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Persepolis: Kingston Vs The Woman Warrior
In my reading of Persepolis thus far, I have first noticed that this story seems as if it will be a memoir that really shows just how a girl becomes an adult. In the woman warrior, it seemed as if the story was a bit more of an autobiographical account than Persepolis. The life that Marji had to deal with was filled with many tough times. Compared to the Woman Warrior, I believe that the situations Marji had to deal with helped her to be able to better describe just how she evolved emotionally.
One of the themes that seem to be present in the class in general is one of oppression. Both Kingston and Marji had to deal with this but in two different ways. While Kingston’s was oppressed because it was a cultural norm, Marji was oppressed because

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