For Monday: Satrapi, Persepolis, pp.88-153

Read from the chapter "The F-14's" to "The Dowry." This is the end of Part 1 of the book; Part 2 begins her new life in Austria.

Answer two of the following:

Q1: What is the significance of the "key" during the war, and why doesn't Marjane or any of her friends receive one? How does this reveal the despite the change of regime, some things remain exactly the same?

Q2: Despite the extreme circumstances and the completely different culture, why is being a teenager pretty much the same in 1980's Iran as in modern day America? What things did you personally recognize in Marjane's teenage rebellion, and why do you think a girl who faces death for disobedience would still want to be "punk"?

Q3: Why do Marjane's parents send her away to Vienna instead of having the entire family emigrate their together? And why did she have to go now, rather than earlier or much later? What did her parents fear another year or two might bring? 

Q4: Discuss a brief scene in these chapters where the pictures are vitally important: in other words, a scene where a novel couldn't quite do justice to the story. Why is it important to see, and not just hear, about this event?