Recently in class we have been going through the graphic memoir Persepolis. I had already gone through Persepolis in class so it was very interesting going through it in a different lens. The first time I went through it we looked at it through a historical eye with emphasis on how it relates to society. Satrapi very accurately showed how the society radically changed and the very important history that Iran had. What I’ve most enjoyed about what she had done in Persepolis is what I have learned recently about Marji and her personal community. Specifically how Marji and her relationship with her society changed over the course of Persepolis. She goes from being a young girl not understanding the veil or what it represented, while still semi conforming the laws of where she was. Even though she played with it she still wore it with the other girls when it was necessary. Her exposure to her parents and their political activism started her defiance and deviance from societies rules. She even snuck out to a rally with her maid, defying even her parents rules. Marji transitions into an understanding of her greater society and her impact on it. Her talks with god, a realization  of the keys to paradise and their impact and finally her choice to leave to go to Austria. I found it super interesting with how Satrapi was able to show this really complex change in herself and her character. The connection of her personal memory was so intertwined with the collective memory her society at the time is really fascinating. The fact that she has learned more about it since leaving Iran allowed her to then connect parts of the history that she might have not known at the time. The mix of the personal and shared history was super complex to look into and made it so much more enjoyable to look at.