In Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis, the caste discrimination is clearly showed through the story.
There is a clear boundary between the host and the maid. The maid of her family- Mehri- can't eat with them because they belongs to different classes.
Marjane decided to be a prophet because she wanted her maid to eat with her family. She didn't want the caste discrimination to exist.
In the chapter "Letter", Marjane told us about her maid's love with the neighbor's son. They looked at each other from the window of her room.They wrote letters for each other, and Marjane is the one to help her maid writing the letters. Everything seemed going well.
But when her sister told other people about her love, the neighbor's son found out that Mehri is not the daughter of the family, but just the maid, so he "broke up" with her right away.
Why should it exist the caste discrimination between the different classes? Just because she is a maid doest'nt mean she's not a person, she doesn't know how to love. The maid is also a person, she should be loved and treated like any one else.
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