Comparing Families

Sitrappi's family focuses a large amount of energy on her wellbeing and her education. Because she has no siblings she does not have to compete with anyone for her parent's attention. Sitrappi is raised to focus on her education and changing women's status in her culture. Women's status is in the forefront of Iranian society and an recogonized issue in their culture. Maraga grew up in a family that always put her second, and did not recoginize it. She was alone in her explorations of her sexuality and her society, while Sitrappi's parents recognized her desires to fit into mainstream culture and tried to accomodate her by buying her posters and encouraging her attendence at rallys. Maraga realized that she did not belong with her family in the end and Sitrappi realied that she did.