October 27, 2009 Grand Theatres (1486 Interstate Loop)
Free showings of Persepolis at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m.
When you arrive at the theatre, get your free ticket at the box office. First come, first served! Be prepared to show your BSC ID.
October 27, 2009 
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As a child, Marji is already in the habit of gathering information about the world and people around her. She is curious and imaginative like most young children, but Marji’s understanding of things goes much deeper than that of most ten-year-olds. She desires to know about politics, religion, and her country. In the book The Complete Persepolis, we are never told about the toys Marji enjoyed playing with or the slumber parties she has with her girlfriends, or the countless hours she spends playing dress-up. Marji seems to spend most of her childhood years acquiring information, opinions, and beliefs out of her parents and other adults only to take all she has gathered to form her own set of opinions and beliefs.
On page 52, Marji is seen reading books about Fidel Castro, Karl Marx, and the revolution in her country at the age most girls would be reading about princesses and ponies. At the age most girls would be brushing their dolly’s hair, Marji becomes aware of the awful things going on in her country. Marji is a rebel at an early age which could most likely be attributed to the influence of her parents. She is not one to believe everything her teachers tell her, and, as seen on page 144, she often challenges them, showing how great her understanding really is.
Since we are introduced to Marji when she is ten, it is hard to say if she really ever had a childhood. If anything, it would be safe to say she was forced to grow up much too soon. Did she ever truly know innocence? Did she know what it was like to be a carefree little girl? Or, did the fears of war cause her to understand so much, except for what it means to be safe?
Kaylee Barker
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