There are many times when problems in a country affect one's life. Persepolis by Majarne Satrapi recounts the coming-of-age of a girl during a period of war. Utilizing a graphic novel to illustrate, Marjane recalls the struggles of her family and herself living in warfare. For instance, in Persepolis, Marjane's external conflict result in her internal conflict. To begin with, Marjane has encountered with internal conflict caused by external conflict—since a child. For instance, Marjane claims, “ My faith was not unshakable.” (10) This example conveys Marjane’s easy influence to discard any of her beliefs due to the Islamic Revolution. In fact, the Islamic Revolution was a reason for a lot of Marjane’s internal conflict. For example, Marjane reveals, “I really didn't know what to think about the veil. Deep down I was very religious but as a family, we were very modern and avant-garde.”(6) This illustration represents Marjane’s confusion on her spirituality. Also, this demonstrates Marjane deciding if her modern lifestyle is appropriate even though it's different from her religion. To …show more content…
Namely, Marjane describes, “I thought that by coming back to Iran, everything would be fine. That I would forget the old way but my past caught up with me. My secret weighted me down.”(268). Due to the events in Austria, Marjane feels depressed and weighted down. This is internal conflict because it reveals the impact of suppressing her feelings has done to Marjane. Identically, Marjane states, “I had suddenly become ‘a married woman,’ I had conformed to society, while I always wanted to remain in the margins...It required too many compromises. I couldn’t accept it, but it was too late.” (317) This reveals the triumph that society has on Marjane; and how it is the opposite of what she wants. Finally, Marjane has been through a lot of tragics that influence her internal
When Marie tries to ask the protagonist to take a walk, this action shows that she is trying to achieve Pauline’s dream by getting her outside of the house. Therefore, she could finally feel the true meaning of freedom. Nevertheless, Pauline’s mother’s response demonstrates that she wants her daughter’s safety more than anything. The mother tries to keep Pauline away from the danger, so the protagonist can at last have a healthier life. However, Agathe’s reply shows that her mother is willing to sacrifice Pauline’s dream to keep her secure. Therefore, the author uses contrasting characters to mention that safety is more valuable. Furthermore, the protagonist starts to describe Tante Marie and reveals that she always has her hair “around her shoulder” (85). When Pauline describes Marie, Pauline shows how her Tante is open-minded. In fact, Marie helps Pauline to let go of her limitations and to get a taste of her dream. Therefore, Marie always wants Pauline to go outside and play hockey or even to take a walk. These actions that Pauline’s Tante takes show how she is determinate to make Pauline’s dream come true. Thus, the author
...imism of attending school. This depicts how if she was angry, she would be blinded of the aftermath of being pessimistic such as, not seeing the advantages of pursuing education for the first time, nonetheless, she will only keep recounting the same question of why did her father abandoned her, and will eventually harm someone, as in the case with Arwa, a child in the orphanage. Jameela finally channelled her anger into violence with Arwa, as in pushing her to the ground because she was a tad bit clingy; she wanted to know the outcome of Jameela’s surgery of her cleft lip. The result of committing this is that Jameela experienced remorse and depression. A theme portrayed in the novel, Wanting Mor, is making strong bonds, as in peace with one another, not hatred and anger.
...s have to live clumped together, all striving to gain their own personal identity while constantly being smothered by everyone else. Mernissi's mother dreamed of living alone with her husband and children. “Whoever heard of ten birds living together squashed into a single nest?” Mernissi's mother would say. “It is not natural to live in a large group, unless your objective is to make people feel miserable.” (Mernissi, 77). There is a large indefinite amount of other frontiers that exist in and beyond the walls of the harem, all captivate their own various spheres. The sea between Christians and Muslims (Mernissi, 1), the rules for women when it comes to conventional dressing verses liberal dressing (Mernissi, 85), the frontier between youth (Mernissi, 241) and in conclusion there was even a frontier when it came to listening to the radio in the salon (Mernissi, 7).
The story Persepolis uses the medium of graphic novel and the perspective of a child to convey her message. The events of Persepolis are very dark and in some
It would be a world without love” (Waters 210). This further Margaret’s subjection to its furthers point through her understanding of love comes from filling out roles rather than love being unconditional. Waters’ choice of the word “distinction” conveys the concept that love is structured to Margaret. Therefore, for Margaret love can’t exist in a non-class divided society. She needs the structured difference to make sure she fits into her self-described role of an outcast; she can’t embody the role without a class difference. After all, Margaret’s whole identity is tied into her being outside the norm of her society. Therefore, Margaret can’t identify herself in Selina’s boundary-free world because her whole identity is controlled by being outside the normal; if there’s no normal she can’t adjust to fit her role. Moreover, Margaret defines her world around the meaning the word women in her society reflecting Bennett and Royle’s concept that “ideology, [is] the way the people think about their world, [and] is produced and altered in and through language” (231). Margaret can’t comprehend a world where a woman doesn’t connotate wife or mother because then she can’t identify what she can’t become. Furthermore, Selina’s genderless world takes it a step further because Margaret wouldn’t be able to see what she’s supposed to be; she wouldn’t be able to envy the normal
“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 .
