Elie Wiesel And Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis

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What is faith? The word faith itself is an extremely tricky word to define since no one truly understands exactly what it means. Everyone defines faith differently so no dictionary definition has the ability or capacity to fully describe what faith means. The concept of faith is a recurring theme that arises in Elie Wiesel’s memoir Night, and shares an abundance of parallels with Marjane Satrapi’s graphic novel Persepolis. Religion was a key aspect in both of the lives of Elie and Marji when they were growing up. As turmoil and chaos begin to build up around both Elie’s life and Marji’s life, things start to change slowly. Elie and Marji find themselves stepping further and further away from their God due to negative occurrences. Elie Wiesel

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