In one hundred fifty-three pages of black and white, Marjane Satrapi tells her haunting childhood story, Persepolis. The art style is cartoonish, but the message is anything but. Topics like rape, war, execution, and political oppression appear often, possibly inferring why the book lacks color. The story however, seems so family-oriented at times, that it becomes easy to place yourself in the main character's shoes. After reading this book, it would be difficult to imagine it portrayed any other way. The art works with the story, while the incorporation of youth emphasizes it.
On the first page of Persepolis, the author introduces religion and politics, a combination that resulted in the dangerous life she grew up with. These themes are
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In a way this shows the progression of time and highlights specific points the author wants the audience to focus on. For example, on page 62, there is a headline titled The Sheep. Within the next five pages, there is a specific frame about a family having to hide in a flock of sheep to cross Iran's border for safety. Typically, the book frames accentuating violence from war/oppression will be appear much larger than others. We see this on page 116, where the frame of a battlefield is the only one shown or page 51 demonstrating common torture …show more content…
When I reflect on my childhood, I remember family, playing with old friends, and school. Marji, of course, has this, but with bomb sirens, and the reality of constant death. I have no intentions of challenging the material, but it was crazy how much the author remembers from age eight or twelve (possibly with the input of others). You have this child narrator who could have died at so many points in the book, but her personality mostly shoves it off. As I progressed through the story with its characters, I assumed the scenes of protest would pay off. However, the book leaves you almost with a cliffhanger, where the atmosphere has gotten so unstable, that Marji must leave for
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
Graphic novels offer a perspective that other novels do not. They have pictures that have meaning to them making someone interpret different things from the picture. All pictures in these novels have deeper meaning than what is written on the page. In the graphic novel Persepolis written by Marjane Satrapi. The author of this book lived in Iran during the Islamic Revolution when she was 10 years old.
Think back to when you were younger — what do you see? Many people would consider their childhood to be a happy, stress-free period, spending time with friends and learning new things. This, however, is not the case for Marjane Satrapi, author and illustrator of Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood. The autobiography depicts the author’s personal journey of growing up in Iran in the midst of revolution. Theis graphic novel deals with religion, protests, family, and identity.
Satrapi is able to illustrate the characteristics of the characters as well as reflect on the past. Having the ability to incorporate past and present is a vital element in fully understanding and following her story. The past events in Marjis life reflect how she makes her descions in the present. It is imperative that one must always build from the bottom and work your way up. Having a strong foundation is the vital element in creating something successful. Marji often refers back to her past to make reference of why she believes this or why she is trying that. She learns by her mistakes of the past and it is noted through the illustrations. This visual image below from Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis series allows the readers to see Marji both internally and
The graphic novel Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, shows how society has a negative effect on the development of coming to age. Marji is seen to rebel more than other kids due to the fact that the Iranian government has enforced new regulations onto the citizens of Iran. While Marji has to deal with the problems of becoming a teenager, she is also presented with the problems of new rules her society has given them. Marji is given a new ideology of, what to wear, what to do, and how to act. Since the beginning of the story, Marji can be seen rebelling against her society and her parents.
Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis is an autobiography about the life of Marji as a child growing up in Iran during the Iranian Revolution. At first, the images show the readers Marji, a child who is filled with whimsical thought and conversations with God. When Marji begins to understand the situation she is in living in Iran and all, a lot of of the complicated events in Iran are explained and the images serve to not only reinforce the descriptions and dialogue, the images also further explain what not only goes though in Iran but also what goes through in Marji's head. Persepolis being an autobiography not only explains the events of the Iranian revolutions, its cause and its aftermaths it also touches on what Marji goes through in different situations. Through the graphic novel format Satrapi is able to clearly display her own interpretation and understanding of her experiences.
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.
In the cartoon film, Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi, portrays the development of a little girl name Marjie who lives in Iran. She is only 10years old when she experiences the Islamic Revolution of the Shi’s against the Shahs in 1979. Marjie is an energetic and courageous little girl as she is influence by her uncle Anoosh. This influence by her uncle created an internal conflict for Marjie. The story structure of the film depicts the complexities of Marjie as an adolescent.
Every Person in their life goes through change and coming of age. In Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi Shares her experiences of her childhood in Iran during the regime, revolution and war. Marjane is innocent and young at the beginning of the revolution so she does not understand certain things or their reasoning such as the veil. Events occurring around Marjane and the people expose her to what is really going on in the country. After many learning experiences from her parents, Marjane begins to mature and goes into a independent rebellious stage.
At first glance (or first read), Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi is about revolution, war, violence, and how it all affects the Satrapi family. However, it’s really much simpler than that, and at the same time, more complicated. At it’s core, Persepolis is a story about a young girl forced to grow up. Satrapi shows her abrupt transition out of childhood through the Iranian Revolution, her becoming more politically and socially aware, and how it all leads to a great loss of innocence.
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.
TOK Presentation Real Life Situation The real life situation that inspired my TOK presentation was the writing of the novel titled Persepolis. Persepolis is an autobiographical graphic novel written by Marjane Satrapi that illustrates Satrapi’s childhood up to her early adult years in Iran during and after the Islamic Revolution. The novel depicts how Satrapi handled growing up during the Revolution and how she witnessed first hand that the new Iran had become an authoritative dictatorship. Persepolis is considered a primary source as the novel details life in Iran from the perspective of Satrapi including her personal experiences and thoughts. Persepolis educates the reader on what life was like during the Iranian Revolution, how it felt
She learns the happenings that took place in her country through asking questions which assisted her in getting enlightened of the events that happened in her country Iran as she was a little girl. It has valuable sight into growing up in a culture that struggles between an extensive cultural past and westernization. There are also competing directions for women growing up in such an environment. According to Persepolis novel, history is written in a different way than the way events take place because her story line was often got from his family members and friend because she was too little to understand what was going on.
...t is how religion plays a part in enhancing the understanding of themes in Persepolis.
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.