Persepolis And Malala

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Often with strong desires and dreams, people become very serious and start to take on risky actions. This is the case in “Malala Yousafzai-Biographical” with Malala and Marjane in Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi. The female protagonist Malala goes through a tough journey when standing up for what she believes in and the other female protagonist, Marjane, simply rebels against what she doesn’t agree with. Both Malala and Marjane stood up against injustice in their oppressive societies and in doing so Malala’s actions prove to be worthwhile whereas Marjane’s doesn’t. Both Marjane and Malala stood up against injustice by protesting and by following what they believed. Malala stood up by speaking out about what she felt her rights were and what …show more content…

Throughout both stories and articles, we come to learn that in only certain circumstances can a single individual effect change. Because Malala was able to catch so many people's attention on what she stands up for and what she is fighting for, the awareness starts to spread, making the problem bring many other people into it. Years later after her campaigning as a result she is nominated “for the international Children’s Peace Prize” and is also “that same year… awarded Pakistan’s National Youth Peace Prize” (“Malala Yousafzai-Biographical”). Despite the fact that her nominations didn’t change anything in Taliban, when she was shot in the head many more people were aware of her situation and what was happening, allowing more people to help her. Whereas in Persepolis, not very many people are aware of what specific individuals are doing to protest. Due to the fact that Marjane talked back, and always wanted to join into the protests towards the end of the book we see that her Mother and Father “decided to send [her] to Austria” (Santrapi 147). Marjane’s actions weren’t very worthwhile since she didn’t have the support from her family and since she wasn’t doing anything huge to show her rebellion towards the Shah. So in Marjane’s individual case, her single individual self won’t be able to change anything. Character’s rebellious actions

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