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Marjane. Prophet
Who is the novel's main character and what does she want to be?
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Social class difference. Mehri was not a daughter she was a maid and back then you had to marry inside the same social class.
Why did Mehri’s boyfriend decide to stop seeing her?
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Symbol of personal and cultural identity
The Veil?
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The Islamic Revolution
There are two perspectives in this graphic novel. One occurring before what important event? and one after.
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Spain
Where did Marjane and her family take a trip to?
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Her Grandmother
Who is the woman who's husband was a prince and was also Marjane's comfort source?
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She thinks that the Shah became king because he was chosen by God
How does Marjane believe the Shah became king?How did the Shah became king?
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When marjane was little, her grandmother told her about her grandfather who was a prince and a prime minister to the shah.Eventually he had everything taken away and was sent to prison where they would leave him under water for a long time. Marjane would later try to imitate his experience.
The Water Cell?
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Kids had to hit their hearts
In schools they started to make rituals that were done for martyrs. What were they?
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Because of the political unrest, Marjane's parents no longer felt she was safe in Iran so they sent her to Austria
Why did Marjane's parents send her away?
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Her father eby and her mother Taji
Who has a risky job in Iran, that if he got caught it is very dangerous. He is also a demonstrator, at political protests & who had to hide/ disguise herself from being all over the news paper?
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Marx
Who does Satrapi say resembles God?
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As a lone young woman in a foreign country with a different language, cuisine and culture- Satrapi finds herself buying cheap pasta from the supermarket and eating it for most of her meals.
Pasta
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celebration of the end of the monarchy. Wine.
The Wine Chapter 6 they threw a party. For What? What did they have the was illegal?
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Her grandmother
Who was the last person Marjane slept with before she went away?
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Mehri
Who is the nanny and maid in Marjane's family who was brought in at the age of 8. Also falls in love with the next door neighbor and is forced to stop seeing him.
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She said that she had diabetes and had to go take her medicine
How did Satrapi's grandmother help them rush back into the house to throw the wine away?
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When the war started young men/boys would join the Shah to fight and they would give the parents the key to assure them they would get into heaven and the men a key to open the gate to heaven
The Key?
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Iran
Who was Iraq at war with?
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She put jasmine flowers in her bra. Perfume and Jewelry became illegal during this time.
What was one thing that Marjane's grandmother did that would always remind Marjane of her? Why is this significant?
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Marjane's uncle. 9 years
Who was Anoosh?How long was Anoosh in prison for?
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By hiding in a flock of sheep. People were no longer allowed to leave the country
How did Siamak’s family escape Iran? Why?
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Satraps starts to find herself on her intellectual journey and when she thinks she is going to join other activist for political protests and finds people playing hide and seek in the woods, she is very let down.
Hide and Seek
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What is significant about the cigarette?Marjane smoked that cigarette to say good-bye to childhood and welcome adulthood
What is significant about the cigarette?
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They were the enforces of the revolution's regime and often bullied people into following senseless rules.
Who were the "Guardians of the Revolution?"
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