Class 2 Homework

At the start of Persepolis, Satrapi provides a brief summary of Iranian history by giving a relatively objective, or at least, different perspective on the view of the people of Iran. She gives this preface because she wants people to know that not all people in Iran were fanatic fundamentalist terrorists (Satrapi 2). After the introduction, she starts in showing that not all of the women were in favor of the veil. I think the reason she does this is to shatter stereotypes in a certain way; Americans have this idea of the typical middle eastern woman wearing a veil. But in reality, it seems as though none of the little children actually knew why they were wearing it. Satrapi admits being quite a bit torn between her religion and her family politics. In general, I think she chose to start off the first couple chapters with the overthrow of the Shah and the protests because these were the first major events that happened in her life that related to Iranian politics. 

If I were to write about a part of my life, the part that I started with would highly affect how I chose to preface it. But to be practical and hypothetical, I would probably start with the major parts; my birth, my guessed date of death, and my election to be leader of the world. I would honestly probably start by giving an overview of my philosophies and morals, and then delve into the heavy stuff. Satrapi does almost precisely this in giving her view of Iranian politics.

-Matt