I think Mari like most kids is very impressionable little girl.
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pg 62 |
A scene that made me realize was this when her dad and her uncle Anoosh were talking. This made me think that she believed everything she heard. Because of this I believed she became very confused at the beginning of the revolution. While school and TV said one thing, parent would tell they were lies to cover the truth.
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pg 38 |
Also growing up her parents were very involved with the protest and the revolution. Her parents knew that protest were dangerous and people were constantly getting injured or kill so they never took her. But one day she snuck out with Mehri to the protest. This scene demonstrated that she wanted to be just as involved as her parents, and know more of the truth that was going on. Wanting to know more made her a very knowledgeable for her age and become a bit rebellious.
But having knowledge didn't always means she know she was right. She hears about a boy in her class whose far killed people in the revolution. Influenced by all war and revolution she decides she was going to punish him but is stopped by her mother. Then tells her he is not at fault and she needs to learn to forgive.
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pg 91 |
Sort off topic: But I was wondering if the author was trying to symbolize something with what look like the U.S. flag with the stars and stripes on the beds. And in the next image the kids seem to be peacefully sleeping.