Marjane Satrapi says in multiple interviews that she does not subscribe to feminism; instead‚ she describes herself as a humanist. However‚ her graphic novel memoir‚ Persepolis‚ has several themes at its core that convey feminist ideals. Throughout the novel‚ Marjane constantly expresses frustration with Iran’s strict regulations on women. She also grows up with strong female relationships in her family; these women help shape Marjane into the woman she is today‚ a woman who won’t stand for inequality
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society. However‚ when there is a forceful movement of people to a new religion‚ this migration results in a diaspora where the group is removed from their country of origin. An example of this is visible in Persepolis‚ a film adapted from Marjane Satrapi’s novel. The story shows the life of Marjane as she flees the Iran following the Shah’s overthrow in 1979. It shows the struggles of assimilating into a new community while maintaining a cultural identity‚ and the re-assimilation that follows when returning
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Wednesday‚ April 18‚ 2012 1:04 PM I will also give hardcopies: ENG 10 Professor Julie “the Bolt” Literary Analysis or Short Story for Persepolis Goal of assignment: To explore and demonstrated critical and creative knowledge learned from the text. Length: Aim for this paper to be longer than you last. Strive for 5 pages. Workshop: We will have a workshop next Monday and the paper will be due the following Monday. Remember: To carefully review final the final draft‚ to STAPLE and CREATE AN ORIGINAL
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The text Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi explores many lenses‚ but the most prominent are gender and culture. Marjane reveals how gender affects the daily lives of people in Iran‚ she also shows how her life and many other lives were affected due to the cultural changes in Iran. Marji also explains how difficult it can be growing up in Iran for children and how it affects them. The chapter The veil explores gender inequality caused by the Islamic revolution and how it affected women and children in
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Persepolis was a very insightful movie about the lives of Iranian people at a very important time in the country’s history. Two topics that stuck out to me the most were the effects of the war on the everyday lives of the citizens of Iran and secondly the not-so-patriarchal lifestyle of people at the household level. Once the revolution to bring down the Shah began‚ which was followed by the Iran-Iraq war‚ the lives of Iranians were never the same again. Before these events‚ Iran appeared to be
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Iran reopens its borders. The family gets their passports. Marjane wants the family to take a vacation together but her parents tell her that they need a vacation alone. They tell her that they are going to Turkey. They promised to bring her back Western things‚ like posters of Kim Wilde and Iron Maiden. Marjane’s father says that he really likes Iron Maiden and the marjane and her mother couldn’t believe it. In Turkey‚ the Satrapis go to a record store and buy the posters. They then must think
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Marjane Satrapi’s graphic novel‚ Persepolis‚ is an autobiography about her life during the Iranian Revolution and war. The film version of Persepolis is quite similar‚ however‚ the intention of the film is slightly different than the book. The book has many detailed panels that tell more of a dramatic story of Marjane’s life‚ while the film is less dramatic and detailed. The graphic narrative Persepolis uses black and white comics to tell the story of Marjane’s life. The drawings in the pictures
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In the graphic novel Persepolis (2000)‚ author Marjine Satrapi is living as a young girl in the Islamic Revolution of 1978. She experiences change in social classes economically between her friends and her family. Marji notices how the revolution impacts everyone around her in a way that shapes their own lives. Persepolis shows a message that higher economic levels raise the standard of how one lives. To start off‚ Satrapi uses artistic techniques to show emotion. She uses a sharp detail in the
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Personal Troubles and Public Issues in Persepolis Marjane Satrapi’s novel Persepolis is an in depth look at Marjane’s child hood in Iran. Throughout the novel Marji faces many public issues which directly relate to her personal troubles. While Marji was growing up she witnessed the relinquishment of the Shah’s regime‚ The Islamic revolution and the Iraq v Iran war. Her novel covers an eight year span‚ from the ages six to fourteen. Even though the novel begins when Marji is only six years old she
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Response Piece to “The Shabbat” Marjane Satrapi’s literary piece entitled “The Shabbat” is a story that shows that even children have a deep sense of perception. Although the author is only about 13 or 14 years old when the story takes place‚ she is exposed to many adult like scenarios at a very young age. This makes her very mature‚ having a deeper sense of things taking place around her at all times. The story centers around the lives of the Satrapi’s‚ namely Marjane‚ her mom‚ and dad. They sit around
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