Whose expectation?

Analyzing environment and identity

person, group, & institution

1. Parents and Grandmother
2. School and Teacher
3. Government
4. Religion (both Zarathustrian and Islam)
5. Friends
6. Herself

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Small group discussion

1. You will locate images from pages 1-53 that show windows into Marji’s interactions with your person, group, or institution.

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• Identify what exactly this person, group, or institution expects from Marji.

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• In Marji’s interactions with these groups of people, who has the power? How does this affect the way that Marji acts based on their expectations?

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• Does Marji ever go against these expectations? What does this suggest about how she thinks and feels about this person, group, or institution?

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• How does Marji’s identity play into the expectations other people and groups have about her? Would people expect different things of her if she was a boy?

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