Persepolis The memoir of Marjane Satrapi growing up in Iran is written as a very personal account in the comic book Persepolis. This is a story that describes her life during the Islamic Revolution which includes her moral‚ physical‚ religious‚ and psychological struggles she endured. Being the setting of a bloody war with Iraq‚ Iran was not the ideal environment Marjane’s parents wanted her to grow up in. Persepolis represents a unique life of a child in Tehran‚ Iran and the actions she took
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with the child’s eye- it is very beautiful‚” is a popular quote by Kailash Satyarthi. Anyone over the age of fourteen modernizes the idea whenever they say: “When I was a kid; life was much less complicated”. Marjane Satrapi literally illustrates this process in her graphic novel Persepolis as the main character Marji grows because her life becomes much more complicated. Marji transforms from a religious naive and self-centered little girl to a reckless rude and incautious teenager. By the time she
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Persepolis Study Guide Questions Introduction 1. Satrapi is trying to dispel the stereotypical image that all Iranians are fundamentalists‚ extremists‚ or terrorists. 2. The author’s two motives for writing the book are to dispel the stereotype and to honor the memory of those who fought for freedom and died. “The Veil” 1. The novel begins in 1979. 2. The two outcomes of the Islamic Revolutions were the shutting down of bilingual schools‚ and the girls had to wear veils.
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Molding Hand of Oppression: Forming an Identity in Persepolis Every person is unique. However‚ there are many similar parts that go into creating every person’s identity. Of course‚ there is the biology‚ the genetics. Then there are outside forces‚ the nurturing of a person. When trying to form an identity‚ there are numerous outside factors that contribute‚ such as gender‚ culture‚ and environment. For Marji‚ the protagonist of the Persepolis series‚ being an Iranian woman is absolutely a factor
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Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis resonates with themes of resistance throughout her literary composition. From repudiation of the veil‚ to mockery‚ lying‚ demonstrations‚ smoking‚ consumption of alcohol‚ and subversion‚ her work incorporated each mode in various forms creating tensions that spanned her childhood through her teenage years. In a period in which her country suffered constant upheavals‚ the conditions spawned a fertile breeding ground for the types of resistance that proliferated. As a young
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Have you ever taken a look at any other lifestyle besides yours? Well Marjane Satrapi has always lived in Iran‚ and she is pretty used to her lifestyle. If anything‚ Marjane is now trying to understand the changes in her lifestyle and why it’s happening. Marjane Satrapi’s understanding of the lifestyle in Iran is affected by three things: imperialism‚ social classes‚ and religion. The first photo demonstrates imperialism because the girl playing with the dolls represents a bigger country that is
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The book Persepolis and the article‚ The Friendly Iranians‚ present different ideas when it comes to describing what the TV means to the population of Iran. The book shows Margie‚ that has never had contact with a TV satellite antenna hearing one of her friends tell her that Fariborz‚ a close friend‚ which had just won that kind of antenna with international channels. Excited she jumps into a car and drives to her friend’s house where she watches MTV and EUROSPORT. She says‚ “We could finally experience
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In my reading of Persepolis thus far‚ I have first noticed that this story seems as if it will be a memoir that really shows just how a girl becomes an adult. In the woman warrior‚ it seemed as if the story was a bit more of an autobiographical account than Persepolis. The life that Marji had to deal with was filled with many tough times. Compared to the Woman Warrior‚ I believe that the situations Marji had to deal with helped her to be able to better describe just how she evolved emotionally.
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Beset with the unthinkable‚ the Islamic Revolution defines turbulent times for many Iranians (Tehran). Numerous females including Satrapi were robbed of their social rights due to westernizing and secular efforts (Tehran). In turn‚ the Islamic Revolution undermined the younger Satrapi’s ability to come to terms with her own identity; nevertheless‚ she now writes to share her experience with oppression and her later journey towards cultural integration. It is a historical dispute that woman did
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all kinds of stereotypes. This occurrence‚ however‚ is clearly recognized by a Muslim author named Marjane Satrapi. In her graphic novel‚ Persepolis‚ Satrapi illustrates her story of living in Iran as a discreet revolutionist child going against the Fundamentalists’ throughout the Islamic Revolution. Proving Iran’s image of having connections with fundamentalism‚ fanaticism‚ and terrorism false‚ Satrapi successfully sheds light upon her subversion to Western stereotypes about Muslims through the use
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