The interviews of Marjane Satrapi greatly developed my sense for her as an author, artist, and graphic novelist. The interviews didn’t quite change my understanding of the novel but they definitely gave me a better understanding of it by giving me more insight into the author. For instance, in the beginning of the book there is a page in which Marjane and the girls she is in school with are playing with their chadors as if they are toys. Although I knew this was in fact a true story I never really thought hard about how serious of an offense this was to those that supported the revolution. Additionally, in an interview Marjane explains how she and her friends would throw parties but something I didn’t realize was that, even though they were …show more content…
Take Persepolis for example, by looking deeply into the story itself and gaining understanding of Marjane, one can draw conclusions as to what the intent was for writing it. The intent of Persepolis seems to be the basic idea of projecting this real-life story of a young woman, that was extremely tough and heartbreaking, out into the world so that everyone can gain a better understanding of what happened. Similarly, when writing a story, a writer usually has a hope to give the reader a take away. A take away is hugely important because it is sort of the most memorable part of a story, it is the information that the reader will hold onto and remember for much longer than the exact details of a story. Although this is usually a writer’s goal, to give all its readers an idea that will stick with them, it is not always how the reception of a story goes. For instance, due to the basic subjective nature of humans, one person could love the story of Persepolis while another could find it boring or uninteresting. The take away that someone has from an art piece, whether that be a graphic novel or a painting, is highly important but it is personal to each …show more content…
One of the ones that was spoken about more than others was the fact that Persepolis was a graphic novel. She spoke about how in her childhood she read a graphic novel called Maus and how it forever stuck with her because she loved it so much. The idea of a graphic novel for her first book was simply because she thinks with images and visualization. Another theme that was spoken about in the interviews was her parents. What I found so interesting was that Marjane said that in her childhood her mother was like a dictator, which contrasted with how I thought she viewed her mother in the novel. The interviews were very interesting and helpful and allowing for me to better understand Marjane. One of the very intriguing questions that the interviewer asked was what Marjane would have been doing if she did not write her graphic novel at the time. Her answer left me and the audience laughing because she said she would either be a personal detective, a headhunter (with a gun), or a fur saleswoman. A more serious question that I found so powerful was the one about how the bombing and killing of her neighbor, and how that affected her. Her answer left me with chills because she said that it gave her absolute courage, which is insane because if I were in that position I would have been scared out of my
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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi captures life in Iran during the 1980’s through a child's eyes. Marjane Satrapi grew up during a time when both the Islamic Revolution and the Iran/Iraq War took place. Personal experiences are expressed through themes including revolution, imperialism, nationalism, religion and loss of innocence and affect Marjane personally as she grows up.
In America, many have come to recognize Iran as a terrorist nation, but in reality, many Americans stereotype Iranians because they misunderstand the country and how it got to that point. In Marjane Satrapi’s graphic novel Persepolis, she gives her readers an inside look of Iran by writing about her childhood during the Iranian Revolution and the changes in her life during that time. The frames in Satrapi’s graphic novel draw similarities and differences between advertisements and the Iranian culture. After analyzing the Satrapi’s graphic novel to advertisements we will look at the similarities and differences of how graphic novels and advertisements use words and images to establish the visual rhetoric.
“Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return” is a graphic-novel as well as a memoir, which molds the life of Marjane Satrapi with the use of illustrations and words. In Marjane’s second book about herself, she is living in Austria and speaks about her education there as well as a social life. Marjane lives in Austria for a span of four years where she experiences a lot of hardships and calamities. In this span of four year, Marjane has trouble housing herself when the fam...
Bearing a child is the biggest responsibility that will happen in life. Providing time and protection of the child is a major part. But the most important thing is that they do not become lonely and forgotten. When being a parent, this is their job, to keep them welcomed and to never forget about them. In the fragment titled, “The Virgin,” Sappho uses vivid imagery to show how an apple tree has a relationship like mother and child. How the tree would be the mother, and the child would be the apple. Like a mother and child, it is the responsibility of the tree to hold on to the apple and make sure it gets taken care of, no matter what.
...rtant to look for the deeper meaning of characters in the text because that will lead to a deeper and also more profound understanding of the novel. Without having a deeper understanding of a novel that is all that it is which is a novel; but if people have a deeper understanding of the text then that novel will live forever in the mind of at least one person.
“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.” This quote by Helen Keller sums up the book Persepolis perfectly. Margi went through many hardships but in the end it strengthened her character and she was able to embrace the world in a better way. Margi is like a baby. The first time they try and take their first steps they topple over in a few seconds but each time they fall they learn and soon enough they are running as happily as can be. The events Margi experiences throughout the graphic novel Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi helps her be able to deal with life`s hardship in .
It is hard to tell the story of a “typical” youth and it is hard to write a story that
Ultimately, the symbolism depicted throughout the novel, Persepolis contributes towards Marji Starapis development into
When it comes to culture, different views can cause major conflicts, and these said conflicts occur in the novel Persepolis. The book is a memoir about Marjane Satrapi, also known as Marji, growing up in Iran under the Shah’s rule and the Islamic rule. Even with the many different cultures in Iran, she stuck up for what she believed in and rebelled against the things she thought were wrong. In Persepolis, Marjane’s growth is affected by various aspects of culture including religion, government, and social organization.
Throughout Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi displays the vital role that the women around her have in developing her character and becoming the woman she is today. Women such as her mother, her grandmother, her school teachers, the maid, the neighbors, and even the guardians of the revolution influenced Marjane and caused her to develop into an independent, educated, and ambitious woman. Throughout the novel, Marjane never completely conforms or lets go of her roots, this is strongly due to the women who have influenced her.
Just as other works that reflect art, pieces in the category of fine arts serve the important message of passing certain messages or portraying a special feeling towards a particular person, function or activity. At times due to the nature of a particular work, it can become so valuable that its viewers cannot place a price on it. It is not the nature or texture of an art that qualifies it, but the appreciation by those who look at it (Lewis & Lewis, 2008).
Each drawing. Each painting. Each sculpture. It can give you a glimpse of what is going on in the artist’s head. Take the painting “El Autobus” by Frida Kahlo as an example. It has been said that the painting is in reference of the accident Frida Kahlo had where she got impaled by a metal handrail. The painting is of a bench with people sitting on it just before boarding the bus. This kind of artwork, where the artist puts a little bit of him/her self in it is something I strive for. I want to make art that reflects me, or that means something to me. I don’t want to make something just because, I want it to be where the viewer could possibly see the hard work, the passion, the emotion behind it. Things that most times get
Throughout Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi displays the vital role that the women around her have in developing her character and becoming the woman she is today. Women such as her mother, her grandmother, her school teachers, the maid, the neighbors, and even the guardians of the revolution influenced Marjane and caused her to develop into an independent, educated, and ambitious woman. Throughout the novel, Marjane never completely conforms or lets go of her roots, this is primarily due to the women who have influenced her.
Young Marjane Satrapi displays the characteristics that any child might have. She is simple, innocent, and easily influenced. For example, when her parents are demonstrating against the king, Marjane Satrapi says, “As for me, I love the king, he was chosen by God” (Satrapi 19). Her teacher tells her this, and she believes her teacher because Marjane Satrapi is a child and, in all innocence, will believe anything because her teacher, in her eyes, knows everything. Situations such as this show the influence of authority on her as a child because the teacher is an authority who tells Satrapi a misleading fact and Satrapi believes her, or is influenced by her.... ...