Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi is a thoughtful examination of the Iranian government’s corrupt regime against its own people. During the late 1970s‚ Iran experienced cultural upheaval as the citizens fought to remove the amoral Shah from power (Tedla and Dolan). Since the Shah’s removal‚ Iran has been subject to violence‚ terrorism‚ and extreme ideology. The context with which Persepolis was written helps give readers perspective and insight as to the reasoning that motivates
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Persepolis Amazing‚ intriguing‚ and unimaginable are just a few words to describe how I felt about Persepolis while I read this true life story of Marjane Satrapi. This book has helped me to see all the life struggles‚ good times‚ and adversities that Marji faced between the ages of nine to thirteen. The Islamic Revolution had such a daunting effect in the Middle East‚ especially in the county of Iran where Marji and her family resided. In the year of 1979 all that Marjane knew what it was like
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Persepolis: The Story of How Marjane Satrapi Remains an Individual In the early 1950s when Britain discovered Iran’s amazing oil‚ the shah‚ a western controlled puppet was put into power to control and nationalize this resource. During the late 1970s the citizens of Iran started to revolt. Marjane Satrapi‚ a young girl growing up in the daunting oppression of the Shah’s rule and then the perilious danger of the Iranian revolution remains an individual by learning from her parents‚ keeping a very
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Persepolis Project Persepolis is a graphic novel written by Marjane Satrapi. The book is written in a first person point of view‚ portraying Marjane’s interpretations of key aspects of her child hood and what she had to go through growing up in Iran. Unfortunately for Marjane she grew up in a very troublesome time‚ the Islamic revolution of 1979 and the continuous revolts that occurred after the revolution. And we see over the course of the book how this greatly affects her life and the decisions
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Effects of Violence on Marji Although violence is intended to harm someone‚ there can be positive effects in certain situations. In Marjane Satrapi’s personal memoir‚ Persepolis‚ it is shown that Marji is exposed to a large amount of violence in her life‚ and in turn‚ it has affected her in many ways. The negative effect on her life include the emotional scarring that entails deaths from violence and also her increased violent tendencies. A positive effect of violence on Marji’s adolescence is
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changed. After national referendum to become an Islamic Republic‚ Ruhollah Khomeini become leader of Iran and started to get rid of opposition; additionally‚ he started his dictatorship over Iran. This paper will focus on the analysis of the movie Persepolis with the use of some concepts such as rights of women in Iran society after revolution and change of life with revolution. The rights of woman after Iranian Revolution in society can be easily seen in the movie. Firstly‚ woman does not have
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which is an essential key to national survival‚ may help the nation stay peace for a long time or enable people to stand up in the face of tyranny. It could accelerate the process of revolution but also increase the casualties of people. In her comic “Persepolis I and II”‚ Marjane Satrapi uses her personal experience illustrates that most of the Iranian people who lived in that time period seems have not a stable faith and religion to support them trust the truth. This situation also created a chaotic
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History Of Comics The history of comics has followed different paths in different parts of the world. Early narratives in art An example of an early precursor to print comics is Trajan’s Column. Rome’s Trajan’s Column‚ dedicated in 113 AD‚ is an early surviving example of a narrative told through sequential pictures‚ while Egyptian hieroglyphs‚ Greek friezes‚ medieval tapestries such as the Bayeux Tapestry and illustrated manuscripts also combine sequential images and words to tell a story. Versions
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Persepolis Gender within a specific culture‚ country‚ or even household can have a various amount of roles and predetermined ways of life placed upon individuals. The characters inside the stories of Persepolis and “Mrs. Dutta writes a letter” truly give an audience an idea of how both Men and Women handle the roles they have according to society. Whether its rebellion‚ or conformity‚ the characters path is set to find deeper meaning and happiness. Marjane is forced to face her role of gender
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Persepolis is a postmodern work because of the style in which Marjane Satrapi presents her memoir‚ in the form of a graphic novel. Rather that retell factual stories with certainty‚ she is able to convey her childhood by giving her own experiences that encapture what her emotions and recollection of what the events meant‚ through images and dialogue. Satrapi makes a cohesive and moving memoir through her alternate style of the novel. The style of it makes the retelling of the story much more abstract
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