Shaping The Character Marji

Throughout Marji’s childhood there were many events and experiences that changed every aspect of her life. Marji’s childhood was during the Islamic Revolution which changed how she would probably lived originally. When all Iranian women are required to start wearing a veil over their hair, her family immediately opposes it. Since her family was very modern they carry this opposition for her entire childhood. Marji’s parents had always been for the revolution and against many traditional rules and regulations. Parents usually have a very strong influence on a child’s views and Marji took on many of her family’s beliefs. She group around many communist ideas which I believe helped shape her rebellious personality.

As Marji grows older, she begins to attend protests with her parents. These demonstrations were used to get people from a higher power’s attention. It usually worked, but many times violence broke out and corruption begins to erupt. Marji forms her own opinion of the government as she enters her teen years and as her family becomes more affected. Her personality blossoms into the form of a rebel and actively goes against rules in school and on the streets. She seems to grow more independent as the years progress and many of her friends move to the United States for a better life. Marji’s parents realize that she is finally mature enough in attitude and age and is sent off to start a new chapter of her life in Vienna.