Western Culture Influence
Main form of government people are persecuted for wanting and or supporting.
What is communism?
U.S. singer Marjane wears a pin of.
Who is Michael Jackson?
Major event in 1979 that sets the stage for Iran's future.
What is the Islamic Revolution?
The "superior" gender in Persepolis.
Who are Men?
Force established by regime and the things it enforces.
What is the Guardians of the Revolution who force the following of regime orders, which are the censoring of all things western and or non-pure Islam, such as alcohol, playing cards, music, board games, hair styles, hair being shown and clothing styles?
Regime's view of Western Culture and why.
What is corrupt, immoral and a form of rebellion due to religious beliefs and a want for control and purity?
Symbolism of music.
What is freedom, identity and self expression, all things which Marjane yearns for?
Results in the overthrowing of the Shah's rule.
What is, ultimately, him attempting to form a democracy due to western influence?
What women are forced to do by the regime when in public.
What is veiling, or wearing a hijab?
Societal standard the Marjane thinks deems what to be wrong with the world and the event that causes this conclusion.
What is social classes and inequalities between wealthy and poor, and her maid being dumped due to her occupation and class?
Gifts Marjane's parents bring to her from vacation and what they represent.
What is a denim jacket, Michael Jackson pin, Nike shoes and poster, and their representation of the freedom, joy and individuality of western culture?
Marjane's music preference and it's symbolism.
What is punk music, which is symbolic of rebellious youth culture in the west and rejection of societal norms, but for Marjane, regime oppression?
The name of the first massacre of protesters and the following events in terms of future protests and the Shah.
What was Black Friday, more massacres, and the fleeing of the Shah after attempted democracy?
Role of boys/men and girls/women under regime.
What is boys/men are commonly sent to war to become a martyr or soldier or become regime guard and enforce pure Islam?
What is girls/women are forced to be subjects of men, allowing virgin martyrs to posthumously experience a woman, veiling as to not tempt men, and to manage domestic behaviors?
Iran main focus during war with Iraq.
What is enforcing a strict following of Islam on its people, no matter how high the cost, showing the religious intolerance and immense persecution of the regime?
Author noting of the role of western influence in Iranian history: two main impacts it has and the outcomes.
What is a critique of U.S. and British yearn for oil and 1953 U.S. CIA soldier training which overthrows government, reinstates Shah and undermines Iran sovereignty?
What was U.S. and British meddling contributing to societal and political unrest?
Kim Wilde, "We're the kids in America" lyrics.
What is the part of American singer Kim Wilde's punk rock song that Marjane listens to when caught, and as means of escape from the turmoil of the regime, symbolizing her yearn for American and western cultures' freedom and self expression that the youth in them get to experience.
Important place seized by the regime to prevent passports and leaving.
What is the U.S. Embassy?
Regimes excuse and method for controlling and oppressing women.
What is the protection of women and their holiness of pure Islam and the acts of separating men and women and policing women's behaviors and clothes?
Term for non-supporters of the regime, what they do to be deemed one, and how the regime handles these people .
What are, "The enemy from within," , not following and or believing in the regime's pure form of Islam, and execution without the right to due process?
(Sounds awfully familiar... )
The impacts and symbols of Western culture and their representation of Iran in Persepolis.
What are impacts of oppression, symbols of freedom and liberation, and a representation of Iran's struggle between modern and traditional culture?
Symbolic event happens where Marjane is stopped by a group while she is going to buy something.
When is Marjane being stopped by the Women's Branch of the Guardians of the Revolution while on her way to buy music tracks illegally, which is symbolic of the regime oppressing her, and music being means of escape, rebellion and freedom?
Family member of Marjane is executed, one who is a symbol of things her and her opinions are altered from it.
Who is Marjane's uncle Anoosh who is symbolic of freedom, heroism, strength and hope who's execution by the regime represents the crushing of the things Marjane held dear and disillusions her with the government and confronts her with the harsh realities of life?
Marjane, her mother and her grandmothers' response to gender inequality under regime and the symbolism and representation behind it.
What is rebellion and disobedience which are symbolic of feminist struggles around the world and represent the unwavering fight for self-determination and how the regime, like all others, is never absolute and even in small acts like a little bit of hair not veiled the regime will never control individuals completely?
Human Rights and the Iranian Regime.
What is an Oxymoron?
The regime was religiously and politically intolerant and oppressive, enforced major oppressions and disparities on lower classes and women, and revoked peoples rights to expression and individuality.