Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi reveals the hardships of citizens in Iran during the Iranian War, retold in the perspective of the author. When evaluating the novel, the story it told gave fascinating insight on a country that most people have never seen before. This piece of literature gave an exemplary value to me while analyzing the text for class. This was done through the novel having an approachable appeal through the graphic novel style, and the knowledge that many readers obtain through a first person perspective.
With gruesome battles and tragedies during the Iranian War, teaching a younger audience about this event would be most likely difficult. Satrapi uses a strategy that grabs the attention of young readers by formatting the story into a graphic novel. In this way, readers can learn about the tragedies of the Iranian war without feeling a heavy heart that could be a touchy subject to an
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Before reading the book, many citizens would consider Iran the enemy of America, considering the fact that the U.S. took Iraq’s side during the war. However, when reading Marjane’s story, readers will realize that not all citizens wanted to side with their country. For example, Marjane’s parents would leave their house to participate in demonstrations rebelling from their government, and Marjane would soon grow up to smuggle illegal shirts and posters into her country. Readers learn in the story that many rebels would be sent to prison, or even executed. Looking at relations today, people from the middle east are looked down upon, seen as terrorist ready to shoot down another’s country. From an outsiders perspective, Iran seems to be a country of mass destruction, but possibly when looking into the novel, people from across the globe can realize that just because people are from a certain country, they are not bad
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.
Orientalism is a way of viewing the world as divided into two unequal halves: the Occident and the Orient. Occidental means Western Hemisphere, and Oriental means Eastern Hemisphere. These ideas of orientalism are challenged in Satrapi's Persepolis. A book about a young girl Marji who lived in Iran in the 1980’s, and therefore is placed in the beginning years of political and religious turmoil in Iran. Satrapi Juxtaposes the western view of Iran to Iran by showing similarities between America and Iran through Marji’s youth and adventures throughout the book.
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.
Persepolis is a coming of age story written by Marjane Satrapi in 20001. Depicting a young girl growing up during the religious revolts in Iran. Throughout the story the main character loses her innocence. The author uses the appeals of genre, ethos, pathos, and logos, historical context, and illustration to depict the loss of innocence in the main character.
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
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.
Due to the serious tensions looming in the air, many people would think it is strictly forbidden to laugh a little or have fun in Iran. The constant political instability makes it seem like the citizens live like robots under extreme oppression. However, in Marjane Satrapi’s biography, Persepolis, she gives an inside look at her experiences growing up in Iran and adds comic relief throughout the novel. As the main character, Marjane, evolves from an innocent girl into a mature woman, Satrapi adds bits of comic relief to highlight her typical personality while living in the midst of an oppressive society.
In 2000 an Iranian woman named Marjane Satrapi released her graphic novel Persepolis onto the world. Unlike previous graphical novels Persepolis gave readers an inside look at what growing up in Iran during the 1979 revolution was like. Most people in Western civilizations have come to perceive Iran in a negative fashion, mostly from media portrayal in our post 9/11 society. However, Satrapi being born and raised in Iran knows that the media’s version of Iran is in fact not the country she called home. Satrapi was born the year 1969 in Rasht, Iran not long after moving to Tehran, Iran where she spent her formidable years and her story takes place. In Persepolis, Satrapi’s goal was to show all people of the world what Iran is really like. Satrapi tells us the story of growing up in her middle-class family and how her childhood wasn’t exactly all that different from that of Western children. Many believe that Iran is full of radical fanatics and terrorists, and after hearing how the world has come to know the country, Marjane Satrapi knew something must be
Persepolis In the graphic novel Persepolis by: Marjane Satrapi, many panels were wonderfully illustrated and full of detail. Overall, the one panel that most stood out to me was the one in which Marji smokes the cigarette. It’s truly a turning point in the book for Marji because she begins to consider herself as a grown up. Marji confidently exclaims, "with this first cigarette, I kissed childhood goodbye.
Satrapis writing includes her own personal experiences such as the trips she went on with her father during the war and the amount of death that was happening around her. The novel displayed how Marjane felt about the events that were occurring. Throughout the novel, her emotions became more noticeable through her opinions. However, the color of the novel shows a historical viewpoint as well. Satrapi uses the colors black and white to represent the different forces of the Revolution in Iran during that time period.
Maus has been challenged in various settings “for being ‘anti-ethnic’ and ‘unsuitable for young readers,’” yet its dark themes are balanced with lighter moments between the author and his father (Case Study: Maus). Another graphic novel which approaches similar yet vastly different issues is Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi. Written in 2003, the semi-autobiographical book chronicles Satrapi’s life as a young girl growing up in wartime Iran. Young Marji must confront and come to terms with her own identity as well as the violence which perpetrates her country.
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.
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.
Throughout Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi shows the honoring of martyrs; someone who dies at the hands of another for their religion. In ancient religious wars such as the Crusades, dying a martyr was the best thing a boy could do. In reality, they die as pawns of the government. In the “Key to Paradise” passage of Satrapi’s Persepolis, the author symbolizes heaven with a key to show how the government victimizes those of lower economic status.
...entity, and that is the message that the people of Iran are not people of fanaticism. She attempts to relate to the United States citizens who hold this perspective and attempts to create a sense of sympathy for the people in Iran. The implementation of the innocence of a child plays well on the conscience of the American audience and is fantastic in even conveying the simplicity of her message. Satrapi needs to use the simple pictures and simple text to enable the common man and even the children of the United States to read her book and learn of the prejudice towards her homeland. She is doing her best and has done a marvelous job in writing the graphic novel Persepolis. With a properly executed book such as it, she may be able to spread her message even beyond America.