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A child's naive perspective of life leads them to ignore repercussions and therefore they jeopardize their futures.

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"Satrapi, you're expelled!" (Satrapi 143)

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"At the committee they didn't have to inform my parents. They could detain me for hours, or for days. I could be whipped. In short, anything could happen to me." (Satrapi 134)

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"First they convince them that the afterlife is better than disneyland, then they put them in a trance with all their songs." (Satrapi 101)

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"We had demonstrated on the very day we shouldn't have: on 'black friday.' That day there were so many killed." (Satrapi 39)

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Marji is very young and naive, she doesn't understand the repercussions. She jeopardizes her future when her principle states "Satrapi, you're expelled!" Her education could be the difference between whether she gets a job or not.

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This quote is right after the nuns stop Marji because she is wearing the "inappropriate" clothing her parents brought back from vacation.  Although Marji thinks its cool to wear edgy clothes it puts her life at risk. When Satrapi says "They could detain me for hours, or for days. I could be whipped." it shows that she didn't originally think through her choices and she ignored the repercussions and jeopardized her future.

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This quote was from when the busses of kids were taken to join the war. These kids are naive and they don't understand what they are walking into. Many of them died. "First they convince them that the afterlife is better than disneyland, " This quote shows how naive these boys were, they believed the commanders and put their life in danger not considering the consequences of their actions.

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Marji has wanted to protest with her parents ever since she was little. She was naive and didn't understand why she couldn't join them. She ignored the consequences and put her life in danger. "That day there were so many killed." This part of the quote shows that she should have listened to her parents and not let her naive perspective lead her to make poor decisions.

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Although Marji wanted to prove a point to her mother, she did not think through the repercussions of her actions. She could have prevented her departure to Europe if she hadn't been so rebellious. Also if she had a stronger connection to her mother, instead of being difficult and inconsiderate, her parents may have gone with her despite the financial situation. "I sealed my act of rebellion against my mothers dictatorship by smoking the cigarette I'd stolen" This quote shows that Marji is a very rebellious child who does not think through her choices. She ignored the repercussions of her actions once again and changed her future.

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The text is a non chronological Graphic Novel. For example, the book starts out in 1980 but then jumps back to 1979 and then jumps again to 1983.

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The organization of the novel affects the author's message because the pictures allow you to comprehend the author's message. Without the pictures you would not be able to see how all of the characters truly felt. For example, at the end of the book the mom tries to stay tough for her daughter and hide her sadness, but when Marji turns away  the pictures shows Marji's mom crying and fainting.

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"This was me when I was 10 years old. This was in 1980... In 1979 we were in a french non-religious school". This quote shows that the book is not chronological.

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My own cultural experiences have shaped how I perceive the book because growing up a Christian I didn’t know anything about the veil. I didn’t understand why people of the same religion were fighting over what religious symbols they wore. Growing up in the United States we have had the freedom of religion, so when Marji got expelled for not wearing the veil and behaving inappropriately it surprised me. In the United States education is arguably the most important thing, so for Marji to be expelled from school over something that I thought was not inappropriate shocked me.

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In America 1.2 million teens drop-out of high school each year. Although some of them will be successful in life, many of them won't. Marjane didn't realize how much her education would affect her life when she got expelled. She had to leave the country because of her rebellious behavior. People in the world today also don’t understand how their actions will affect their futures.

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"As for me, I sealed my act of rebellion against my mothers dictatorship by smoking the cigarette I'd stolen" (Satrapi 117)

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Satrapi, Marjane. Persepolis. Vol. 1, L'Association, 2003.

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“11 Facts About High School Dropout Rates.” DoSomething.org | Volunteer for Social Change,

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The fact that the book is a graphic novel allows the reader to see how the characters are feeling without the author explicitly telling us. Below the picture shows the mom upset that Marji is leaving. She tries not to show her disappointment so that Marji will not cry.

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This photo shows how surprised Marji's family is. If the book was not a graphic novel the author would have to explicitly tell us how each character is feeling.  This allows us to see the full picture.

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“Satrapi, Persepolis 1 English.” Scribd, Scribd