--Is violence ever a good idea?

It should be avoided at all costs. I understand the incentive and the reasoning for it. I understand why sometimes it is seen as the only option. However it seems that violence often just inspires more violence. Sometimes I can understand why people use violence and can excuse it, but this is a rare occasion.


--Compare Satrapi's relationship with her family and nation/s to Moraga's relationship with her family and nation/s

In the first Persepolis, Marji is in every way an Iranian. In Vienna she is an outsider. The stigma that came with being Iranian in Europe at that time caused her to deny her nationality and temporarily lose her pride about it. When she returns to Iran she is again an outsider. She doesn't ever seem to really be an insider, but she deals with it an finds her niche. Eventually she leaves, but never denounces her heritage.
She has issues with her culture. Her personality doesn't allow her to really be embraced by society, so she chooses not to really embrace it.
Moraga thinks she can never be fully embraced by chicana culture because of her blood and her sexual politics. She criticizes the culture but doesn't seem to distance herself from it as much as Satrapi.