Persepolis

This film was unlike nothing I had seen before simply because of the way that it was produced. I thought it was interesting how they used color to display the change in time. When watching this film, I could only compare Marjane to Meena who was the founder of RAWA. This idea could be entirely wrong but I feel like Meena must have been a lot like Marjane when she was a child; outspoken with high hopes for her life and the future.

For Marjane life as she knew it changed very fast, just like it did for all of the Iranian women. She went from coming and going as she pleases to having to wear a veil and go into a certain door for school that was only for girls. There was also a separate door for girls. As a result of what her parents, were also very strong-willed and educated, see they send her away to get a European education so she is able to receive the education that she deserves. However, because she is so strong willed and also feeling very alone she decided to return back to Iran, to attempt to make a difference. But, ultimately she removes herself from the place that she calls home, which was not an easy thing for her to do.

Overall, I feel that many women in Iran feel the way that Marjane did but we unable to completely remove themselves from the situation because they did not have the means to do so. When watching this, I wondered "Why didn't these women just leave?". I think the answer to this question is that the simply felt to helpless to do so and perhaps that cost outweighed the benefits.