1. Interpret Identify details the author of Reading Lolita in Tehran uses to describe Sanaz. Why might the author have included these details? 2. Infer The author of Reading Lolita in Tehran wonders aloud if Sanaz is aware of her own power. What power is the author referring to? Does the main character in Persepolis feel that she has a similar power? Explain.

In the story, Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran, describes the seven young women that she had selected for her private literature class. Between them is Sanaz, who got less description than many of the others girls, she was a young woman that was in the middle between her family's expectation and society´s approval.

The author might included these details to retreat how women were treated differently in Iranian, the story focuses on the experience of women before, during, and after the Iranian Revolution, no matter the education, religion, or social status, all women were negatively affected by the laws. Other themes are  society, religion, politics and literature. Also it take into account the theme of women and gender.