While family members encourage her uniqueness and individuality, teachers and other women hinder her ideals and force her to abide by the rules. Throughout the film, Marji reacts to these different influences in challenging ways. He stood up for what he believed in, but did he really win? The nuns who believe in the new government practically force Marji to leave Iran while she would have liked to live in Iran, but maintaining her freedoms and ideologies. Towards the end of the film, each woman has an influence in Marji's life. She remains true to herself, as her mother and grandmother want, yet holds back in public. He learns to respect the rules enough to be able to continue his life in Iran. Eventually, her mother and grandmother's influence wins out and she leaves Iran to express her ideologies. Yet, during his time in Iran, he learned and understood the difficulties and the ongoing war. Marji can see the division in her country and struggles to stay true to herself. The other female religious leaders taught her the rules and forced her to behave cautiously in public and exert lasting influence on her. The time to rebel and react is not near; now, Marji should