Blog Post #3 (One I Want Graded)

Sage Griffee

Dr. Cobos

ELA

27 October 2017

What led to Marjane's grandmother yelling at her? Was the yelling justified? Why or why not?

In the chapter titled “The Makeup” marjane starts wearing makeup in order to please her then boyfriend, as he had made remarks about her appearance(pg. 285-287). While waiting in the streets to meet up with him she sees guardians of the revolution coming her way, in order to not get in trouble she throws a citizen under the bus. Her and her boyfriend then laugh about it,(pg. 287) When she later brings this up with her grandmother later that day her grandmother snaps and yells at her, saying that what she did directly disrespected her ancestors. What her Grandmother said could not be more true she did not even begin to contemplate the wrong she was doing. (pg. 291) Marjane was raised to be passionate, stand up for her beliefs, and to be kind to others. The reason her grandmother yelled at her is because what she did went against everything she was taught as a child,(pg. 291) all she cared about was getting out of a troublesome situation not pausing to think of what the consequences could be. Her grandmother's actions could not be more justified, what Marjane did was horrible and could very easily have lead to the man she threw under the bus being seriously hurt. I think most would agree when I say Marjane's actions were unlike how she was raised and how most readers viewed her up to that point. I Believe this was a direct result of moving to Austria, perhaps the things she had to go through made her forget the struggles of her country. Nonetheless this experience definitely affected Marjane moving forward with life in Iran.