The Rebellious Marjane

In Marjane's adolescence, she liked to rebel against the strict Islamic government. She did not like the fact that she had lost the freedom that she used to had before the Islamic government ruled Iran and still went against the rules anyway whenever she had the chance to. For example, she wore Nike and Denim Jacket when she went out, which were not allowed in Iran. She even bought tapes of Kim Wilde and Camel from the black market as it was illegal in Iran for a person to be in possession of those kind of tapes. She was then caught by the "Guardians of The Revolution". They were a group tasked to arrest women who were behaving not in accordance to the rules of the Islamic government. Marjane was caught for her dressing inappropriately. Marjane then tried to gain sympathy from the guardians by saying that she had a cruel stepmother that will tell her father to put her in an orphanage if she doesn’t get home. The guardians let her go in the end. I like her rebellious style because I feel that being rebellious in Iran at that point in time allowed a person to have more freedom, just like people of other countries, although it may seem to be illegal. I believe that it is good to have a balance in a society between freedom and rules. In my opinion, the Iranians were being too strict in enforcing rules, which compromises the balance between freedom and rules.