In the book Persepolis, there are two major phases that happens in the Iranian Revolution. In the first phase, the Shah is overthrown and after the Shah is gone, a radical theory is established. In Persepolis, the main point or the outline story reflects on how the law in forcing them to change their way of living in this story. In this book, there were many ways of living during the revolution.…
It was unusual to hear the national anthem because it was replaced by the new government’s Islamic hymn and the national anthem had not been played for a year.…
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood is about a young girl, Marjane Satrapi growing up during the Islamic Revolution. The revolution started in 1979 which meant that it brought many person vs. society conflicts for Marjane. Marjane didn’t understand why all these changes were being made. This caused person vs. self-conflicts. The author developed the central idea, the changes during the revolution by using the conflicts Marjane faced.…
There were many similarities and differences between Byzantium and the Middle East and East Asia. Both regions were based on religions that were founded by prophets, but Byzantium and the Middle East had religions that were monotheistic, and East Asia did not. They also differed in the fact that the Middle East and Byzantium focused on academic development, and East Asia focused on military development, but were similar because both developed new ways to use projectile weapons.…
To the human eye Persepolis can seem to be only a graphic novel of black and white comic strips with little literary value but it is much more. A graphic novel written from the perspective of a young girl in Iran, Persepolis offers a large amount of valuable information on the Islamic Revolution. The Ithacan Newspaper claims that Persepolis is only a little more then an advanced comic book, but it offers way more then a comic book. Persepolis gives students an insight to the turmoil in Iran during the nineteen hundreds. College students should read Persepolis to gain a better understanding of Islamic Culture and the hardships of Marjane Satrapi.…
The Islamic revolution lasted one year with as many as 3,000 casualties. Afterwards a strict government, of Islamic fundamentalists, took control of Iran. This government enforced many strict laws against women, men, schools, and everyday life. Persepolis is a story of how a young girl and her family survived this horrific event. Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis presents how she grew up in Iran dealing with a revolution, the dangers in Iran, and her own religion. Marjane grew up during the 1970’s. Throughout this period there was a revolution; in her personal story she discusses dealing with the revolution and chaos. The revolution caused Marjane to experience lots of dangerous situations from stabbings on the streets to neighbors houses being bombed she describes her terrifying experience in Persepolis. Marjane is a Muslim, in her story she dreams of being a prophet and shows how she practices Islam differently from other people in her community. Furthermore, she recounts how she struggled to follow the religious laws of the fundamentalists. Persepolis is a…
“ I realized then that I don’t understand anything, I read all the books I could.” pg.32…
The Persian Wars were a series of conflicts fought between the Greek states and the Persian Empire from 500-449 BC. It started in 500 BC, when a few Greek city-states on the coast of Asia Minor, who were under the control of the Persian Empire, revolted against the despotic rule of the Persian king Darius. Athens and Eretria in Euboea gave aid to these Greek cities but not enough, and they were subdued by the Persians. The Persians became determined to conquer Hellas and make Athens and Eretria pay for helping the Ionian cities. In 492 BC, the first Persian invasion had its fleet crippled by a storm before it could do any damage. King Darius sent another Persian expedition in 490 which destroyed Eretria and then faced the Athenians at the battle of Marathon. The Persian were defeated and forced to return home. Darius died before his preparations for a third invasion were completed, but they were continued by Xerxes I, his son and successor. In 480, Xerxes reached Greece with a tremendous army and navy. The Persian land forces had to pass through the narrow pass of Thermopylae, which was defended by the Spartan Leonidas. His small contingent held back the Persians but were eventually defeated. The Persians continued on to Athens, which had been abandoned, and burned it. The Athenians had fled with their fleet to the island of Salamis where they met up with other Greek forces. Shortly afterward, the Persians followed and were defeated in a sea battle off of Salamis. Xerxes returned to Persian but left a military force in Greece which was defeated in 479 BC at Plataea by a Greek army under the Spartan Pausanias, ending the threat of the Persians once and for all. (1)…
After marrying Reze, Marjane and him got a divorce in 1994. Later she moved to Strasbourg…
Have you ever thought about the ancient wars that occurred in the history of the ancient world? Some of the most important wars were the battles of ancient Greece and the Persian Empire. Ancient Greece and Persia were enemies at war, and they both fought many great battles to expand their empires in the ancient years of 1000-30 B.C.E. These two great nations differed in their political systems and their ability to be unified. Although these great nations differed greatly, they still had various similarities; of the similarities the two empires shared were their very strong and powerful military forces. The Persians and Greeks built two of the most successful and prosperous nations in history. The Persians and Greeks built two of the most successful and prosperous nations the world has ever known.…
In the book, Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi, the main character is the author as a young girl growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution of 1979. She starts off as an incredibly positive child with enormous faith in herself and her relationship with G-d. Through her experiences, especially when she was in her crucial, early teenage years, she completely loses her faith in G-d and also rebels against her environment. The author wants to show the Western world that there are many people in Iran, like Marjane, that are no different than Westerners. She does this by describing her childhood teenage conflicts with her parents, with oppression and with her faith in G-d, all of which most Western teenagers could easily relate to. Marjane’s conflicts prove that she is not just a spoiled teenager, rebelling for no other reason than just being a teenager, but that the environment she was in would make most teenagers rebel.…
The novels In the Time of the Butterflies and Persepolis are similar in that, authors Alvarez and Satrapi focus their novels around strong, female characters who are living in an oppressive regime. The main characters in both of these novels all possess unique personalities that motivated them to rebel and take action against the regime's rules and standards. In order to develop these female characters, Alvarez and Satrapi depict the characters moments of weakness and doubt or the loss of religion or innocence. By emphasizing on these moments, Alvarez and Satrapi were able to create strong, dynamic female characters that thrived from their weaknesses.…
the dominant tones used is rebellious. Many parts of the story comes off with a sense of…
“Since then, this old and great civilization has been discussed mostly in connection with fundamentalism, fanaticism, and terrorism. As an Iranian who has lived more than half of my life in Iran, I know that this image is far from the truth.”…
The persian war was between the Greeks and The Persians. The war began whenever the persian empire was growing and growing and they just wanted to take over more land and to have more power so they decided to try and take Greece. The persians lost in the unforgettable battle when the Greek and Athens teamed up to win the battle of…