How They Have Sacrificed Their Freedoms for Their Children
Taji is depicted throughout Persepolis as a strong-willed, independent woman. While the Islamic Revolution of 1979 gets closer and closer and soon engulfs their lives, Taji obliges but doesn't do so willingly. "She should start learning to defend her rights as a woman right now! (Satrapi 76).
Roza is first introduced in the book as mesmerized, climbing up to the top of a greengage tree and staying there for several days. "Beeta says mom attained enlightenment at exactly 2:35 pm on August 18, 1988, atop the grove's tallest greengage plum tree " (Azar 1).
The Iranian family documented in The Year of the Everlasting Storm is more modern than the previous books, as they are documented during 2020-2021 during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The grandmother, who seems to be the main focus, struggles with not seeing her family and the idea of death.
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