Marjane's family is the most important thing to her, there's no way around it. In both the book and the movie, her strong bond with her parents and uncle is clear, but her relationship with her grandma is something special. Her grandma is around frequently in the book, and she shares her wisdom with Marji in a couple scenes, such as the one about the flowers in her bra, but the grandma comes to life, in more ways than one, in the movie.
In the movie, the characters are given a voice, and with that comes expression and attitude, and Marji's grandma sure has a lot of attitude. She takes over the role of advice-giver from Marji's parents and becomes a very important person in the young lady's life as she grows older and goes through different hardships. The grandma often gives advice on guys, friends, and what and what not to do. Marji clearly looks up to her grandma and genuinely cares about what she may think of her. At one point in the movie, (during the Persepolis II part), Marji lies to a police officer about a man on the street, and the man ends up arrested. She tells this story to her grandma, and gets a cold and strict response. She had been stupid and cruel and self-centered, and she would need to regain her grandma's respect. Marji later does when she stands up to speech-givers at her art school who were commenting on what the women should wear in order to respect themselves and to not distract the men. She asks why aren't the women taken into consideration when the men are told what or what not to wear. This show of courage impresses her grandma, and Marji feels confident again.
Through the movie, the audience also falls in love with the grandma, and sees how important she is to how Marji grows up. The grandma stays present in the movie up until the end. She supplies wisdom and comic relief that is much more potent when spoken and acted allowed. With the film, we get to see body language, more facial expressions, and the way that the character speaks, which allowed us to understand the story and the people better. In the book, the grandma is around the family most of the time, and supports Marji in all of her endeavors, but we never get to read her opinion; we never really get to know her. The book is more focused on characters such as Uncle Anoosh and several other way heroes, but the movie has more of a focus on the women in Marji's life, mostly her grandma.
In the movie, the characters are given a voice, and with that comes expression and attitude, and Marji's grandma sure has a lot of attitude. She takes over the role of advice-giver from Marji's parents and becomes a very important person in the young lady's life as she grows older and goes through different hardships. The grandma often gives advice on guys, friends, and what and what not to do. Marji clearly looks up to her grandma and genuinely cares about what she may think of her. At one point in the movie, (during the Persepolis II part), Marji lies to a police officer about a man on the street, and the man ends up arrested. She tells this story to her grandma, and gets a cold and strict response. She had been stupid and cruel and self-centered, and she would need to regain her grandma's respect. Marji later does when she stands up to speech-givers at her art school who were commenting on what the women should wear in order to respect themselves and to not distract the men. She asks why aren't the women taken into consideration when the men are told what or what not to wear. This show of courage impresses her grandma, and Marji feels confident again.
Through the movie, the audience also falls in love with the grandma, and sees how important she is to how Marji grows up. The grandma stays present in the movie up until the end. She supplies wisdom and comic relief that is much more potent when spoken and acted allowed. With the film, we get to see body language, more facial expressions, and the way that the character speaks, which allowed us to understand the story and the people better. In the book, the grandma is around the family most of the time, and supports Marji in all of her endeavors, but we never get to read her opinion; we never really get to know her. The book is more focused on characters such as Uncle Anoosh and several other way heroes, but the movie has more of a focus on the women in Marji's life, mostly her grandma.
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