Persepolis Analysis
Persepolis Analysis
Analysis by : Arianna E.
Pages 338-341
In Persepolis, the author Marjane Satrapi deals the feeling alienated by her own country, but also by any other country she tries to reside. She is to westernized for Iran, but to Iranian for the West, so she is constantly fighting with herself about who she really is and how she can deal with it. The whole point of this section is about Maji finally accepting who she is, after having struggling with it for the entire book. Her overall choice to finally get divorced was the first step in letting go of her futile attempts to conform to what society sees as “right” or “proper”. By not caring about what people were going to say to her or about her because she was a divorced women ( the way that they had done to her friend’s sister on page 332). She instead listened to her modern and logical grandma who said “the first marriage is a dry run for the second one” and in this way Marji seems to be reminded of just who she is; a girl who doesn’t care if she was thrown out of school, or ostracized by society as long as she could make her views known.
This section starts out with Marji coming home and seeing her pregnant sister-in-law, and as she is leaving she says , “Don’t forget that my son needs a cousin. what are you waiting for?” and this is where you see Marji and Reza cuddling closer together and flashing their fake uncomfortable smiles. Although earlier Marji mentions that everyone sees them as a happily married couple, and that there is really trouble in paradise, this is the first time we the readers really see it. This image is also used to foreshadow what happens next. The second the sister-in-law leaves both of their faces drop into a frown, and Reza says, “We need to talk.” they sit down, and as Marji explains that they’re marriage has been a complete failure, neither of them is able to make eye contact. Reza finally makes eye contact when he tries to tell her that he is still in love with
Analysis by : Arianna E.
Pages 338-341
In Persepolis, the author Marjane Satrapi deals the feeling alienated by her own country, but also by any other country she tries to reside. She is to westernized for Iran, but to Iranian for the West, so she is constantly fighting with herself about who she really is and how she can deal with it. The whole point of this section is about Maji finally accepting who she is, after having struggling with it for the entire book. Her overall choice to finally get divorced was the first step in letting go of her futile attempts to conform to what society sees as “right” or “proper”. By not caring about what people were going to say to her or about her because she was a divorced women ( the way that they had done to her friend’s sister on page 332). She instead listened to her modern and logical grandma who said “the first marriage is a dry run for the second one” and in this way Marji seems to be reminded of just who she is; a girl who doesn’t care if she was thrown out of school, or ostracized by society as long as she could make her views known.
This section starts out with Marji coming home and seeing her pregnant sister-in-law, and as she is leaving she says , “Don’t forget that my son needs a cousin. what are you waiting for?” and this is where you see Marji and Reza cuddling closer together and flashing their fake uncomfortable smiles. Although earlier Marji mentions that everyone sees them as a happily married couple, and that there is really trouble in paradise, this is the first time we the readers really see it. This image is also used to foreshadow what happens next. The second the sister-in-law leaves both of their faces drop into a frown, and Reza says, “We need to talk.” they sit down, and as Marji explains that they’re marriage has been a complete failure, neither of them is able to make eye contact. Reza finally makes eye contact when he tries to tell her that he is still in love with