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Standing up for what you believe in and want or love can require sacrifice.

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“So my father was not a hero. If only he had been in prison.” (Satrapi 54)

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Marijane’s dad sacrificed his safety for the sake of taking pictures of political protests. He knew everyday when being at the protests he was risking going to jail. Marjane seemed to not understand it though and looked down on her dad for not ‘being a hero’ because he wasn’t in jail. Her dad was doing what he loved and sacrificed his life everyday for it.

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“As for me, I sealed my act of rebellion against my mother’s dictatorship by smoking the cigarette I’d stolen from my uncle two weeks earlier. It was awful, but this was not the moment to give in. With the first cigarette, I kissed my childhood goodbye.” (Satrapi 117)

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This quote shows that Marjane wanted to stand up for what she wanted, which was to stand up against her mother and to “grow up” and with that, she decided to steal a cigarette and from her view, it’s her way of finally leaving her childhood behind. Depending on how you see the situation, smoking a cigarette could be a sacrifice or not, from my view I see it as sacrificing her well-being just for her to prove to herself and her mother that she isn’t a kid anymore. To sum it up, she’s standing up to her mom’s strictness and trying to prove that she isn’t a kid anymore, and she’s sacrificing her health for it.

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“I was really proud of her. Her photo was published in all the European newspapers. And even in one magazine in Iran. My mother was really scared, she dyed her hair, and wore dark glasses for a long time.” (Satrapi 5)

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This correlates with the theme because her mom, who had a picture published everywhere, had changed everything about herself so she could be unrecognizable. In later pages, it explains how she lies for the sake of her and her family's safety and she has to be very strict and overprotective of Marjane because of how dangerous Iran can be. So she stands up for what she wants, which is what's safe for her and her family, and has to sacrifice a good relationship with Marjane so that she stays alive. In the end, her mother also sends Marji to stay with a friend in Vienna for her safety and so throughout the whole book it proves that her mom sacrifices a lot for the safety of Marjane.

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Satrapi, Marjane. Persepolis. Pantheon, 2003.