In the passages “Cairo: My City, My Revolution”, “Reading Lolita in Tehran”, and “Persepolis 2”, the authors had different perceptions of the world they were living in and had decided to share the experience of their rebellions to give their story’s and an example of the situation they were living in. Each author handled the idea of rebellion in their own, but similar way in each passage. In the first passage “Cairo: My City, My Revolution” the perspective of the person of interest (the author) was in the middle of all this chaos from people all over the city were coming together and rebelling for what they believed in and what was fair for everyone. In paragraphs three to four, the author states, …show more content…
“A great shout goes up from Qasr el-Nil. I look at Salma and Mariam. ‘Yes let’s,’ they say. I tell the boatman we’ve changed our minds: we don’t want to cross the river to Giza and go home, we want to be dropped off under Qasr el-Nil Bridge”. Some background of the situation is that these three girls are escaping the chaos on boat, heading to Giza to go home when they hear a loud shout from others rebelling on Qasr el-Nil Bridge and decide that they want to help the others instead of continuing their route. “….and we were doing what we Egyptians do best, and what the regime ruling us had tried so hard to destroy: we had come together, as individuals, millions of us, in a great cooperative effort. And this time our project was to save and to reclaim our country,” the author explained, paragraph five. What the author was explaining was that, when everyone had come together to help one another up that they were doing what they believed in and knew what was right, and they were doing what the regime had wanted to destroy so they can control the city and take over the people. Now everyone was helping and working together to “reclaim their country” and prevent the others from taking control of them. The author was handling the idea of rebellion in this passage through their own experience and showed how rebellion can be a positive thing (as in this scenario the people of Cairo wanted freedom and peace) and not be used for taking advantage of others. Continuing on, in the graphic novel “Persepolis 2” the author writes how they confronted the regime about the situation, explains how the regime have prevented Lastly, “Reading Lolita in Tehran” The person of interest in this passage (once again the author) is leaving her friend’s house and starts to walk back to her own house alone trying to not be noticed, because women are considered property and are not treated the same as men where she lives.
“She says her goodbyes and puts on her black robe and scarf over her orange shirt and jeans, coiling her scarf around her neck to cover her huge gold earrings. She directs wayward strands of hair under her scarf, puts her notes in her large bag, straps it over her shoulder and walks out into the hall. She pauses a moment on top of the stairs to put on thin lacey black gloves to hide her nail polish,” the author describes, paragraph one. What is happening in this citation is that a woman named Sanaz is getting ready to leave her friend’s house and must go through a whole list of things to cover up her body before she can leave the house. In paragraph two, the author continues, “It is in her best interest not to be seen, not be heard or noticed. She doesn’t walk upright, but bends her head towards the ground and doesn’t look at passerby. She walks quickly and with a sense of determination. The streets are patrolled by militia, who ride in white Toyota patrols, four gun-carrying men and women…They patrol the streets to make sure that women like Sanaz wear their veils properly, do not wear makeup, do not walk in public with men who are not their fathers, brothers or
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Persepolis Argumentative Essay In the memoir “Persepolis” by Marjane Satrapi we learn the effects the revolution had on the Satrapi’s family. To summarize, Marji grew up around the Islamic War. This caused her to become very curious about why people act a certain way or do things. In the story, she is constantly learning from what’s right and wrong.
Persepolis is a inspirational story written by Marjane Satrapi in the perspective of a young girl’s life during a powerful, historical moment in Iran. The Islamic Revolution was a life-changing moment that impacted her view on the world around her and her innocence shaping her into the woman she is today. Not many people understand what it feels like to feel pain, hurt and abandonment as a child from major and minor things. The author writes this story and decides for it to be a graphic novel to allow the not only young readers, but also for those who do not understand what happens everyday in the world they live in. Satrapi uses all rhetorical stances, ethos, pathos, and logos to show problems, purpose and emotions.
Each author had a different point of view for rebellion in each of the 3 stories, “Lolita In Tahran”, ‘Cairo: My City, Our Revolution”, and “Persepolis”. Rebellion is the action of resiting control or authority. The womens in all 3 stories had almost the same rebellion going on in there city.
