Marjane grapples with the insider/ outsider dynamic because of her familys wealth, where they came from, and how they carry themselves. At the beginning of the book she introduces herself with a picture. The picture is of her class but she is cut out of the picture by choice. She feels like and outsider because her religion has to wear a veil but she doesnt understand the point of hiding her face. At school she feels like an outsider because when she grows up she wants to be a prophet.

She is different from her clasmates. She reads book outside her age level, she speaks of what she reads and hear...she isnt afraid to speak on what she believes. All the children look at her as if she was silly because being a prophet isnt a real career. When her mother was a child she lived in poverity. Her mother would pretend that they were wealthy and ate well, but the children knew she wasnt. Though her mother and grandmother struggeled while her grand father is in jail, Marjanes family (mother/father) is wealthy.

Her father drives a cadallic and is a photographer. He makes sacrifices forhis job because he can be taken to jail or even kilt because of him taking illegal pictures. When Marjane drives in her fathers cadallac she feels ashamed knowing how much her relatives had to struggle.To everyone in their town they fit perfectly by how they dress and what they wear. The dynamic explicit is shown in the intro of the book that she is an outsider.

Yes ive felt like an outsider before. When I first started cheerleading I was the only person who couldnt tumble and I would get quite jealous that the other girls would have fun together flipping around. The girls on my team taugh me how to tumble which nade me feel quite better. Everyone at a point of time in their lives feels like an outsider, but its just because of confusion or skills. We all are alike.