Persepolis Book Report

Persepolis is a historical book yet an entertaining story of a girl during a frightening time in an important era in her country. Author, Marjane Satrapi writes about her experience in Iran as a child. She includes humor as well as sentimentality in this book to express her view on how times were. As a reader of this book it helped me understand the dark times that the Iranian people faced. With this book being a memoir it further helped understand the Islamic Revolution and the actions taken by the people of Islam in their efforts to stay safe during the war with Iraq. Marjane Strapi brought her experience to life as she wrote this book.
It starts of as Marjane expresses her view on the Shah’s beliefs and attempts to act as an adult by wanting to join the protest. The Shah required for girls and women to wear the Veal and that there shall be no more bilingual schools. Later Marjane talks about her family and friends to illustrate how the revolution changed their lives. Mehri, for example grew up with Marjane’s family as a maid and when she fell in love it was taken away because they were in different social classes. The next chapter the Shah’s reign ended and the people received their freedom, but Marjane believed her friend Ramin should be punished because
The quote, “A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.” This quote by Christopher Reeve brings out who Marjane really is with all the challenges she faced, such as how the war affected her family and friends. Students and adults who read this book will be hooked on to it from the start because of how the story is brought to life with the historical element that is transformed into a