I think that the way that Suheir's poems and Persepolis define revolutions is that people were meant to be free, not constantly watched, monitored, and having everything they hear and see censored, like in Iran where everything was censored to the Ayatolla's agenda, which is to keep everyone under control. That the people with "the loot and the nukes" can be overthrown and made to show their true colors. The line from Suheir's poem that says this the most is, "Who worked toward social justice, and opposing hateful policies, Either you are with us or with the terrorists, meaning keep your people under control and resistance censored, meaning we got the loot and the nukes."
Another way that Persepolis defines revolutions is that Marjane was always rebeling, as a young teenager to a twenty year old woman. She was always wearing things she wasn't supposed to wear, she was always partying(which was not allowed in Iran, at least the way that Marjane was partying.) She also wasn't a virgin and she wasn't and never had been married(though she did have a boyfriend), which was frowned upon in Iran.
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