She spends the day on a park bench, reflecting upon how "stupid" she has been, and realizes she has nowhere else left to go.
Schloss then accuses Marji of stealing her brooch, and Marji finally leaves. She goes on to engage in a passionate love affair with a man named Markus, which ends badly when she discovers him cheating on her. One night, Marji hears her grandmother's voice telling her to stay true to herself as she leaves a party after lying to an acquaintance that she is French her would-be lover reveals his homosexuality after a failed attempt at sex with her. Frau Schloss, an unstable former teacher. After a while, she is thrown out of her shelter for insulting a nun, and moves between houses until she rents a room from Dr. Marji makes few friends and ultimately feels isolated with people who view her with open disdain. She is expelled from school when she openly rebuts a teacher's lies about government abuses.įearing her arrest, Marji's parents send her to a French lycée in Vienna, Austria where she lives with Catholic nuns, but is upset by their discriminatory and judgmental behavior. Marji watches as her uncle dies, and the family tries to find solace in secret parties where they enjoy pleasures the government has outlawed, including alcohol.Īs she grows up, Marji refuses to stay out of trouble, secretly buying heavy metal music on the black market, wearing unorthodox clothing such as denim jackets, and celebrating punk rock and other Western music sensations like Michael Jackson, which nearly causes her to be arrested. Later, Niloufar is spotted and promptly arrested and executed Khosro's house is ransacked in the process, and he flees without making the passport. Khosro is sheltering Niloufar, a young woman wanted for her Communist beliefs, to whom Marji takes an instant liking. Marji and her father go to see Khosro, a man who prints fake passports and promises to make the passport in a week. When Marji's aunt attempts to get permission, she finds that the hospital director she must deal with is her former window-washer, who is incompetent and totally submissive to his religion. Later, her uncle Taher suffers a heart attack and must go to England for surgery, but the borders are closed, and only people approved by the Board of Health can leave. The Iran–Iraq War breaks out soon after, and Marji witnesses firsthand its horrors meanwhile, the Iranian government begins implementing laws that cut down even more on social freedoms. Though disillusioned, Marji and her family try to adapt to life under the new regime. Over time, many Iranians escape to various countries abroad.
The government forces women to dress modestly and wear headscarves, and Anoosh is rearrested and executed for his political beliefs, along with other political dissenters. The Shah is eventually deposed and elections for a new leading power commence Marji's family's situation does not improve, and they are upset when Islamic fundamentalists win the elections and start imposing strict Islamic law. One day, Marji's uncle Anoosh arrives to have dinner with the family after being released from a nine-year prison sentence, inspiring Marji with his stories of his life on the run from the government. ( March 2015) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Īt the Paris-Orly Airport in France, Marjane 'Marji' Satrapi looks at the flight schedule before taking a seat and reflecting on her childhood.ĭuring the 1979 Iranian revolution against the Shah of Iran, Marji's middle-class family participates in the rallies, but she is forbidden from attending. Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed.
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