Persepolis and Feminism

Persepolis and Feminism In the graphic novel Persepolis, there are several instances where readers can see highlights of feminism stemming from the female characters. I found it very interesting that characters such as Marjane Satrapi, her mother and grandmother exhibited many signs of independency and feminism. They are living in Iran during a time where individualism was persecuted along with religion and government views. People were executed and sent to jail for showing any sign of indifference. These women took great risks to be themselves. Marjane and her family indulged in many of the things that were band in Iran during the Iranian Revolution, such as board games, music, partying, and wine. Also in their physical appearance, they showed there disagreement with the regimes new policy when they revealed strands of their hair through their veil.
In Persepolis, we see Marjane's struggle for independence within a religiously oppressive government and country. Through the text, we can't avoid the countless examples Marjane sights in which women are marginalized and oppressed. One example is from the character's college years where she went to art school and had to draw a woman who posed as a model for their class in traditional Iranian clothes, head to foot. There was absolutely no way to make out her form or to even imagine what was underneath the drapes. Marji and some of her friends got together after school and posed for each other, minus the drapery, and handed in those drawings, which got high marks and later worked as an example of how creativity was not stifled through religious oppression. Clothing and the veil were major topics throughout the book. By law, women had to wear clothes that covered their entire body and it had to hang loose so that the shape of their body was not seen. One example of Marji finding this law more than annoying was when she was running late for a doctor's appointment and had to sprint to catch the bus. In general she had