Coming Of Age In Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis

Worldwide, there are several teenagers learning new and different things about their families, their culture, the world around them, and most importantly trying to explore who they truly are. People grow in many different locations and surroundings, and as they grow, they're surrounding has some sort of supremacy either against or in favor of them. In the biography of “Persepolis” by Marjane Satrapi, we see how a little girls coming of age, is mainly influenced by her surroundings and how the effects of the country influences her. No matter where you live in the world, you probably have either learned or had experience with what war is, throughout the late 1970s the Iranian Revolution was occurring, and it became harmful to the citizens of

We see this occurring when she states, “My faith was not unshakable. The year of the Revolution I had to take action, so I put my prophetic destiny aside for a while. Today my name is Che Guevara.” According to the History Channel’s Article, Che Guevara partnered up with Fidel Castro in efforts to overthrow the Batista government in Cuba. He served as a military advisor to Castro and led guerrilla troops in battles against Batista forces. This supports the discussion of how her surrounding are already affecting her dreams of becoming a prophet, this also uprises the issue of self vs. self and how she starts to become flummoxed of who she truly