Jatinder JauraENGL 10033001Dr Audrey HillJuly 28
Jatinder Jaura
ENGL- 1003(3)-001
Dr Audrey Hill
July 28, 2014
The Complete Persepolis: Toggling Between Identities The cultural context in the storyline of the autobiographical masterpiece, The Complete Persepolis, is highly important for one to get an awareness of the settings in which the protagonist, Marjane ‘Marji’ Satrapi lives during this middle-eastern conflict of the 1979 Iranian revolution. The Complete Persepolis shows the major influences that the Shah’s government had on Iranians from September 16th, 1941 until February 11th, 1979, by way of religious restrictions on women. Marjane’s feminism leads to in-between identities of east/west, black/white, male/female, equality/inequality and freedom/restrictions. The pressure of fitting in, combined with oppression, ultimately leads to changing her values, her lifestyle, and her home country; Marjane’s story suggests how setting and culture help in finding a place in the world.
The way the Author, Marjane blends the novel so perfectly between the combination of text and image is a true phenomenon and the way she makes it into her autobiographical childhood story makes it even more real for the audience, creating a beautifully executed masterpiece. It sparks the key contrasts she emphasizes between black and white within the images, to create the image with a greater power, where she reminds the reader of the presence of white representing purity and black referring to cruelty at the same time. In the record of feminism, there have been many different forms and stages in this text. In the opening of the Persepolis, Marjane would represent the role of this first wave by wanting to express the role of a prophet. In the Muslim religion, the role of the prophet is mainly a male role. The prophets of her religion held a high role in their lives. Each one was looked up to, and their words were accepted, and their advice often respected. The role of a prophet was almost the opposite of
ENGL- 1003(3)-001
Dr Audrey Hill
July 28, 2014
The Complete Persepolis: Toggling Between Identities The cultural context in the storyline of the autobiographical masterpiece, The Complete Persepolis, is highly important for one to get an awareness of the settings in which the protagonist, Marjane ‘Marji’ Satrapi lives during this middle-eastern conflict of the 1979 Iranian revolution. The Complete Persepolis shows the major influences that the Shah’s government had on Iranians from September 16th, 1941 until February 11th, 1979, by way of religious restrictions on women. Marjane’s feminism leads to in-between identities of east/west, black/white, male/female, equality/inequality and freedom/restrictions. The pressure of fitting in, combined with oppression, ultimately leads to changing her values, her lifestyle, and her home country; Marjane’s story suggests how setting and culture help in finding a place in the world.
The way the Author, Marjane blends the novel so perfectly between the combination of text and image is a true phenomenon and the way she makes it into her autobiographical childhood story makes it even more real for the audience, creating a beautifully executed masterpiece. It sparks the key contrasts she emphasizes between black and white within the images, to create the image with a greater power, where she reminds the reader of the presence of white representing purity and black referring to cruelty at the same time. In the record of feminism, there have been many different forms and stages in this text. In the opening of the Persepolis, Marjane would represent the role of this first wave by wanting to express the role of a prophet. In the Muslim religion, the role of the prophet is mainly a male role. The prophets of her religion held a high role in their lives. Each one was looked up to, and their words were accepted, and their advice often respected. The role of a prophet was almost the opposite of