teachers are rebellious. When she rebelled against her parents, she went to the demonstrations
and protested against the Shah when she was strictly forbidden. Satraphi protested to fight for her
family that were put in prison and killed by the shah. Teenagers now are getting more rebellious
as time goes on. They misbehave and going out of their way to do whatever they feel is best for
them without thinking of the consequences. Satraphi did not care for the consequences arriving
her way from her actions. Phycologist says rebellion is the poster characteristic of the teenage
years. There are two common types of rebellion; socially …show more content…
Rebellion was taken more seriously
in the work more than it is now. Parents' are more familiar with it so they understand and
manage it quite well. Not only was Marjane rebellious, but so were here family and friends.
Clifford 3 Page 108 in Persepolis, Mr. Satraphi was pulled over by the cops and he was suspected of
drinking. He denied it, but they didn’t believe it. In America they are more lenient. Drinking is
not illegal, you just can’t drive drunk or drink while driving. Sometimes parents rebel for their
children. Mrs. Satraphi wanted to bring something back from their trip and she suggested a
poster so she tore linen out of a jacket and shoved the poster in there. In America when you are
doing things against the law, you are not doing it for your kids. When Satraphi and Mehri were
caught, demonstrating they were both slapped. In the United States, there isn’t demonstrating. We
avoid those issues by having a democratic government. Us as people have a part in the elections
for the president we feel will run the best country rather than Satraphi’ s country where …show more content…
Marjane sees that and thinks it's okay. It’s just like here, when a child sees a parent doing
something like cursing, drinking or breaking the law in anyway there is a large chance they are
going to follow. Parents discipline children in the United States the same way they do in Iran
to let them know it is not okay to be doing the things they are doing. But it isn’t granted they will
Clifford 5 stop doing it just because they see the parent doing it. According to “Theories of Adolescent
Risk-taking Behaviors” from The Handbook of Adolescent Health Risk Behavior, risky,
rebellious behaviors often earn teens acceptance and respect from their peers. Us as teens
sometimes try to show off in front of our friends to gain some type of respect by doing things
could get us in trouble with not only our parents but the law too. When Marjane disobeys the law
and her family she only does it because she feels trap not because she has any friends to impress.
According to “The Longitudinal Study of Self-esteem: Implications for Adolescent
Development,” published in The Journal of Youth and Adolescence, teenagers with low