The Iranian Revolution took place in 1979. Reza Shah had plans to modernize and westernize Iran, but while this was taking place, oil was discovered in Iran. The Iranian revolution was the overthrowing of the Pahlavi dynasty, the ruling house in Iran, which was a monarchy. This was led by Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi. He was supported by the United states. One of the leaders of the revolution was Ayatollah Khomeini, who was an Iranian religious scholar. He did not believe in equality for women in Iran. In 1980, Iraq and Iran went to war against each other. This essay argues how much of a struggle it was for young females to grow up during the Iranian Revolution and war. Many changes happened during the Iranian Revolution. In Iran it was prohibited
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Marjane Satrapi’s parents did not believe that the king was chosen by God. When the Shah left Iran, all the schools told the children to tear the pictures of Shah out of the books. This was confusing for the girls because they had been preached to for so long. Daily children’s family members, were taken to prison. In prison they would be tortured. The people in prison could be executed. As a child during the time of the Iranian revolution, many family friends were found dead. Marjjane’s mother and many others had started to be violated during this time also. One night, Marjane and her father went to pick Marji’s mother up when her car had broken down. In Persepolis, Ebi, marji’s mother, ran to the car saying “Two guys two bearded guys! Two fundamentalist bastards, the bastards, insulted me. They said women like me should be pushed up against a wall and fucked. And then thrown in the garbage.” This was the start of women being treated with no respect, because soon after they were talked to with no respect at all. During this time, there were two kinds of women, fundamentalist and modern women. Benazir Bhutto, explains that women should be treated equally to men. During the Iranian Revolution women were not treated equally to men which was one of the results of men not having respect for women. Fundamentalist women dressed in black dresses down to the ground, with a head dress that showed no hair. The modern women wore black pants, with a black coat, and a veil that showed a only few strands of hair. At first it was acceptable for a few strands of hair to show, then it became illegal. Khomeini would agree with the way fundamentalist women dress because he believes women should be covered. Benazir Bhutto would contradict Khomeini’s thoughts about how women should be completely covered in specific clothing because she
Marjane Satrapi’s parents did not believe that the king was chosen by God. When the Shah left Iran, all the schools told the children to tear the pictures of Shah out of the books. This was confusing for the girls because they had been preached to for so long. Daily children’s family members, were taken to prison. In prison they would be tortured. The people in prison could be executed. As a child during the time of the Iranian revolution, many family friends were found dead. Marjjane’s mother and many others had started to be violated during this time also. One night, Marjane and her father went to pick Marji’s mother up when her car had broken down. In Persepolis, Ebi, marji’s mother, ran to the car saying “Two guys two bearded guys! Two fundamentalist bastards, the bastards, insulted me. They said women like me should be pushed up against a wall and fucked. And then thrown in the garbage.” This was the start of women being treated with no respect, because soon after they were talked to with no respect at all. During this time, there were two kinds of women, fundamentalist and modern women. Benazir Bhutto, explains that women should be treated equally to men. During the Iranian Revolution women were not treated equally to men which was one of the results of men not having respect for women. Fundamentalist women dressed in black dresses down to the ground, with a head dress that showed no hair. The modern women wore black pants, with a black coat, and a veil that showed a only few strands of hair. At first it was acceptable for a few strands of hair to show, then it became illegal. Khomeini would agree with the way fundamentalist women dress because he believes women should be covered. Benazir Bhutto would contradict Khomeini’s thoughts about how women should be completely covered in specific clothing because she