Alex Hilbert

Ms. Wilson
English II
3/27/19

Instructions:
1. Write a well-constructed SPEPES paragraph in response to the prompt below. You must
CITE EVIDENCE​ from the text to support your response. Be sure to include the title(s)
and author(s) in your answer. You may use your annotations.

Prompt: ​So far in ​Persepolis​, we have seen how Marjane, her family, and the people of Iran
have been affected by the Iranian Cultural Revolution, the Iraqi invasion of Iran, and other social
influences and experiences. In the text, how do social influences and experiences shape the
protagonist's attitude towards herself? (Type your response in the space below).

In Persepolis Marjane learning about the people who are imprisoned, tortured, or killed by the
government helps to shape her attitude towards herself because she starts questioning herself
and what she believes in. When she finds out that her grandpa got tortured Marjane sits in the
bathtub for a long time so she can see how being tortured feels, “that night i stayed a very long
time in the bath. I wanted to know what it felt like to be in a cell filled with water.” this shows that
marjane wanted to know how her grandpa felt and that she cares alot about her family. she
wants to know and feel what people went through and she started questioning herself ,she
wasn't worried about herself anymore she was worried about other people. Later in the story her
uncle anoosh got executed by the government, “that was my last meeting with my beloved
anoosh…” “Get out!”. This shows that marjane has lost faith in god because her uncle who she
loved so much got killed. she is starting to question her beliefs and she is starting to feel
differently about what she has always believed in. Overall this shows that the government
imprisoning, torturing, and killing people makes marjane question herself and everything she
believes in.