Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return

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Marjane Satrapi

Enrique Character Analysis

Enrique is Marjane’s first boyfriend. He’s 20 and is half Austrian, half Spanish. In Marjane’s opinion, however, the best part of Enrique is that he’s an anarchist and knows lots of other anarchists. Their relationship is mostly chaste, but Marjane eventually decides she’d like to have sex with him. The pair never go through with it, though, as Enrique realizes that he’s gay.
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Enrique Character Timeline in Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return

The timeline below shows where the character Enrique appears in Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
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...Switzerland, Julie is in Spain, and Momo was expelled. Marjane now has a boyfriend: 20-year-old Enrique is half-Austrian, half-Spanish, and knows real anarchists. When he invites Marjane to an anarchist party,... (full context)
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When Marjane and Enrique complete their hour and a half journey to a commune in a forest, however, Marjane... (full context)
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The next morning, though, Marjane is still a virgin—and Enrique isn’t in bed next to her. She cries, worried she must be too ugly for... (full context)
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Following the Enrique debacle, Marjane finally understands what Julie was talking about in terms of Armelle and Martin’s... (full context)