Persepolis Feminism

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Persepolis was 341 comic book pages but only took me about half a day to finish reading the last 3/4 of the book. Marjan grew up in the book and went from early childhood to her mid 20′s. In that time she endured a war in her own country and was learning to live on her own. through the book she transformed into a feminism. She constantly brokes the rules set for females that are fine for males. I thought her actions where good because she stood up for herself when she was being treated unequally and She was definitely a feminist. At a college assembly she ask a question. “You don’t hesitate to comment on us, but our brother present here have all shapes and sizes of haircuts and clothes. Sometimes they were clothes so tight that we can see everything.”.

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