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         As described in this chapter of persepolis often, when a dynasty is overthrown it is replaced by another dynasty. This is what happened between Marjerine´s ancestors and the Shah´s father. Something else I noticed was that her grandmother had to live through poverty because the Shah´s father took everything away from them. Often deposed royal families are then forced to live through poverty, a good example of this would be when the russian Czar was overthrown, he and his family were forced to live in Siberia as common people before their execution. This is also comparable with the revolution Iran went through in this time period. This Hyperlink is a good example.

Revolution Example

        I also connected the fact that the Shah´s father visited Cyrus the great´s grave with other megalomaniac leaders who visit important historical figures in their graves to try to make a point. A good example of this is the Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez taking out Simon Bolivar´s bones from his grave. Both leaders did thi to in a way try to compare themselves with these remarkable people to gain popularity. Another connection with leaders I can make is the fact that the Shah´s father spent a lot of money in celebration of anniversaries. Castro does that to distract people of the bad situation of Cuba.

      Another comparison I made was when Marji´s father does not come home on time. The families of people who serve in the army live in the same kind of stress because they do not know if their loved one will return. Another comparison I made was between how people treated as a martyr a man who died of cancer. The most shocking thing of this is that his own wife started to speak of him as a martyr. Either they just wanted to make a political statement of they were criticizing the health system.