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I did not understand or connect to Marjane’s want to hide her identity. Living in Australia which although racist is a very multicultural country, I have never felt the need to hide my background and/or culture. Because of this I found it hard to relate to how ashamed of her identity she was in other countries.

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I found it hard to relate to her sudden exposure into independence. She went from living with her family and relying on them for everything to suddenly not only living on her own but also in an entirely different country. She had to very quickly learn to do everything on her own, such as shopping and cooking. She also had to learn how to live with complete strangers who, on multiple occasions did not even speak the same language/s as her. This was hard to relate to as I (and most Australian girls my age) have not been exposed to such independence so suddenly.

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Difficult to understand their willpower at times- pg 76-
Although the parents know the danger of the situation they still believe that she should go to the demonstration and defend her rights.

People today conform much easier to rules and do not want to fight especially when the thought of danger and potential death is there.

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Ashamed of her identity and where she is from. She tries to hide her identity.
- The Vegetable "I even managed to deny my nationality" (Page 197)

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Need for enjoyment through Illegal actions - parties, movies.

- The Wine "We had everything. Well everything that was forbidden. Even alcohol, gallons of it" (Page 106)

- Kim Wilde – Decency Police

- The Socks – “We partied almost every night”

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Studying in another country – I know how hard it is to understand what is going on and people talking in a different language.
- The Soup - Marjane tries talking to her room mate but they speak different languages "Do you speak French?" "Nein" "Sprichst du deutsch" "Uh...No" (Page 163)

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Difficult to understand her acceptance of death, maybe because she had experienced so much it became almost something ‘normal’. Her reaction to their deaths was more of a shock, and not much mourning was evident.

E.g Her uncle, Neighbours, her friend later on.

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The want to go home
Experienced this during travel and being away from home. Missing your family and friends - in the lead up to Christmas.
- Tyrol (Page 170) - everyone talking about what they are going to do in the Christmas Vacation.

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I understood the risks that Marjane and her friends would take to have a "normal life". For example, when Marjane was buying blackmarket CDs to listen to her favourite music. The CDs were very expensive, and Marjane was taking a big risk in buying them, however I think it was worth it because it was like Marjane buying a small piece of freedom and childhood.

Another example is when Marjane was in the car with friends, and one of her friends took off her veil. This put the women in lots of danger, yet the women risked it, just to let their hair fly free for a few fleeting seconds

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Change in schools - Fitting in, adapting, assimilating into society. It is hard changing schools when everyone already has their set friendship groups. Marjane found people and groups, was humiliated (Tyrol Page 166-167).
Found her group in Tyrol (Page 169)
- The Dowry (leaving at the airport and saying goodbye)
- Percepolis 2: The Soup (Page 157) - Arriving in a foreign country with new people.

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SOCIAL/CULTURAL - difficult to understand

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SOCIAL/CULTURAL - difficult to understand

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Having to live in a war zone, and the impact this would have on my life socially and culturally. As an 16 year old Australian, I have never experienced any major conflict and therefore I struggled to understand how it would feel to live in a war zone.

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Expectations on how to act as women. Not so much what the expectations were but the idea of having to follow rules. Growing up, actions and behaviour. You must and must not do certain things.

Rules
-  Submissive
- Manners, Polite, Act and Dress modestly.
- Obey male or authority figures

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I found it difficult to follow the constant political discord throughout the novel, because we live in a democracy and have never lived in a dictatorship. Their government changed from a monarchy to a religiously run dominated government over a few months, and I struggled to understand how the political state progressed from bad to worse.

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As a caucasian, I have never experienced racism or instances where my culture is frowned upon. I found it difficult to understand Marjane's shame of her heritage and identity.

For example: pg.198
When Marjane heard the girls gossiping about her in the cafe and her appearance and her heritage, Marjane defended herself, and was then called "crazy"