Persepolis By Prjane

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PERSEPOLIS: THE STORY OF A CHILDHOOD
Persepolis is about a girl who lives in Iran during a time when the shah was horrible and war was happening. She tells how her Iran got bombed by Iraq. Also how the rule were strict and if you didn't follow it the punishment were harsh and cruel. My opinion of this book is that it only give you Marjane's point of view, it gives facts, it say negative things about the shah and Islam republic. I feel if their was many different side to the story it would most likely be different. First, Marjane told everything from her point of view like on page 143, she say the teacher said where did you get that bracelet and then took it and Marjane said over my dead body. Something happened before she said give me the

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