The strong female authors of both literature pieces have some of the same quirks and thought processes when it comes to things around them. Opinions are hidden behind subtle eyes and spoken through words touching multiple issues in their daily lives. In this case, both of them tell a story of finding identity. In Persepolis written by Marjane Satrapi, Marji loses herself in the conflict of the war, she isn’t sure where she stands on her religious beliefs and often contradicts herself. You can tell she is weary when “She is safe in the arms of her friend”(Satrapi, 53) but then changes drastically when she tells God “Get out of my life”(Satrapi, 70). In the story “By any other name” written by Rama Rau, Santha is given a name that isn’t hers
