I just finished reading Persepolis. A social issue I read a lot about was women's rights. Women had no rights and they were forced to wear veils and keep hidden. This stood out to me because nowadays women are free..of practically everything. But in Iran women were called horrible names if they were wearing make-up or wearing their veil wrong or speaking their mind.
Marjane, the main character, always believed that women should speak her mind and she would express them when she was at home. Sometimes when her parents let her, she would go outside and join and protest for what she believed in. She would have chats with God at night and discuss everything she was thinking. How she wished she didn't have to wear the veil at all and she could walk through town without getting weird looks or getting yelled at by the older women in the neighborhood.
When Marjane was sent away to spend a few years in Europe, she realized that everyone was so free and people didn't wear veils or anything. Women freely walked allowed to do anything. After four long years, Marjane finally decided that she wanted to go back home to live with her parents again. As soon as she arrived at the airport, she was yelled at by a man to put on her veil correctly. She quickly realized how much Iran had changed she had last been there. Women still had to wear their veils and hardly any women walked outside. They were always questioned by soldiers. Women had no rights or freedom like women did in Europe
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