Persepolis... Peer Pressure

There is a section within Persepolis where Marjane is becoming more aware of her political surroundings as a young girl. She tells of the downfall of the Shah and how her parents had been protesting his reign like everyone else... She claims that it was the biggest party her country had ever known. After the celebration there is point where her country transitions to a new government. Marjane tells how they were tearing the Shah's photograph from their textbooks and how her friends treated the children of the secret service members... Her mother did not like this and talks her about how she should act because she did not approve of the behavior. I believe at this point Marjane was experiencing peer pressure. Throughout the story she displays this similar type of behavior where she does what other people are doing. Although it was the very first time she had experienced such a revolutionary change (or so they thought) in political power, she was still searching for an identity and this was just an opportunity for her to display her radical side. She in turn feels the need to apologize. Which proves that it really was not in her nature to do such a thing, she just wanted to be noticed or have some type of significance in what was taking place.