The relationship between Marji’s personal life and her political is important because it’s dealing with ideas of morality, religion and politics. Marji’s childhood experiences are inextricably linked to the political and social transformations taking place in Iran during this period. Her childhood years in Austria, led to a lack of Identity.
In this quote, Marji’s argues that she should be allowed to attend revolutionary demonstrations with her parents. Her parents do not want her to attend the demonstrations because the Shah is taking violent action against protest.
Marji’s sees the political turmoil of her country and developed her assumptions of the Iranian revolutionaries. …show more content…
She becomes aware of the growing conflict around them. When the Shah is finally overthrown, the whole nation celebrates its newfound liberty, and the liberation of the political prisoners including several family friends. Marji learns of the torture endured by the prisoners. Marji's Uncle Anoosh is also released, and entertain her with stories of his life abroad, and how he was captured when he returned. The two shares a love of political and economic. Tragedy strikes when the new regime arrests Anoosh as a Russian spy, and later he was executed. Marji was his last visitor. Politically, things take a turn for the worse when fundamentalist students take control of the US Embassy. School were closed, women are required to wear veils, and religious conformity is enforced throughout the nation. When her family returns from a vacation abroad, Marji learns the horrible news: Iran and Iraq are at war. Iraqi warplanes bomb Iran, and the family experience a new burst of patriotism. War grip the city, and many people were displaced. The Young men become revolutionary martyrs, Marji and her family adapt the warrior life, hiding in basements during air raids, and hiding their antirevolutionary activities from the