Analysis Of 'Maus' By Art Synthesis: Unity In Diversity
PERSEPOLIS: Unity in Diversity
Submitted by:
Akoijam Malemnganbi
13HEMA50
‘If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that.’
-an excerpt from The Merchant of Venice
Introduction
Inspired by Art Speigelman’s ‘Maus’ and his use of the medium of graphics combined with words in narrating a pensive horror story of the holocaust in WW2,
Marjane writes about her own life story when she was growing up in Iran before, during and after The Islamic Revolution in her book Persepolis 1: The story of a childhood. In her second book Persepolis 2: The story of a return she continues …show more content…
She cannot associate herself with their act of resistance against the fundamentalist by ‘making themselves up and wanting to follow the western ways’. Marjane’s trend of mind is no longer aligned with her friends.
However, after her recovery Marjane starts questioning the fundamentalists’ rules and restrictions that are loosely based on human moral ethics. Her grandmother plays a pivotal role in Marjane’s life in formation of her moral decisions. She teaches Marjane to never lose dignity and integrity which rebuilds and enhances Marjane’s conviction and confidence. Her self-esteemed is restored mostly through her interactions with her grandmother. Time and again, she goes to her for advice and consolation till the end of the novel. During the convocation when she was studying Graphic Arts, Marjanes questions the fundamentalists of their stern choice of clothes for the Iranian women. She criticizes the impositions on the woman students that make no sense by the mullahs1 in the novel. In the beginning of the novel, there is a panel that shows the prophets in shock with disgust and aversion when they see Marjane as the last prophet. Thus, she scrutinizes the situations in and outside Iran that deprive the basic human
Submitted by:
Akoijam Malemnganbi
13HEMA50
‘If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that.’
-an excerpt from The Merchant of Venice
Introduction
Inspired by Art Speigelman’s ‘Maus’ and his use of the medium of graphics combined with words in narrating a pensive horror story of the holocaust in WW2,
Marjane writes about her own life story when she was growing up in Iran before, during and after The Islamic Revolution in her book Persepolis 1: The story of a childhood. In her second book Persepolis 2: The story of a return she continues …show more content…
She cannot associate herself with their act of resistance against the fundamentalist by ‘making themselves up and wanting to follow the western ways’. Marjane’s trend of mind is no longer aligned with her friends.
However, after her recovery Marjane starts questioning the fundamentalists’ rules and restrictions that are loosely based on human moral ethics. Her grandmother plays a pivotal role in Marjane’s life in formation of her moral decisions. She teaches Marjane to never lose dignity and integrity which rebuilds and enhances Marjane’s conviction and confidence. Her self-esteemed is restored mostly through her interactions with her grandmother. Time and again, she goes to her for advice and consolation till the end of the novel. During the convocation when she was studying Graphic Arts, Marjanes questions the fundamentalists of their stern choice of clothes for the Iranian women. She criticizes the impositions on the woman students that make no sense by the mullahs1 in the novel. In the beginning of the novel, there is a panel that shows the prophets in shock with disgust and aversion when they see Marjane as the last prophet. Thus, she scrutinizes the situations in and outside Iran that deprive the basic human