![]() ![]() Marjane feels a great sense of dissonance in her own life because of these disparities. ![]() She experiences this division when her maid, Mehri, is not allowed to be with a boy she fell in love with because of differences in their classes. The author discovers the realities of class divisions from reading the work of a famous Kurdish author. Here, the author struggles with the competing idealism of her parent's political persuasion and the reality of their middle class life. The reason for my shame and for the Revolution is the same: the difference between social classes. ![]() This is meant to symbolize how a young generation is forced to become revolutionary even though they know little about the turmoil they fight. In previous frames, the author dresses up, plays childish games, and pretends to be historical revolutionary figures such as Che Guevara and Fidel Castro. This quote illustrates the author's young naïveté in regards to the political turmoil of her country and it symbolizes many of the naive assumptions of the Iranian revolutionaries. ![]() This quote is darkly humorous because it is a revolutionary maxim spoken by a young child. Her parents do not want her to attend the demonstrations because the Shah is taking violent action against protesters. In this quote, the young author argues that she should be allowed to attend revolutionary demonstrations with her parents. For a revolution to succeed, the entire population must support it. ![]()
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