Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis Reflection Due to Marjane’s Satrapi’s unusual style of literature in the graphic novel Persepolis‚ I now have a more profound understanding about the Iranian culture‚ and now look at Iran with a different outlook. By portraying her childhood story in a black and white comic book style Satrapi‚ makes her novel easier to relate to. The reason she chose to make her autobiographical novel black and white is so that the person reading it would not judge the characters by
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or shocking‚ it is very common for that thing to become stuck in that person’s head for a while‚ the image of it permanently ingrained in their head. This is especially true in the authentic coming of age story that is Persepolis‚ by Marjane Satrapi. In the graphic novel Persepolis‚ Marjane Satrapi effectively uses graphic images to demonstrate the themes of revolution‚ religion‚ and loss of innocence.This first visual consists of religious symbols and words meaning ‘religion’ or ‘faith’ in many languages
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Have you ever taken a look at any other lifestyle besides yours? Well Marjane Satrapi has always lived in Iran‚ and she is pretty used to her lifestyle. If anything‚ Marjane is now trying to understand the changes in her lifestyle and why it’s happening. Marjane Satrapi’s understanding of the lifestyle in Iran is affected by three things: imperialism‚ social classes‚ and religion. The first photo demonstrates imperialism because the girl playing with the dolls represents a bigger country that is
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original. I am the combined effort of everyone I’ve ever known.” (Palahniuk) In Persepolis‚ Marjane Satrapi’s identity is formed by her childhood in Iran and solidified by her path to maturity through Austria and a return to Iran that are intertwined with her country’s tumultuous narrative. The forces that drive Satrapi to become a graphic novel author living in France are‚ most prominently‚ her relatives actions and stories‚ her experiences in Vienna as a teenager‚ and the geopolitical atmosphere of
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As the title reflects‚ Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood is a narrative about a young child named Marjane. The book is seemingly innocent at first glance‚ but Marjane Satrapi lived in Iran at the height of the Iranian Revolution‚ which was a brutal regime. Just because Satrapi did not live in America or in censored conditions does not mean that students here should not be able to read her story. The United States prides itself on withholding freedom‚ but if students cannot read the books they
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Persepolis is a story of childhood through Marjane Satrapi’s childhood in Iran. Much of the graphic novel focusses on the author’s family during the Iran-Iraq War. The story is a personal memoir of Satrapi’s own life‚ which also leads into a larger event in history. Satrapi is the protagonist throughout the entire graphic novel. The character of Marji’s growth is shaped by her personal history and her community and demonstrates the theme of the inescapability of culture and family in determining
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Beset with the unthinkable‚ the Islamic Revolution defines turbulent times for many Iranians (Tehran). Numerous females including Satrapi were robbed of their social rights due to westernizing and secular efforts (Tehran). In turn‚ the Islamic Revolution undermined the younger Satrapi’s ability to come to terms with her own identity; nevertheless‚ she now writes to share her experience with oppression and her later journey towards cultural integration. It is a historical dispute that woman did
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COUNT: REFLECTIVE STATEMENT How was your understanding of cultural and contextual considerations of the work developed through the interactive oral? In our second interactive oral‚ we discussed about the graphical novel Persipolis written by Marjane Satrapi. War often has the tendency to scar a person’s life. It makes people live through some very terrible experiences. War has left nations crippled‚ turned cities into rubble and humans dead. People fight over a territory‚ for politics
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In the graphic autobiography Persepolis‚ by Marjane Satrapi‚ the protagonist‚ Marjane Satrapi‚ begins as a confused and strong-willed child and develops into an empathetic and expressive young woman. At the start of the novel‚ ten year old Marjane‚ or Marji‚ lives with her well-off parents in Tehran‚ Iran at the height of the Iranian Revolution. Marji’s parents raise her in a very modern household with progressive values. On the other hand‚ Islamic Fundamentalists segregate the schools ‚ instill
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Persepolis Analysis The graphic novel Persepolis‚ by Marjane Satrapi‚ is a autobiography describing her childhood in Iran and her early life and studies in Europe. As a graphic novel‚ the book uses text and drawings to tell the story. The autobiography is effectively transmitted because‚ even though the images do not tell the story by themselves‚ they help the reader visualize it‚ and help set the tone and mood. The images help the reader understand the story better‚ and visualize what the author
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