Islamic Revolution

Persepollis lightens up the seriousness of the Islamic Revolution. The main character Marji is a child who tells the story and tells it as someone would expect a child to interpret the war. The novel makes the revolution seem less dramatic than it actually was. The revolution brought upon unnecessary violence in Iran. But dwelling on that you could really question the motivation of the revolution.

Usually in history we see some sort of revolution happen because of disagreements in politics. The politics of this revolution is questionable. Religion is the main focus of why fundamentalist have started a revolution. Revolutions in the past like the ones in France and Russia have happened because of the reform wanted by the people. Iran however finds that there are flaws in their society. Flaws that concern people's personal rights to do what they feel in respect to their religion. Some of the people felt that traditional islam method were sacred and use authority to make sure that this was kept sacred. The revolution happened because of extremist alternative motives.

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