Another Two Part Question

"From the time I came to France in 1994, I was always telling stories about life in Iran to my friends. We'd see pieces about Iran on television, but they didn't represent my experience at all. I had to keep saying, "No, it's not like that there." I've been justifying why it isn't negative to be Iranian for almost twenty years. How strange when it isn't something I did or chose to be?" -Marjane Satrapi, in an interview with Random House




Part 1) Does Marjane’s identity shift throughout the story? Cite passages that demonstrate this shift? Why do you think this shift occurs? Are there parts of Marjane’s identity that come from factors that she didn’t choose? What are some of these?

Part 2) What parts of your identity come from factors you didn’t choose?

Have people you have known ever had a negative reaction to these factors?

How much control does someone have over their own identity?