“Don’t forget who you are and where you come from” (Satrapi 152). It doesn’t really matter if you like your family or not; they will always have some sort of effect on the way you think about life, the way you act within situations and the morals you eventually believe in. It doesn’t necessarily have to be good things that affect you either. Sometimes it’s the difficult situations that make you stronger. In the book Persepolis: The story of A Childhood, Marji describes the events in her life that stick out to her, and just about all of them involve her family. Throughout the book you start to see that her family instilled in her the importance of education and staying true to oneself; which ultimately made her the independent and strong willed …show more content…
Growing up, many of the kids around Marji would do exactly as told and never question a single thing they were told, but Marji did not. The choices each of those children made likely reflected what their parents/guardians believed in and taught them, as well. Of course, the choice is always yours in the end but you will never find a single person whose family has not affected them in some sort of way whether it be big or small. Marjane Satrapi obviously grew up to be a very successful author who is still very strong willed, independent, and true to herself. She says what she thinks and she’s not afraid to show who she really is. The fact that she can write an entire book based on important events in her life and have so much of it relate back to her family members, shows that they, whether they meant to or not, had an enormous impact on the person she is today. Persepolis: The Story of A Childhood shows people how important they are on a child’s life. Every choice you make as a parent/family member will in some way affect your child’s life morals, goals and self-confidence. Children take what they learn growing up and develop into their own