Persepolis And Marjane

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The main characters of Persepolis and We Need New Names experience similar hardships in their lives because they have to leave behind their culture out of need and learn to live and blend into another culture that is automatically hostile to them. Darling and Marjane both go through radical transformations as they grow. Both of them are heavily influenced by a need to fit in and they are both surrounded by racism and systems designed to disadvantage Immigrants. Marjane and Darling flee to western countries to escape the dangers of their country and to get educated and have a future not as doomed as that of their parents.They are faced with discrimination, degradation of their culture, and the loss their original identities. Darling is forced to take low paying jobs in order to support her family, while Marjane can never find a stable home or any people who care about her and so she ends up on the street and almost dies.When they return home or are finally faced with home both girls react in a violent negative way. Darling gets angry and breaks all the symbols of her new life and her old life, while Marjane got depressed and can no longer find the motivation to do something with her life. Darling’s story ends at her lowest point and her future is uncertain, Marjane continues as she re assimilates to her home and …show more content…
(Satrapi 156) Her experience with that girl's mother thinking all her stories are made up and being awful to her just because of where she’s from introduces her to the racism and general unawareness europeans have. This original event sets the tone for all of her childhood experiences in europe. With people kicking her out or hassling her on the streets or ignoring her stories because they think she’s

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