Fighting and Preconceptions

@Salt

The characters in my book, The Complete Persepolis are fighting for there own culture. During the times of the book Marji's country was fighting to keep the culture they know and love. There used to be a time when women could walk freely but after the rule had changed they deemed that to be wrong and outlawed it thus women had to wear a veil. The books also had to be rewritten during the time frame. One key moment was when Marji was having a debate with her teacher about the King being chosen by God. At one point the children were taught that he in fact was chosen by god but by the end of his rule they forbid such talk.
My family grew up in the African American time frame of civil rights and racism which still exists today. My grandmother would tell me stories about she had to endure racism and segregation. To me my family does not have a struggle or fight but my whole race. We are fighting for freedom still to this day. We fight for the right to be equal and get by in the world. The belief that we are all one in this fight and we need to stick together.



@Cj
In my book, The Complete Persepolis, one preconception that characters in my book face is the fact that if a women is not seen with her veil on "she deserves to get fucked on a wall." This happened to Marjis mom one day after her car broke down one night. Two fundamentalism men walked to her and stated this. Another preconception is that southern women are sluts and prostitutes. When Marji, her mother and her two cousins and her aunt were in the store Marjis mother tried to stop to womens fighting only to get insulted instead.
My decision making process is never affected by preconceptions because I always look to prove those wrong. However, preconceptions do affect my behavior a bit. If someone pre-judges me I will make it my number one priority to prove it wrong by all costs and means nessacary.