Persepolis is a book by Marjane Satrapi written about her own life as a young Iranian woman around and during the Islamic Revolution. Throughout this time period, women were forced to wear oppressive veils and very covering clothing to shield their bodies from the delicate men’s eyes. For a woman to wear shorts in that time period was almost the equivalent of someone walking around naked today. They would be beaten, arrested, and even killed for rebelling against Islam. However, women with feminist views in this time did not passively accept their society’s rules for how they should dress, act, and think. Alternatively, they found ways to rebel, some ways quietly and others loudly.
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The children are so young that they are unable to understand the reason that they are being forced to wear a veil over their hair. The children wind up flinging the veils around, taking each others’ veils, and doing a variety of other childlike activities because they are, in fact, children. They do not know what to protest or even how to protest, but they do what kids do best: disobey authority. In this case, their disobedience is the beginning of a movement that they cannot even imagine. The adults, however, typically know what they want and how they feel. There are two separate groups of women with very different views. Satrapi writes, “Everywhere in the streets there were demonstrations for and against the veil” (5). In the graphic in the same panel are women in black on one side with their eyes closed peacefully, chanting for the veil. On the opposite side are women in white, showing anger, chanting for freedom. The women in white represent the feminist mindset. They believe that women should have the right to wear what they want to, likely even if they want to wear the veil. The women in black are the most …show more content…
At the top of page 75, there are pictures of the differences between what fundamentalist and modern women wear. Women are supposed to wear full veils, covering all skin and hair other than their faces. Modern women show their hands, a bit of hair, and slightly more shape. “You showed your opposition to the regime by letting a few strands of hair show” (75). This is an example of the quiet rebellion. It seems almost ridiculous that even showing hair could be considered rebellious; nonetheless, it is what the Iranian society has come to. The women can still continue to live as usual, but at the same time, they outwardly show what they believe in. Marji also did some protesting, herself. When they come back from their trip, Marji’s parents give her some gifts. Marji decides to wear her new Nikes, her denim jacket, and her Michael Jackson button out to buy tapes (131). After purchasing the tapes, all of the sudden she is stopped. “‘You! Stop!’ They were the guardians of the revolution, the women’s branch. This group had been added in 1982, to arrest women who were improperly veiled. (Like me, for example)” (133). Although Marji is well aware that what she wears out in public was not acceptable in her society, she does anyway, perhaps in pursuit of rebellion. She actually risks her and even her family’s lives to peacefully protest.
Clothing protestation was seemingly the most common form …show more content…
The children are so young that they are unable to understand the reason that they are being forced to wear a veil over their hair. The children wind up flinging the veils around, taking each others’ veils, and doing a variety of other childlike activities because they are, in fact, children. They do not know what to protest or even how to protest, but they do what kids do best: disobey authority. In this case, their disobedience is the beginning of a movement that they cannot even imagine. The adults, however, typically know what they want and how they feel. There are two separate groups of women with very different views. Satrapi writes, “Everywhere in the streets there were demonstrations for and against the veil” (5). In the graphic in the same panel are women in black on one side with their eyes closed peacefully, chanting for the veil. On the opposite side are women in white, showing anger, chanting for freedom. The women in white represent the feminist mindset. They believe that women should have the right to wear what they want to, likely even if they want to wear the veil. The women in black are the most …show more content…
At the top of page 75, there are pictures of the differences between what fundamentalist and modern women wear. Women are supposed to wear full veils, covering all skin and hair other than their faces. Modern women show their hands, a bit of hair, and slightly more shape. “You showed your opposition to the regime by letting a few strands of hair show” (75). This is an example of the quiet rebellion. It seems almost ridiculous that even showing hair could be considered rebellious; nonetheless, it is what the Iranian society has come to. The women can still continue to live as usual, but at the same time, they outwardly show what they believe in. Marji also did some protesting, herself. When they come back from their trip, Marji’s parents give her some gifts. Marji decides to wear her new Nikes, her denim jacket, and her Michael Jackson button out to buy tapes (131). After purchasing the tapes, all of the sudden she is stopped. “‘You! Stop!’ They were the guardians of the revolution, the women’s branch. This group had been added in 1982, to arrest women who were improperly veiled. (Like me, for example)” (133). Although Marji is well aware that what she wears out in public was not acceptable in her society, she does anyway, perhaps in pursuit of rebellion. She actually risks her and even her family’s lives to peacefully protest.