Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
Why did Marji strike her principal?
was she wrong to do so?
was she wrong to do so?
A few years pass and it is 1984. Marjane says that she has now become “a rebel.” When the principal of her school tries to take her jewelry, she yells back at them. One day, the principal attempts to take the jewelry and, in a fit of rage, Marjane hits the principal and knocks her down. She tries to apologize but the principal expels her.