PERSEPOLIS
Rachel

I actually enjoyed reading this “graphic novel” more that I thought I would have. You shouldn’t even consider this a comic. It helped me see the world we DO live in rather than the world that I thought we lived in. It informed me about the different laws and traditions of other countries. But it also seemed a little sexist if we were talking about clothes. The women would have to wear drapes pretty much and not show a single part of their body other than their face, while men could wear clothing so tight that you could see everything.

I think that this book can really relate to kids in Foster Care. Marjane-the main character- is forced by her parents to move to Austria because of the war that is going on in Iran. In Austria she lives with old friends of her parents. She, like all other teenages, makes mistakes and is kicked out and has to find other places to live, but messes up that living situation. So she leaves to another home. That is totally like Foster Care if you think about it. Kids in the system mess up so they either go to another home or DT. She spends about 3 months living on the streets and then after she caught her boyfriend cheating on her she returns home. It’s her 18th birthday and she was finally an adult. The age that you leave care is normally 18 also.

I would definitely recommend reading this book. I guarantee that it will make you value the people that love and support you in all that you do just that much more.