Dear marjan

Dear, Marjan Satrapi

Hi Marjan, in the past I have read many different books but I never had the chance to connect with the characters. When I started reading Persepolis I became very interested because the story took place where I grow up. Since I was born in Iran Tehran, I was able to connect to Marji the main character in the book and the problems that she was facing in the story. For example, she didn’t like to wear the veil but she didn’t have any other choice. In one of the panels you showe how Marji and her friends are playing with the veils. When I started reading I had a flash back to my first day of first grade, I had to wear the veil and it was a very hot day. I was scared to take off my veil in school because I knew my teachers would punish me. I enjoyed reading Persepolis because I shared a lot of income background with the characters. I was able to understand the difficulties and the obstacles that you faced in your life.

Now that I look back, I see so many differences between students in Iran and student in the United State. Sometimes when I try to compare my life when I was leaving in Iran with my life here in the United States, they are very different from one another. Student in the United State have more opportunities to be successful in their life. For example student in America can take any course they choose to. They can become anything they want to. However student in Iran have limited options. It’s all based on their gender, economic statues, and ethnicity. The life of the student in America and Iran is not comparable because student in Iran are discriminated from one another but student in America are treated equally.

I was very excited about reading your book because I was about to read a book about someone’s life who shared the same life experiences as mine. I wanted to know why did you choose to write your book about Iran and why did you publish it as a graphic book. In my opinion the pictures help the readier to actually picture the even that was taking place. I think that Persepolis helps the readers to understand that not all Iranians are Terrorists just because they are from an Islamic Country. This book helps people to understand and learn more about others culture and ethnicity. People who come from different culture they should be judge based on who they are and not were they come from.