Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis: Normality In Our Society
Tanin Pattaphongse
English 113B
Professor Mandy Macklin.
March 2014
Normality in our Society
We all are born into this world unique; we live differently, because we experience different things in our life. The environment and space around us affects and shape us since we were young. This means that the spaces that exist externally from us are affecting and shaping us up in a certain way. We often refer it to the background of the person what they have been through in their life. The author of Persepolis” Marjane Satrapi was born during the Islamic revolution, where things were in an extreme condition compared to condition of our modern society. The environment was unpleasant. Violent acts, torturing, deaths, and forceful actions surrounded her. Later Marjane Satrapi’s establish her book “Persepolis”. The book is a narrative of her life from six years of age until fourteen years of age. She provides the …show more content…
People were revolting against him because they the shah uses his power in a wrong way, and this type of tragedy can be seen over and over again. It constantly reoccurs in our society throughout history. We are human creature and I believe that our nature is to have control over things. The Shah had control over army, military equipment, and media, which are very influential to most of us. He Technologies are developing so fast, communications are easier, but what good would it make, if there were always someone controlling us. Although North Korea has Internet, phone, computer, and e-mail, they were all censored and filtered. So what seems to be norm doesn’t mean it is a norm. No matter where we are, we will be influence by the dominant ideology of certain group culture, tradition, religion, and it requires a critical thinking and looking at things carefully to judge it. Like the famous saying; the fish never knew there is water, until it got out of
English 113B
Professor Mandy Macklin.
March 2014
Normality in our Society
We all are born into this world unique; we live differently, because we experience different things in our life. The environment and space around us affects and shape us since we were young. This means that the spaces that exist externally from us are affecting and shaping us up in a certain way. We often refer it to the background of the person what they have been through in their life. The author of Persepolis” Marjane Satrapi was born during the Islamic revolution, where things were in an extreme condition compared to condition of our modern society. The environment was unpleasant. Violent acts, torturing, deaths, and forceful actions surrounded her. Later Marjane Satrapi’s establish her book “Persepolis”. The book is a narrative of her life from six years of age until fourteen years of age. She provides the …show more content…
People were revolting against him because they the shah uses his power in a wrong way, and this type of tragedy can be seen over and over again. It constantly reoccurs in our society throughout history. We are human creature and I believe that our nature is to have control over things. The Shah had control over army, military equipment, and media, which are very influential to most of us. He Technologies are developing so fast, communications are easier, but what good would it make, if there were always someone controlling us. Although North Korea has Internet, phone, computer, and e-mail, they were all censored and filtered. So what seems to be norm doesn’t mean it is a norm. No matter where we are, we will be influence by the dominant ideology of certain group culture, tradition, religion, and it requires a critical thinking and looking at things carefully to judge it. Like the famous saying; the fish never knew there is water, until it got out of