Important events
What is one of the major themes of this chapter?
Womens rights issues, Major shift if societal standards, rise of Fundamentalism, Marji discovers her Nationalism, people seek protection and security
What is fundumentalism?
A form of a religion, (especially Islam or Protestant Christianity), that upholds belief in the strict, literal interpretation of its scripture, such as the Quran or the Bible.
How long did the Iran-Iraq war last? Why did it start?
September 1980 - August 1988
It was instigated with the Iraqi invasion of Iran after Iranian fundamentalists pushed the Iraqi Shiite against Saddam, who was waiting for a chance to attack Iran.
Who's the author of Persepolis?
Marjane (Marji) Satrapi.
What happens when Marji and her family return from their trip?
They discover they're at war with Iranian fundumentalists and the Iraqi Shiite (Iraq-Iran war). It's the second Arab Invasion in 1400 years.
Marji is furious and wants to fight to protect her country against the invasion.
What is a regime?
An Authoritarian Government with a system that’s imposed from higher powers.
What's the inciting incident of this chapter?
Iranian Fundamentalist students occupied the US Embassy in Tehran and held the American employees hostage as an act against the Pro-American Shah.
How many Nobel Prizes has Marie Curie won?
2:
one in 1903 for her physics research on radioactivity, and one in 1911 for her chemistry reserch on creating a means of measuring radioactivity.
What does Marji witness at her first protest that she attends with her parent?
She sees a woman get stabbed in the leg when fundamentalist men come and incite violence at the demonstration.
A group of Iraqis who adhere to the second largest branch of Islam called Shia. The Shia and Sunni follow the same core beliefs, with the only major differences being that the Shia believe that only direct descendents of the prophet Muhammad can be leaders of the Islamic Faith. Iraqi Shiites were brutally oppressed under Saddam’s rule,
Why is information about Iranian history so difficult to find?
**not in the presentaion, think back to Daniel's talk.
The current Islamic Regime keeps so much information hidden from people because they feel that it's 'sinful'. Finding non-westernized information that's accessible to a western viewer is also difficult because so much of our information is tainted by western biases that paint Iran as a war-ridden, uncivilized country, disregarding their countless contributions to modern art, science and math.
Where does Marji and her parents go for their trip? When do they leave?
They travel to Italy and Spain for 3 weeks in September of 1980.