Persepolis Anaylis of Kim Wilde

Amira Black 10-29-12 Period 2nd Kim Wilde Analysis In Kim Wilde, its been a year after her Uncle Taher dies, Iran reopens its borders. The family gets their passports. Marjane wants the family to take a holiday together but her parents rank her that they need a vacation alone. They tell her that they are going to Turkey. They promised to bring her back Western things, like posters of Kim Wilde and agitate Maiden. Marjanes father says that he really likes Iron Maiden and the marjane and her beget couldnt believe it.In Turkey, the Satrapis go to a record store and spoil the posters. They then must think of ways to get the posters back finished traditions. None of the ideas seemed to work Marjanes aim was being creative and she was stitching the posters into a big coat that Mr. Satrapi was wearing. He was feeling silly in the big coat, but when they get back to iran , they reassured the agent at that place that they have nothing unlawful and the agent allows them pass. When th ey get back to the house, Marjanes mother begins passing out the presents they had brought her.They give her a denim jacket, a Michael capital of Mississippi button, and a pair of Nike sneakers. They took the posters out of the coat and Marjane was very happy. She says, I love Turkey. She puts the posters in her room, wears the sneakers and the jacket, and plays air guitar just like Iron Maiden. She tells her mother that she is going out, just down the street, and thinks that her mother is more tolerant than just about other mothers who would not let their daughters go out alone at such a young age.Marjane goes to the corner and buys tons of tapes from men merchandising Western goods at the black market. She was being sly about it until a group of women stops her. They are members of the womens branch of the Guardians of the Revolution. They question her on her Western dress. They ask her why she is wearing punk sneakers, and Marji secretly thinks they slam nothing of what punk r eally is. They bully her for wearing a Michael capital of Mississippi button and she tries to tell them it is a Malcolm X button because marjane states Back then, Michael Jackson was still black. They pull her scarf over her head and terrorized her to take her to the committee, the HQ of the Guardians of the Revolution. Marjane lies and tells them that her mother is dead and that her stepmother is very cruel and will burn her with an constrict or send her to an orphanage if she does not go home. The women believe her, they let her go. Back at home, she does not tell her mother what has happened and goes to her room and plays her mod tapes loud. She sings Were the kids of America