Sage Griffee
Dr. Cobos
ELA
26 October 2017
In what ways did Marjane find it difficult to fit back into Iranian society? In what ways did this surprise you (or not surprise you)?
When Marjane first moved back to Iran I knew that it would be difficult for her to adjust, a lot of what she did in Austria was forbidden in Iran so it would obviously be difficult to hide all she did. When she gets home she does her best to avoid people as she thinks they would be disappointed about her life in Europe(pg. 261). However, what surprised me is that later in the book she wants everybody to know that she had been through so much and they should almost pity her. She doesn't people to find out about her life in Austria and she also wants people to know that just because she did not go through a war it does not mean that life was not hard. All of this lead to her being depressed. When reading along marjane's journey I thought that moving back to Iran was exactly what she needed, she could forget the past and get to know her family. However, when she arrives the opposite happens, she can not relate with anyone because they either judge her for her westernisation or bring up the war of which she feels she ran away from. Eventually Marjane reinvents herself and began to fit into Iranian civilisation once again but I don't think she will ever forget her journey in Europe.
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