Change is The Way

The theme of changing for things around you is present within Persepolis.  The Iranian revolution is fighting for the change of the country in response to the change of power.  One example of change in the novel is when Marjane's mother dies her hair to hide when her photo is in the paper.(5)  Something interesting about this is that she is fighting for rights of women not to have to hid themselves, yet to protect herself and her family she must change to hide herself.  Another change is when Marji begins looking at icons such as Iron Maiden and Kim Wilde and wanting to be like them.(131)  She begins to change into a as the people would probably think, a western attitude.  Now the significance of the change in the novel is that it shows that sometimes we must change for the better good.  Satrapi uses the images to show this change by being in a sequence that shows the main character's progression through life.  it also shows that to have change(Iranian Revolution) you must change yourself.  In the end, Persepolis has a key that unlocks the change in each of the characters to lead to the biggest change of all, the end of the Shah.