Genre
Novel
Setting and Context
The novel is set in Iran and Vienna and written in the context of Marjane's personal life and experiences.
Narrator and Point of View
First-person narrative
Tone and Mood
The tone is informative, and the tone is intriguing and optimistic.
Protagonist and Antagonist
Marjane is the protagonist and narrator.
Major Conflict
The major conflict is that Marjane struggles with an identity crisis. After leaving Iran for Austria, the narrator is still confused if Iran is her country. She is reluctant to go back because she left Iran during the Islamic Revolution War.
Climax
The climax comes when Marji relocates to France to start a new life after making divorce plans to separate from Reze.
Foreshadowing
Marji’s turbulent childhood foreshadowed her identity crisis in the latter days of her life.
Understatement
The Islamic Revolution in Iran is understated because its consequences to the innocent Iranians are dire and devastating.
Allusions
The novel alludes to the narrator's childhood challenges that shaped her future.
Imagery
The hearing imagery is depicted when the author writes, “Every morning, I was rudely awakened by the sound of Lucia's hairdryer."
Paradox
The main paradox is that the nuns are liars.
Parallelism
The narrator's experiences parallel the challenges the people living in Islamic states go through.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
N/A
Personification
N/A
