Geneva Week 3 Category 4: Snippets

Throughout Persepolis religion has played a strong role in Tehran society as well as Vienna's society. The countries that she had been heavily immersed in were also countries heavily involved in religion. Clearly, her life is run by religious guidelines. Many of the countries she has lived in rely heavily on religion. She grows up and returns to Tehran, where religion (Shiite Islam) is one of the root problems and uncertainties during her childhood. When she moves to Vienna, her life turns upside down again, because she wants to fit in. But she finds it hard because of her surroundings. The way she was brought up clearly does not coincide with the values of the Austrian society (who are Catholic or a division of Christianity).

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