What Is The Double Loss In Persepolis

Much ambivalence and loss are also depicted in Persepolis II, Satrapi's story of exile in Europe. The text shows how Marjane as an exile becomes estranged from her family's experiences of war. This loss of connection to her family and the alienation she experiences because of European stereotypes of Muslim foreigners create a double displacement. Evident in Persepolis I and II, the influence of war is anguishing and self-splintering; yet, paradoxically, it also provides painful, sentimental bonds, and Marjane feels detached from these traumatic bonds while in exile. After a temporary aphasia of cultural identity and two near-death experiences, the protagonist begins to work through the double displacement, the bereavement of war and exile,