Moral courage is the audacity to take action for moral reasons despite the risk or consequences. In the novel Persepolis moral courage is a theme described throughout the plot. Persepolis is a story about a child growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. In a setting where freedom of expression was forbidden and violence was frequent the protagonist Marji, grows up accustom to this way of living and is highly influenced by her non conformist parents. Until things get too dangerous for Marji to continue her education in Iran so they make the decision to send her to Austria. In the novel Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi uses the literary elements of setting and conflict to develop the theme of moral courage by depicting how the setting affects
After going deeply in depth into the two different novels, Maus and Persepolis proves to readers that these books are not the ordinary comic strips. The graphic novels show the harshness of war by using the harsh and dramatic color contrast of black and white all throughout the novels. Like the color schemes, the themes of the books are quite similar as well. They show what war is like, and how it has impacted their lives. With authors like Art Spiegelman and Marjane Satrapi, they help readers understand the harshness of war and how it can greatly affect someone’s
Persepolis 2: The Story of Return is anchored around how Marji is affected by the social injustice that occurred during the Islamic Revolution. Growing up as “a westerner in Iran and an Iranian in the West,” (Satrapi 274) changes and molds her into the young woman she is at the end of her journey. In this second chapter of Satrapis life she moves away from the comfort of Iran and finds a life in Vienna. Marji desires to find her purpose and identity during her brief time here and faces many battles with language barriers, people and herself. Marjis past from Iran haunts her and instills the idea that she needs to make something of herself while in Austria. Finding that Austria took her down a darker path where the light was scarcer and the
Marji does was born into Religion so she want to get a understanding of it but at the same time she is confused so sometimes she feels like she wants to defend her country and people but sometimes she want to defend the religion. “They forbade people to rescue those locked inside. Then they attacked them”(14). This demonstration made Marji think about the next demonstration and how she wanted to go so she can help and she wanted to be treated like an adult not a little kid she wanted to go for her country and her people. There is religious conflict because they want to
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.
Persepolis is a book that centers on the author’s family during the Iran-Iraq war that lasted for eight years. Marjane’s experience of the war is quite innocent since she saw it from the eyes of a well protected child. She grew up with need to help and make things better for everyone without really understanding what it takes to make the world a better place. In her mind the only possible way to make a change is by becoming a prophet and using supernatural powers to make the world a better place. Marjane’s childhood is proving that children form defense mechanisms to deal with difficulties. These defense mechanisms take children to “happy” places where things are better and everyone is happy unlike in the real world.
Persepolis, a graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi, is not a run-of-the-mill comic book. It is written with purpose. Satrapi wrote and illustrated this book to show Americans that their perspective of her home country, Iran, is askew. She believes Americans are too focused on the “fundamentalism, fanaticism, and terrorism” (Satrapi ii), of the nation and that they forget to notice the normality and humanness of it. Since these two perspectives have vast differences, Satrapi wants to change their minds. Thus, it is crucial that she effectively communicate this humanness of Iran to the literary audience in America. Since the literary devices in a work are needed to correctly convey a message, she found it necessary to include these and manipulate them in her favor. Satrapi uses the innocence of a child along with morals in her pictures and a relation of cultures to effectively communicate her message. It is necessary to examine how she manipulates such literary devices in order to gain a full understanding of the text.
Which is where their motivation to fight against their beliefs against the countries was based on the marxist politics and it had shaped them to disvalue what the country believe is better. As the country becomes lost in the conflict, Marji is forced to find her identity which has changed due to the war. Marji was onced a very religious person before the war and when the commotion has started her parents soon stopped paying much attention as much towards her, so has her journey to find herself where she was cautious and peculiar towards her environment. In the book it states”I would have a big discussion with god” (Satrapi 7). Marjane would talk through God about her thoughts and her beliefs, soon she stopped and became patriotic where she wanted to support her country. Hence, she stopped being religious and became as known as a “rebel” where she believed how the new laws are not necessary. In the end, Mari’s parents sent her to europe before events in the country became
Ramatoulaye realizes that she was obeying and depending on her husband and following the societal norms and urges all the other women to unite and be independent of a man that doesn't appreciate a woman. Also, Ramatoulaye makes a choice to be a single woman that will do anything for her children and doesn't want to be with a man like Daouda who might be rich, but has a wife already.