the world kind of sucks...

I am a huge fan of graphic novels, so reading Persepolis and Persepolis 2 was a great joy. This story is a memoir of the author Marjane Satrapi. The story takes place in Iran during the '80s, while the revolution took place. It was a religious movement, where the religious fundamentalist's took over the government and enforced rules upon the population. These rules were religiously based, and I think, are unfair. These rules affected the lives of everyone, everywhere. Woman had started to wear head scarfs, woman and men were forever separated, you couldnt be seen on a date with a man unless you were married, you couldn't wear any formfitting clothing, you couldnt drink or wear makeup, and so much more. In Iran, people could be severly punished for breaking these rules. You could be put in jail, tortured or killed for such a small thing as wearing make-up.

The book is basically documenting one woman's view of all of these changes, and how her family deals with it. With all the sad discrimination and sexism, Marjane Satrapi is the reason I kept reading. She is such a sweet and innocent character, just trying to be free and get her rights back.

So if you were in Majane's shoes, how would you feel about not being able to walk around wearing makeup without fear of death?