Manny: Week Three Snippets

On Page 195, in the third panel, Marjane lies about her nationality and says that she is French instead of saying Iranian. In the next panel Marjane explains that she did not say Iranian because that is a war at the time. Also Iran was “the epitome of evil,” and to be Iranian was a heavy burden. So basically, this means that people will often change their nationality or whatever to just fit in with everybody else. In the last panel on that page, Marjane starts to remember what her grandmother had said to her about being true to herself and keeping her dignity, but she still doesn’t understand what that means.

 

On Page 197, in the first panel Marjane yells at the girls in the booth that she is Iranian and she is proud and then runs away. In the last panel on that page, Marjane realizes what her Grandmother had meant about being true to herself and keeping her dignity.

 

In order to understand some things in life, one must first undergo a certain experience in life to understand it.