Music
Marji put up two posters of music artists she loved in her room. One was of Kim Wilde and the other was of this band.
Who is Iron Maiden?
What Marji wanted to be before the revolution. People saw her as crazy because all the previous ones were men.
What is a prophet?
Marji compares the revolution to this vehicle, which will fall over if the wheels do not turn.
What is a bicycle?
Marji's early definition of a hero is defined as someone captured, taken as this, and tortured by the government.
What is a prisoner
Who is the Shah?
In the eyes of the Guardians of the Revolution, this artist was a symbol of decadence and can also be seen on Marji's button.
Who is Michael Jackson?
The government's control over women's bodies is symbolized by this.
What is a veil?
To protest against the regime, women would let a few of these hang out of their veils.
What are strands of hair?
A person who dies for the cause they believe in.
What is a martyr?
This is the number of prisoners under the New Islamic Republic.
What is 300,000?
This genre of music had a great influence on Marji during the revolution due to its rebellious nature.
What is Punk Rock?
A husband pays this to the woman he marries. Should she die, he gives it to her family.
What is a dowry?
How Marji commonly protested the regime.
What is self-expression?
What is communism?
The new regime used this to shut down rebellious demonstrations—the opposite of peace.
What is violence?
The war in Iran prevented Western imports so Marji went here to purchase music tapes.
What is Ghandi Avenue?
Men who supported the regime did this to women who did not wear veils in public. In court, this word commonly precedes battery.
What is assault?
To die a martyr is to inject blood in the veins of this.
What is society?
The secret police of the Shah's Regime.
What is the Savak?
During the war, Iraqis targeted the city of Tehran with scud missiles. One of these missiles directly hit this family's house in Tavanir.
Who are the Baba Levys?
In the book, this song symbolizes the glorification of Western culture over the conservative Iranian regime. Marji sometimes sings it to calm down.
What is "Kids in America"?
Marji's had dreams of becoming this before universities were outlawed. Now she claims she'll have 10 children by the age Marie Curie first began her studies.
What is a chemist?
This kind of culture influenced rebels of the Islamic Revolution.
What is Western culture?
At recess, Marji tried to console her classmate Pardisse by calling her father a hero for dying in battle for his country. Pardisse responds by saying she wished he was this instead of dead and a hero.
What is alive and in jail?
At the beginning of the war, the military started recruiting young boys and placing this around their necks, promising them a better life in heaven if they died in action.
What are keys?