Satrapi's Persepolis

In Persepolis Marji generates a home in the basement by making it her safe haven. Near the end of the book, Marji becomes more independent and doesn’t always want to be around her parents.She must find a place to have her own ideas and opinions without being judged, so she descends to the basement. Satrapi writes, “The basement was my hideaway” (114). By using the word “my” it displays that the basement her place, that she actively turns it into her safe space. She can think and dream about whatever she wants to, and when people may physically harm her city it works as a palpable shelter. The word “hideaway” also illustrates how she can go down to the basement when she wants to get away and have some alone time. Satrapi depicts her younger