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I feel like marjane finds it difficult to fit back into the Iranian society because on page it said how her hard times in had scarred her, she had been regarded as absolutely nothing, and it gave her depression. When she got back it talked about how she came to terms with that in a way, and saw a shrink and was prescribed medicine to make it better. I feel like the depression put a large halt in her social life, leading into a difficult time fitting in. On page 271, she was talking to her therapist and said, “I have no drive, nothing gives me pleasure.” This leads into my point about depression, it's hard to fit in and to be a function part of society if you are constantly in a state of sadness and don't feel anything. What really surprised me was on page 272, when Marjane hurt herself, and then attempted suicide. This showed me how she felt so belittled and so distant from everyone and so alone the only way out was to end her own life. I got this from the top of page 272, when she said, “my calamity could be summarized in one sentence: I was nothing.”

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  1. Kayley NguyenOctober 27, 2017 at 6:53 PM

    I like how you chose to write about this. It was really interesting to me also and you really opened up my mind to looking at this in a different way. Great job!

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