In what ways did Marjane find it difficult to fit back into Iranian society? In what ways did this surprise you (or not surprise you)?

Marjane did not feel like she was fitting back into the Iranian society because she had grown and changed so much in the four years she was gone, and after she returned nothing and nobody seemed to be the same as they used to be. The years that Marjane was gone was a time when she was growing and becoming an adult. With those changes she had a change in interests, opinions, and personality. After being away from home for so long coming home had both a sense of comfort and unfamiliarity. As it states on pages 248 and 249 her desk was now too small for her, the art she had drawn on the wall was no longer of interest to her, and the music she used to listen to was not what she wanted to hear. Coming home may have felt like the right thing to do because that gave her a sense of comfort and familiarity but in reality it was an eye opener to show her how much she had changed and how different her home land had become. Marjane was also made uncomfortable on page 259 when she saw her old girl friends and could not remember what they use to have in common. The girls she used to be friends with had followed a different course in life than she had, and after spending four years apart Marjane was really able to see how her personality had changed. After Marjane returned to Iran and everything felt so different than it was before I am not surprised that she had such a hard time feeling comfortable in her own home.