Read the excerpts from does my head look big in
this? and persepolis.
excerpt from does my head look big in this? :
which statement is true about the narrators different
perspectives?
abc
my best friends, leila okulgen and yasmeen khan,
moved on to a public high school close to coburg, where
they live. i begged my parents to let me go with them but
mom and dad insisted that i go to a private school. i tried
everything. at first i sucked up to them big time, making
them coffee after dinner, offering to set the table before
mom had a chance to ask me, letting them watch pbs
documentaries when i wanted to watch big brother. that
didn't work. so i turned political, ranting about them
perpetuating the snobby bourgeoisie power trip of our
educational system which forges aristocratic divisions
between social classes (i got that from a pbs
documentary). talk about having no compassion or social
conscience. they just laughed at me and gave me a pile
amal is worried about how the political situation will
affect her education, while marjane is concerned with
people who are suffering.
amal is concerned about the suffering of people
around her, while marjane is concerned only with her
own suffering
amal and marjane are both dedicated to learning about
the political landscape and using their knowledge to
others.
amal and marjane are both interested in taking what
they have learned about politics and social class and
applying it to their own situation.