Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis

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For our discussion, we were given the task of forming opinions on the topic of Marjane Satrapi and her experience with Iran’s culture shift in her graphic novel, Persepolis. Throughout our discussion, I found my thoughts towards Satrapi’s experience shift as my peers and I discussed. Towards the beginning of the discussion, we discussed the turning points in Marjane’s childhood that led to her becoming a part of the revolution in Iran. My peers and I agreed that the loss of Marjane’s faith in God cause her inevitable loss of innocence, though, we found ourselves pondering how the loss of faith led to more major themes within the novel; themes including rebellion, war, and coming of age. One eye-opening moment in our discussion was the point …show more content…

But, I did not feel that it was a step process. Though, with the discussion, I fully understand and see that it, in fact, may be a step process. First, as a small child, Marjane finds herself learning the consequences of her actions after harassing her friend with nails. Later, we see Marjane cast away her faith by telling God to “go away.” This consistent pattern of self-revelation creates a system of learning for Marjane that influences the future steps of loss of innocence, something I had not considered before. Another topic we considered was the idea of patriotism within the novel. While discussing, my peers argued that patriotism still reigned strong within Marjane, as she protested within the revolution. Though, in my opinion, I believed that she was not as patriotic as she seemed. For many in Iran, they supported the revolution as it would rid of the Shah’s rule. But, in the cause of Marjane, her parents felt against the Shah and the government in general, as they believed primarily in Marxism. Given this, I still believe that Marjane’s patriotism decreased as the novel went on, especially with the execution of her uncle

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