Nati* Day 2 Ques.

Hafizah's Question

With Marji, she seems to take all that is happening from the outside to heart and to mind. She starts to struggle with the things that she believes in and the things that are changing around her. On page 4, Marji describes the way she starts to be separated from boys at school and how she has to start wearing a veil that covers her hair. She also goes on describing how proud she was of her mother for being a part of the demonstrations and standing for what she believes in. Since Marji was young, she's always believed that she had this higher calling to be a prophet but those around her didn't believe her which didn't change how she felt about it or her mind. I've been in that place of being the outsider plenty of times before. Growing up and not dressing like others or liking the same things didn't leave much room for me to be social. I relate to Marji on that level; Believing in something that other people don't but regardless having that faith in it. Marji defiantly deals more with an outside dynamic than an inside one just because of the way things are changing around her and how at such a young age, she has to deal with it. She can't grow up in a non controlled environment which conflicts alot with how she acts towards the revolution and changes.

Izzy's Question

With Marji's mother on page 5, it tells how her mother was against the revolution and protested against it during demonstrations. She acts very defensive with Marji because she knows the kind of future Marji can have due to the fact that the revolution has changed things for her and might change even more. She wants to fight this so that she might help provide a better future for Marji so she's always conversing with her husband about the riots and murders that happen and how she feels the need to do something to make things stop and get better. The world around you can always have to power to change you and to influence you. My city is not known to be squeaky clean and grand. My high school has had it's problems and still does. Being where I live, it really made me want to get out and do something with my life than just staying stuck there and conforming to just settling down after high school and going about life with a high school diploma and a "decent" job. It makes me want to become something better, someone I can look back and say I'm extremely glad I became. Even though things do change around them, Marji's family never lets it change who they are or how they feel about the revolution. Just like how I didn't let the enviroment and society I was raised in pull me down with it and settle for something less than I could become.