Persepolis is a historical book yet an entertaining story of a girl during a frightening time in an important era in her country. Author, Marjane Satrapi writes about her experience in Iran as a child. She includes humor as well as sentimentality in this book to express her view on how times were. As a reader of this book it helped me understand the dark times that the Iranian people faced. With this book being a memoir it further helped understand the Islamic Revolution and the actions taken by the people of Islam in their efforts to stay safe during the war with Iraq. Marjane Strapi brought her experience to life as she wrote this book.…
Considering that Target is one of the largest retailer organization, there are steps that must be taken in order to continue their effective method of operating the organization. First Target will need to assess their market by analyzing their internal and external state of the business and how it affects the organization in general. Target will need to review and understand who are their customers, what strengths and weaknesses each competitor may have, and the issues, which are occurring within the world that may affect the business overall. The company will also have to…
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood is about a young girl, Marjane Satrapi growing up during the Islamic Revolution. The revolution started in 1979 which meant that it brought many person vs. society conflicts for Marjane. Marjane didn’t understand why all these changes were being made. This caused person vs. self-conflicts. The author developed the central idea, the changes during the revolution by using the conflicts Marjane faced.…
What if an entire nation revolted against its government, only to be faced with a new government that is even worse than the one overthrown? This is exactly what happened in Persepolis: The Story Of A Childhood by Marjane Satrapi. Persepolis: the Story of a Childhood is a story of a young girl’s life in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. After many organized and fatal protests The Shah is finally overthrown and a new Islamic Regime takes control and just like that the peoples’ lives were turned upside down. Unfortunately, everyone who supported the revolution was now a sworn enemy of the Regime. The people now came to realize the Islamic Regime is a new form of totalitarianism and is no better than the monarchy that came before their rule.…
The book Persepolis expresses a theme that not only occurs throughout this book, but also in life. I believe that death is the key to reality. Two events that happened in my life when I was very young can back up my theme. From my uncle being executed, to my friend who lived right next door to me, these events have helped me open my eyes to see what was really going on around me.…
Customs and Traditions,Religion, and Social Organizations impact the protagonist of Persepolis. Culture of Iran overall impacts the protagonist, but these are the main factors.…
“If you educate a man you educate an individual, however, if you educate a woman you educate a whole family,” was a proverb made popular by Dr. James Aggrey, a renowned Ghanaian philosopher. This proverb was a pioneer in a time when the education of women was unheard of as men dominated opportunities given by education. Most People underestimate women, and do not expect them to achieve what men are perceived to do naturally. For example, in Athol Fugards’ My Children! My Africa!, Thami states that “Women cannot do the same jobs as men because they’re not the equals of us” (3). This is not true, yet women must work harder to become educated to be held and be regarded at the same standards as men. To become equals to men, education formulates…
In the novel, Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi, there are many different themes that you could look at and decide to analyze. I decided to look at four different themes that are brought up throughout the novel. In the novel there is a lot of talk about the contrasting regions of Iran and everywhere else in the world, politics and religion, and warfare.…
I read Persepolis, and I definitely think it should be approved for Liz Cameron’s class.…
The novels In the Time of the Butterflies and Persepolis are similar in that, authors Alvarez and Satrapi focus their novels around strong, female characters who are living in an oppressive regime. The main characters in both of these novels all possess unique personalities that motivated them to rebel and take action against the regime's rules and standards. In order to develop these female characters, Alvarez and Satrapi depict the characters moments of weakness and doubt or the loss of religion or innocence. By emphasizing on these moments, Alvarez and Satrapi were able to create strong, dynamic female characters that thrived from their weaknesses.…
In the graphic novel Persepolis (200) by Marjane Satrapi, Marjane finds herself trapped in a war while living in Iran. Sometime during the war, Marji finds out that her Uncle Anoosh was in prison, but now he is staying with Marji and her family. As time went on, Anoosh was arrested again which devastated Marji. In the panel on page 71 of the novel, Satrapi draws herself floating in space after she realizes Anoosh has left her. When times seem complicated, confusion requires loneliness because together they lead to understanding.…
Christopher's autism causes him problems with other people. He cannot read their expressions; only two expressions which are being sad or happy. Because of this, he likes dogs a lot more. Christopher believes that dogs are loyal and cannot lie because they cannot talk. When he finds Wellington, the neighbor's dog, dead in a backyard with a pitchfork, Christopher is determined to find out who did it and why they did. This demonstrates Christopher's innocence because he goes on a quest by himself to figure out the murder of the dog, Wellington out of the goodness of his heart. More into the novel, or "murder mystery novel", as he calls it, Christopher sets out to interact and question people on the murder. This furthermore proves that Christopher is trying to only do good for the sake of Wellington, despite disliking interacting with people who isn't his father or close…
Satrapi’s graphic memoir, Persepolis focuses hugely on the loss of innocence of Marjane, which she illustrates by using several techniques such as the sizes of figures and the contrast of shades, as well as the of details, or lack thereof she includes in her drawings.…
Although violence is intended to harm someone, there can be positive effects in certain situations. In Marjane Satrapi’s personal memoir, Persepolis, it is shown that Marji is exposed to a large amount of violence in her life, and in turn, it has affected her in many ways. The negative effect on her life include the emotional scarring that entails deaths from violence and also her increased violent tendencies. A positive effect of violence on Marji's adolescence is that she becomes more mature and is able to stand up for herself. Marji’s exposure to the difficult times around her define who she is as an individual, how she behaves, and how she matures.…
Irish Americans are a very interesting kind of people. Like with any other culture, they posses their own sets of beliefs, values, attitudes, behaviors, and practices. It is the combination of these things that makes up their beautiful culture.…