In Persepolis, the author thinks that times of tragedy can inspire hope for change by pushing people to take action. This is shown throughout Marjane’s childhood when she experiences traumatic events, where she is forced to learn about death at a young age when her Uncle Anoosh is executed. After her uncle’s death, she had to cope with his loss, which wasn’t easy due to her young age. This event changed her perspective on death and religion. On page 70, when God enters her room, she angrily yells at him, “Shut up you! I never want to see you again!” (Satrapi 70). Demonstrating how devastated she is, Marjane drops all of her religious beliefs and starts to question her faith, which shapes her into someone who doesn’t believe that God has the …show more content…
“I was ready to defend my country against these Arabs who kept attacking us. I wanted to fight” (Satrapi 79). Uncle Anoosh, who was a revolutionary, used to tell Marjane stories about the revolution and other political events he had experienced. This influenced Marjane’s beliefs, making her revolutionary herself. She uses her uncle’s experience to refute her teacher’s claim that Iran doesn’t have political prisoners. “My uncle was imprisoned by the Shah’s regime, but it was the Islamic regime that ordered his execution” (Satrapi 144). Her opposition to the teacher was considered disrespectful and impolite, but her father was proud of her telling the truth and using the tragic event of losing Anoosh to push her to not give in under school authority. “It was the principal of Marji’s school. Apparently she told off the religion teacher, she got that from her uncle” (Satrapi 145). Even though tragic times can be challenging to get through, Marjane uses her own experiences as motivation to keep fighting for justice and telling the truth, giving her hope and pushing her to take action so that she can fight for her country and practice her
Have you ever wondered how living abroad for four years without parents or family would be? The experience may sound pleasant and fabulous for a minute or two, but such life would depend on one factor, independence. A life without ones parents is terrifying, but what would happen if your parents were suffering with an environment of war around them when you are abroad hoping to finish your academics with all the pressure surrounding you. This is the same situation Marjane Satrapi faced in her memoir “Persepolis 2” when she lived abroad.
In the graphic novel, Persepolis, the main character, Marjane, faces many coming of age moments. Each one of these change her in a way that impacts her view on the world around her as her and her family strive for a better life amongst a war that hinders their ability to follow their beliefs. Marjane learns to forgive, experiences pain and suffering, and changes her opinions on God and her own views on religion forever. Marjane’s life has been filled with hard times, but also glorious moments as well.
Colonialism has a severely negative impact on those being affected due to unknown cultures and systems being infiltrated in their country. In the first chapter of “The Complete Persepolis” by Marjane Satrapi, the author starts off with the Islamic Revolution and the changes it brought to her immediate surroundings. This reminds me of colonialism and the changes it brings to the colonized country. Colonialism started with the expedition of the Portuguese and Spanish to discover new wealth. Since then, the drastic after effects of colonialism are still felt today by the affected group. In the 20th century, colonialism plays a part in why some cultural groups are the way they are today. In conclusion, the change the Islamic Revolution did to Marjane’s immediate surroundings is similar to how colonialism affected the colonized countries.
In the graphic memoir, Persepolis, family is featured as one the main backbones of the Iranian community. The author, Marjane Satrapi, prioritizes family during the war, because while enduring the violent Iranian Revolution, the lives of others, especially the enemy, become an afterthought. When people like Marji lack the guidance and care that is necessary during such times of struggle, they will get lost on their path to becoming a mature adult. Family is the one thing in life that is unchangeable, and in the book itself, it is essential for every character to love and care for their own. Throughout Persepolis, the author Marjane Satrapi uses the thematic idea of family to represent the theme that the ones that care about you should always
Growing up in Iran is hard enough as it is, take a smart, brave, independent young girl, put her in Iran and one gets Marjane Satrapi. The autobiography Persepolis written by Marjane Satrapi tells the story of her kid to early teen years growing up in Iran. The story mainly focuses on the political aspect of Iran of the 1980s along with some more personals tales about her relationship with her family. Marji’s personality alters a great deal during the story of persepolis. It is safe to say that Marji is a brave, smart, independent young girl with a very interesting story.
In Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi draws a clear line between formal and informal education. For Marji, her informal education gained through observing those around her helps her answer life's big questions, like how to express ideas and thoughts. Her formal education also is able to teach her about the world around her. Marji’s books on Marx and Darvishian allows her to see the world from a different perspective. When all of these educational forms come together, Marji starts to develop her own personality and identity. Along the way, Marji naturally starts to see how much power educators have in shifting certain narratives due to their bias. Throughout Persepolis, although Marji’s formal education helps her obtain a more worldly perspective
Class has, and will always be, one most important factors in regard to the molding of our personal views. In Persepolis, Marjane belongs to, and carries the biases of the upper class. She view the revolution through the
Religion plays an essential role in Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis. Even though Marji has survived the war and the revolution physically, she is essentially dead. One of the most devout children that used to dream of being a prophet is gone. Her soul was killed by the suffering she witnessed and endured. Persepolis is a book that does not only illustrate the horror and evil of a control government that tries to suffocate its people by using religion; at the same time, it also explores how family and society contribute to a loss of one’s faith as well.
When writing any sort of narrative, be it novel or poem, fiction or non-fiction, scholarly or frivolous, an author must take into account the most effective manner in which to effectively convey the message to their audience. Choosing the wrong form, or method of speaking to the reader, could lead to a drastic misunderstanding of the meaning within an author’s content, or what precisely the author wants to say (Baldick 69). Even though there are quite a bit fewer words in a graphic novel than in the average novel, an author can convey just as much content and meaning through their images as they could through 60,000 words. In order to do that though, their usage of form must be thoughtfully considered and controlled. Marjane Satrapi, author of the graphic memoir The Complete Persepolis, took great pains in the creation of her panels in order to reinforce and emphasize her narrative, much like a novelist utilizes punctuation and paragraph breaks. Through her portrayal of darkness and lightness, Satrapi demonstrates that literary content influences, and is primary to, the form.
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.
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effect of an oppressive regime on the child Marjane Satrapi as depicted the graphic novel Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi.
The novel Persepolis, written by Marjane Satrapi, portrays a diverse amount of symbolism throughout the novel which contributes to the protagonist developing into a young women. The main character, Marji Satrapi flourishes at an early age in her life due to the setting of the novel. Satrapi acquires knowledge about different insights of the Iranian government which constitutes her self judgement. Satrapi reckons that the individuals that make up the population of Iran should all support the idea of the government before the ministry of Iran can commence a war. “For a revolution to succeed the entire population must support it" (Satrapi 17). Marji expresses that the revolution will vanish due to many individuals not supporting
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.
Echoes of Change "Persepolis," Marjane Satrapi's compelling graphic novel, unfolds against the tumultuous backdrop of the Iranian Revolution and the devastating Iran-Iraq War, providing a vivid exploration of the impact of these monumental events on the fabric of Iranian society and, more intimately, on the lives of its women. Through Satrapi's personal narrative, readers are offered a unique glimpse into the complexities of growing up in a country marred by political upheaval and conflict, where the quest for identity and freedom becomes entangled with the broader struggles of a nation seeking its path amidst revolution and war. This masterpiece not only chronicles the historical and socio-political changes that have shaped modern Iran, but
We need to fight for our freedom as Coretta Scott King (civil rights activist) “Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation.” And I agree with her, we need to fight for ourselves, we need to fight every generation because if we don’t then it shouldn’t be for us, it wouldn’t be right if we took someone else’s freedom that they died for, it just would not be right to do that to someone. Especially when they have done something for us that is so great. It would not be fun to earn our freedom again but it would truly be worth it.