For Wednesday: Persepolis, pages 72-153

NOTE: Read from "The Trip" through "The Dowry," which is the end of Persepolis I (Part II begins right after that, since they were originally two different books).

Answer two of the following:

Q1: How does Marjane and her family maintain their normal way of life (and beliefs) under the new regime? Why do they think many of these activities and practices are worth risking their lives for (esp, music)?

Q2: What is the significance of the "key" during the war, and why doesn't Marjane or any of her friends receive one? How does this reveal the despite the change of regime, some things remain exactly the same?

Q3: Despite the extreme circumstances and the completely different culture, why is being a teenager pretty much the same in 1980's Iran as in modern day America? What things did you personally recognize in Marjane's teenage rebellion, and why do you think a girl who faces death for disobedience would still want to be "punk"?

Q4: Why do Marjane's parents send her away to Vienna instead of having the entire family emigrate their together? And why did she have to go now, rather than earlier or much later? What did her parents fear another year or two might bring?