Ever pass by Muslim woman in a hijab at the mall or park and think how oppressive and restraining her culture must be? Maysan Haydar, a New York social worker who practices the Muslim tradition of veiling, believes otherwise. In her article, “Veiled Intentions: Don’t Judge a Muslim Girl by Her Covering,” Haydar highlights on her experiences as a Muslim living in an American culture, where showing more skin is the “norm.” Haydar speaks specifically to a crowd who unconsciously makes assumptions about certain Muslim practices, in hopes of sharing the truth behind them. Haydar suggests that, contrary to popular belief, not all Muslim women cover themselves strictly as an “oppressive” religious practice, but that some women, like herself, find
In the graphic novel, Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi, Satrapi’s childhood was highly impacted by American culture. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effect of American culture on Satrapi’s view of the Iranian Revolution.
During our class discussions, the issue of identity in Marjane Satrapi’s novel, Persepolis (2004), became a contentious issue. The question was asked whether Persepolis might be understood to being in-dialogue with western ways of seeing and did the effects of modernization influence the identity of Marjane’s protagonist in Persepolis. How does the novel involve the issue of identity? I will extend the argument and, through the exploration of Marji’s changing ideologies, I will attempt to prove that Marji is caught between the traditional eastern culture and western modernization.
In Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi’s childhood experiences allow her to demonstrate the cultural changes that occurred in post-revolutionary Iran, as well as those perpetrated by western culture. In Persepolis, western culture plays a major role in the author’s attempt to dispel the
As revealed in Azar Nafisi's book Reading Lolita in Tehran, Iran's radical religious and political views are the driving force behind the domination and maltreatment of the country's people. Throughout the book there are many examples of this oppressive treatment which is enforced because of strict religious convictions. Nafisi compares the oppression happening during a tense period of revolution with various works of fiction that mirrors what is becoming life in Iran. The tyrannical treatment of Iranian people can be analyzed by uncovering themes found throughout Nafisi's book.
The tight censorship employed in the city ensures that the very idea of resistance or rebellion continues to be a foreign notion, a necessary state of things if the rulers are to be able to continue to control the masses by purely mental and psychological means. The strongest of punishments – the death penalty – is reserved for “this one crime of speaking the Unspe...
Cultures throughout the world encompass a diverse array of lifestyles by which societies are led by. These cultures, in a typical sense, are created by the subset of a population that follows a particular set of morals and ideals. An individual’s own identity, as a result, is dependent on many varying factors of their lifestyle in these culturally regulated regions. In the stories, “Selections from Reading Lolita in Tehran,” by Azar Nafisi, and “The Naked Citadel,” by Susan Faludi, the authors depict the impact made on an individual’s identity by male-dominated communities prejudiced against women. The discriminations described in these stories contribute to the creation of cultures that oppose the idea of seeing women as equals to men. Hence,
Persepolis shows the damages caused by a country at war through the forcing of religion on its people. Religious disagreements, death, stress and early maturity drives the people to uprisings. Satrapi shares her experiences so the hardships she experienced will be understood by those of other cultures and not have to be endured by others.
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.
In the novel Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, Satrapi’s childhood was highly impacted by American culture. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the affect American culture had on how Satrapi viewed the Iranian Revolution.
...tion,” (86). Due to this clever technique, the Persepolis series leaves more of an intense and memorable impact on the reader. The amount of audience participation transforms Persepolis I and II into interactive stories. Satrapi’s depiction of death causes the reader to reevaluate his own perceptions of death, and realize the disastrous circumstances of the Iranian Revolution.
Even in our present time we can see how culture principles and characteristic drive can cause conflict. Within a society, an individual does not exist. If an individual does exist, then they are no longer a part of the society causing rebellion. In I and Thou, Buber explains that the self becomes either more disconnected or more unified through its relationships to others. The film Persepolis is an adaption to Marjane Satrapi’s The Complete Persepolis coming-of-age graphic memoir. It involves a young Muslim girl name Marjane as she comes of age within the environment of the Iranian Revolution. The film explores the actualization of Marjane through allegory to show how she must construct her identity within a foundation of westernization, religion, and gender.