Geneva Week 5 Category 4: Snippets

The situation from page 285 to 287 sort of reminded me of her total personality change from pages 190-197. She begins to wear the makeup again to remind Reza of her old self, only to be asked "what [she] is doing out wearing that flashy lipstick" (Satrapi, 287) and also told that it "doesnt even suit [her]" (Satrapi, 287). The situations are similar because she feels the need to change who she is to fit in with her surrounding people. The woman Reza fell in love with was a woman who wore lots of makeup and was very aloof, confident and didnt have many war opinions. The girl Julie and Momo were friends with was a girl who was very shy, worldly and didnt fit in just like themselves. They were a group of outcasts who casted Marjane out because she was too different. Reza stopped loving her when her image and self grooming came to an end.

The efforts she put in to 'save' the friendships and relationships were almost like stepping back to the old mistakes and trying to rewrite her history. Another reoccuring motif in this story is the return to her family and her grandmother. She always seems to keep her grounded and, like the bed on page 70, her support was not there when she needed it.

Geneva