The Complete Persepolis Essay
Can a country’s government be run on religion alone? In the autobiography” The
Complete Persepolis” by Marjane Satrapi, the author demonstrated how the country of
Iran is currently a theocratic nation. Were much of the governments legitimacy is derived from the Iranian government linking their laws and ruling to the country’s religion of Islam. The illustrated memoir, “the Complete Persepolis” written by Marjane Satrapi follows the story of the authors childhood and growing up with her family in Tehran during the Islamic revolution. As well as her high school years in Vienna, Austria, to her return to Tehran.
Including when Marjane chose to leave Iran for Strasbourg, France. The book begins when Marjane is ten. She was born with religion and believed that she
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After marrying Reze, Marjane and him got a divorce in 1994. Later she moved to Strasbourg
France, and was accepted into the school of decorative arts because Marjane felt that the only way to truly build her life she had to leave Iran. In the memoir “The Complete Persepolis” by Marjane Satrapi balancing of religion and modernity is a recurring theme. Towards the beginning of the novel Marjane refers to herself as
“deeply religious”, but also notes that her family is “modern and avant-garde”. Though
Marjane herself sees her and her family as very religious, she still feels as if her family is still quite modern and they embrace western ideals into their day to day lives. As we delved deeper into the book and the new government, The Islamic Republic of Iran soon imposed laws that regulated behavior on religious grounds and outlawed western practices and culture. Eventually this causes Marjane and many others to lose touch with their religion; most notably this happened when Marjane’s uncle, Anoosh was executed the hands of the new Islamic regime.
This caused her to blame the government and her religion. Another theme in “The Complete Persepolis” written by Marjane Satrapi is
Complete Persepolis” by Marjane Satrapi, the author demonstrated how the country of
Iran is currently a theocratic nation. Were much of the governments legitimacy is derived from the Iranian government linking their laws and ruling to the country’s religion of Islam. The illustrated memoir, “the Complete Persepolis” written by Marjane Satrapi follows the story of the authors childhood and growing up with her family in Tehran during the Islamic revolution. As well as her high school years in Vienna, Austria, to her return to Tehran.
Including when Marjane chose to leave Iran for Strasbourg, France. The book begins when Marjane is ten. She was born with religion and believed that she
was …show more content…
After marrying Reze, Marjane and him got a divorce in 1994. Later she moved to Strasbourg
France, and was accepted into the school of decorative arts because Marjane felt that the only way to truly build her life she had to leave Iran. In the memoir “The Complete Persepolis” by Marjane Satrapi balancing of religion and modernity is a recurring theme. Towards the beginning of the novel Marjane refers to herself as
“deeply religious”, but also notes that her family is “modern and avant-garde”. Though
Marjane herself sees her and her family as very religious, she still feels as if her family is still quite modern and they embrace western ideals into their day to day lives. As we delved deeper into the book and the new government, The Islamic Republic of Iran soon imposed laws that regulated behavior on religious grounds and outlawed western practices and culture. Eventually this causes Marjane and many others to lose touch with their religion; most notably this happened when Marjane’s uncle, Anoosh was executed the hands of the new Islamic regime.
This caused her to blame the government and her religion. Another theme in “The Complete Persepolis” written by Marjane Satrapi is