Look at the different roles in society filled by Iranian women in the novel and you could comment on how Marji differs from the expectations of a typical women in Iranian society. What roles does she accept and decline?- mother, wife, cook, rebel, sexual being, political protestor, etc.
Remember, Iran was a much freer society pre-1979 esp. re. the rights and freedoms of women, so having to cover their bodies (enforced wearing of hijab) may not come easily to even the older women who remember a different political regime.
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compare the role of women in the present to the ones in the past
women played a very important role during world war 1. While men were out fighting in the war, women went out of the homes to the mills to help in the production process.
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they had to cook for the samuri's
Think about the role of women and men and the role of storytelling in the story.