The main threats to her sense of self and growth are the new regime’s restrictive measures, most notably the imposition that all women must wear the veil, which disallows in public the kind of modern outlook and expression that Marjane would prefer. The confusion stems from her valiant attempts at trying to understand the embattled and restrictive world that she lives in-post-Revolution Iran-as well as her attempts at trying to maintain her dignity, independence, and individuality among often senseless torture, suffering, and death. Marjane is a strong-willed, sometimes confused protagonist who we follow from childhood to burgeoning adulthood over the course of Persepolis.
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