Reaction to Persepolis

Persepolis was a very dark movie. It was very sad and depressing to learn about how rough her life had been. As she grew up she had to overcome things we would never even imagine going through. While living in Iran there was a war and her family decided that she would be safer in Austria. She spent some time there but was lonely and came back to Iran. But things became bad again and the movie ends with her starting a new life in France.
There was a lot of western culture that was involved early in the movie. Before Iran was involved in the war they were free to express them selves. They wore western clothing and had other aspects of western culture in it. The music they would listen to were very similar to what we here in the United States would listen to. I found this really interesting at how connected they were with the world and how just because of a war there was such a change in the culture of the country.
Once the war was over, the women were forced to cover up and lost a lot of their freedom. Here in the United States women fought for years to gain the freedom they have been able to maintain over the years. It was sad to see a country go backwards away from what women had fought for. It is unfair to take away the rights of one gender. Everything in their country was now restricted. They had to sneak around to drink alcohol  much like prohibition.
Overall this movie was sad and depressing. But it was also very informing. Seeing what some children had to grow up with and deal with was amazing to me. No child should ever have their childhood taken away from them, and that is exactly what happened in this movie. The happy ending is that she was able to get out of the situation and find a better life for herself.