Persepolis

Violence, Forgiveness, and Justice

The body count towards the end of Persepolis is tremendous. Before the end of the book, Marjane communicates her distress that “we could have avoided it all”, demonstrating a conviction that a great part of the harm done to the Iranian individuals was an aftereffect of the Iranian system's own behavior: its aggression with Iraq, its radicalization of young warriors, its religious enthusiasm, its valorization of suffering. Legally authorized punishment for violations as small as an improperly worn veil or the possession of expired bus fare could be outrageously strict, including torture and death, and the people who conduct these penalties are usually officers of regime. in that capacity, Marjane claims, “it was really our own who attacked us.”

In the good 'ol days after the end of the Revolution, Marjane and her friends discover that Ramin's dad played a huge piece of the special forces police squad under the Shah that killed numerous individuals. They choose to seek retribution by holding nails between their fingers and assaulting Ramin. Be that as it may, Marjane's mom instructs her that one can't fault and rebuff the offspring of the culprit, who has nothing to do with the wrongdoings that have been done. She says that one must forgive, and Marjane acknowledges this. Afterward, nonetheless, subsequent to seeing the passings executed by the new Islamic Republic, she negates herself to some degree, saying that “bad people are dangerous, but forgiving them is, too.” This remark proposes the acknowledgment of an inconceivable circumstance, the acknowledgment that regardless of what the storybooks may state, absolution isn't a fix all, that terrible individuals won't mysteriously turn them great. At a certain point, Marjane's mom claims, “Don’t worry, there is justice on earth.” But the book appears to always scrutinize the veracity of this case. In Persepolis little equity is to be found.

- Ripin