji's parents?
Through childhood misunderstandings and later maturity, the memoir examines the loss of this stage of life.
What is innocence
This conflict is the backdrop of the beginning of volume I.
What is the Iranian Revolution
This is the number of volumes the text is divided into.
What is two?
The recurring presence of God in early chapters symbolizes Marji’s childhood sense of this.
What is faith or moral certainty?
This relative was a prince before the Shah overthrew the dynasty.
Who is Marji's grandfather?
Many characters risk punishment to listen to music, host parties, or wear forbidden clothes, illustrating this theme.
What is resistance to oppression
What is the Iran-Iraq War?
The use of black and white imagery.
The key given to poor boys and soldiers, said to open the gates of paradise, symbolizes this manipulation by the government.
What is the exploitation of martyrdom/children/the poor
This relative was a political prisoner under the Shah and becomes a heroic figure for Marji.
Who is Uncle Anoosh?
Marji had too little of this in Iran and too much of it in Austria.
What is free will?
These secret police were responsible for imprisoning protesters under the Shah's regime?
a graphic memoir
Marji’s cigarette symbolizes this moment in her life.
What is her declaration of adulthood/rebellion?
This character was like a sister of Marji.
Who is Mehri, the maid?
Each time Marji feels uncertain, she turns to books. This represents the importance of what Big Idea?
What is education?
These citizens were given power to regulate and police other citizens under the new Islamic regime.
Who are the Guardians of the Revolution
The use of similar imagery in different parts of the book to highlight symbols and ideas is called this.
What is parallelism?
Bread shaped like swans during a time of hardship symbolizes this theme about family resilience and creativity.
What is hope during suffering?
Ultimately, Marji's biggest struggle throughout the text can be represented by this one Big Idea?
What is Identity?
This "Supreme Leader" took over after the Shah left the country.
Who is Khomeini?
The best way to differentiate between the author and the character.
author - Satrapi
character - Marji