"IDENTITY THEFT IS NOT A JOKE JIM" -The Office

a. Marjane Satrapi's identity shifts throughout the book because her mindset constantly changes. She is forced to grow up faster than is normal with everything that goes on in her life. By changing from aspiring prophet, to rebellious teenager, her identity changes. The shifts in her mindset are the result from events that have transpired in her life such as, the required wearing of the veil, the revolution, and the war. Most of the factors that cause her change again and again were factors she did not choose. Like I said before, Marjane has practically been forced to grow up and think a certain way from her parents and all the things happening in her world.
b. I think that people have a lot of control over their own identities. They may not have any control over the factors that make them who they are, but they can control what they do with what life has given them.