Life Somewhere Else

Persepolis 2: Life Somewhere Else

How do you think Marjane’s experience would have been similar or different if she had gone to a high school in the United States, in your hometown? Would you have befriended her?

I think that her experience would be a lot different. Her 'friends' ask her if she has had sex or done things with guys and she implies that she's done things with multiple guys. Her friends act snobby and just completely reject her after that. They put her down for not having 'traditional values' anymore. How is she supposed to do that after she's had to fit in somewhere else for years and then come back and be expected to just going back to fit in here so quickly? Things would have been so different for her if she lived here in Niskayuna. There are many diverse people here and I feel like it would be easy for her to fit in. She says she liked wearing a dark thick line of black eyeliner and listens to punk music and she'd definitely be accepted by people. She decides to make a change in her style and still she'd be accepted here. I honestly think that things would be a lot easier for her here and she's really be accepted for who she is and not have to conform in her home country. She'd be away from the war and safer here too. She'd most likely be accepted by multiple groups of friends here. 
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I probably would end up being friends with her because I like some of the things that she likes and she seems like a nice person, plus we also have the same problem of mouthing off to people. But also I think that it might be really hard for her here. An article by Time Magazine talks about how Muslim acceptance in America is still a big problem. Woman who decide to still wear the typical headscarf(Hijab) are a main target for this. This story was written around the time period of 1979 but if it had been at the present I think that it would be a lot harder for Marjane to fit in since the 9/11 attacks and people are still suspicious of everyone. Still, it wouldn't make a difference for me. I would still probably be friends with her. Why should what people choose to wear have an effect on whether people should be friends with them or not? I actually really don't understand that. People get judged every day for what they choose to wear. Why does it have to be a big deal. The only thing that actually matters about a person is how they act. Their outfit shouldn't decide your friendships.

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