Blog Post #2

In the first quarter of the memoir Persepolis, the main character, Marjane, strongly believes in her Islamic faith and even dreams of being a prophet when she grows up. Many people outside of this novel have similar religious lives, such as Catholic children who want to become priests and nuns one day. This connection helps deepen my personal understanding of Persepolis because I’ve grown up Catholic and I can relate to the idea of feeling a connection to your faith and wanting to grow in it in your later life. Many kids in my religion are like Marjane; they want to grow up to spread their religion. Some want to become priests, some want to become nuns, and some just want to get married in the Church. Marjane, on the other hand, wanted to be a Muslim prophet and spread her faith that way. This raises the question, is the faith Marjane had similar to that of kids from my religious? I think it is. Islam and Christianity are fairly similar religions, as is Judaism. I think that, despite our differences, our similarities give us all the same sense of faith. That’s why there are kids of every religion that want to grow up to be a religious figure, be it a prophet or a priest.