The graphic novel, "Persepolis," holds many cases of symbolism within it. To me, the most interesting aspect of sympolism was "the veil." The Veil is in the first section of the book and Marjane is forced to wear a veil at school. She is seperated from her friends and doesn't know how to take the apperance of the veil overall. It seems that all of these situations are forced upon her at once, from the wearing of the veil, to the revolution. The veil has become a part of religious ideology to Marjane and also something that is a part of her everyday life. On Page 131 of the text, Marjane dresses more modern, in a t-shirt, jacket, and nike shoes...and "of course" wearing the veil. While she is so modernized, the wearing of the veil is constant. She is expressing her self-indentity, yet at the same time expressing the identity of being Iranian. It is like Marjane is caught somewhere inbetween it all. By wearing the veil, Marjane ultimately conforms to a sort of repression of the Iranian society even though she frequently tries to rebel.
I find it interesting that Marjane had a greater relationship with God, before religion was sort of forced upon her at school and by the government. It shows that sometimes your best wishes seem to backfire when you force them to happen.
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