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Marji when she first went to Austria
Appearance -- Conservative, normal dress; Clean; healthy; smooth skin; big eyes
Beliefs -- School is important; Stay true to yourself; Be accepting of others
Dignity -- Proud of her origins; won’t take anyone insulting her race and name
Personality -- Independent; innocent; hardworking; naive -
#1 - Gets Discriminated by Nuns, expelled
- Marji becomes more rebellious and her mom’s permission of such an act leads her to believe she could do anything
- “You should be ashamed of yourself! / So should you!” (Satrapi, 178)
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#2 - Meeting Druggie Friends
Marji is exposed to drugs and rebellion. Although she doesn’t actually do the drugs, she pretends. She is also introduced to smoke joints. “I didn’t like to smoke, but I did it out of solidarity.” (Satrapi, 192) -
#3 - First real exposure to "ping pong balls" and sex
Marji is shocked. Very shocked. It was almost as if the innocence in her was shocked out at this moment. “OH, OH, OH! AH, AH! OH YES! OH! AH! YES!” (Satrapi, 186)
“AH, Ping ping balls!” (Satrapi, 188) -
#4 - Meeting Enrique (1st BF) and finding out he was gay
After being rejected by a guy, Marji felt insecure and alone. She developed a sense of desperateness for love. “After my romantic disappointment with Enrique,... I felt even more unlovable and had even less self confidence.” (Satrapi, 216) -
#5- Meeting Markus and getting drugs at Cafe Camera
Direct contact with drugs. She felt cool and her boyfriend was proud. Her desperateness to impress Markus led her to continue on to deal drugs in school “This is how, for love, I began my career as a drug dealer. Hadn’t I followed my mother’s advice? I was no longer a simple junkie, but my school’s official dealer.” (Satrapi, 222) -
Marji - at the End
Appearance - Shady, unhealthy; long black hair; wrinkles; often found with a cigarette
Beliefs - Being a drug dealer meant being important; Popularity and being cool is key
Dignity - pretty damaged; no longer emphasizes the importance of her origins
Personality - desperate; depressed; lonely; follower
