Marjane Satrapi’s graphic novel, Persepolis, is an autobiography about her life during the Iranian Revolution and war. The film version of Persepolis is quite similar, however, the intention of the film is slightly different than the book. The book has many detailed panels that tell more of a dramatic story of Marjane’s life, while the film is less dramatic and detailed.…
In the book Persepolis, there are two major phases that happens in the Iranian Revolution. In the first phase, the Shah is overthrown and after the Shah is gone, a radical theory is established. In Persepolis, the main point or the outline story reflects on how the law in forcing them to change their way of living in this story. In this book, there were many ways of living during the revolution.…
Persepolis is a story of childhood through Marjane Satrapi’s childhood in Iran. Much of the graphic novel focusses on the author’s family during the Iran-Iraq War. The story is a personal memoir of Satrapi’s own life, which also leads into a larger event in history. Satrapi is the protagonist throughout the entire graphic novel. The character of Marji’s growth is shaped by her personal history and her community and demonstrates the theme of the inescapability of culture and family in determining one’s identity.With this also comes people in her life that have great impacts.…
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.…
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.…
One of my favorite parts of this book is it is written in a comic strip format with extraordinary images that convey a great amount of emotion and depth. On page 144 in Marjane’s memoir she argues, “You say that we don’t have political prisoners anymore. But we’ve gone from 3,000 prisoners under the Shah to 300,000 under your Regime.” When she stands up to her teacher and portrays her point of view with facts she risks her life due to the fascist government. In other words, it shows the reader that the people of Iran fought for a better life, to only receive a life that contained limits and fear. In essence, when the Regime took over more people were arrested, more people were murdered and more people lived in fear. Personally, at the beginning of reading this book I was unsure if I would enjoy the read because I’ve never really had interest in the topic. However, Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood really surprised me, Marjane Satrapi’s incredible story really kept me engaged while learning about the Islamic Revolution and the Regimes rule. This is one reason I would rate the book with 2 stars. Additionally, I would highly recommend reading this memoir because it allowed me to understand and grasp its contents with visuals. You can purchase Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood for only $13.95. Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood was published by Pantheon Books in June 2004 with a total of 153 pages. If needed the ISBN number is…
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The story of a girl who experienced many life challenges like death of loved ones and war can have a huge impact on people of all ages and races. Persepolis is worthy of being sold all over because the powerful message that gets sent across is that sadly the only thing that can catch our attention about what's going on around the world and around our communities is death. When we hear of someone dying because of a certain situation we being to realize that such situations are really happening and they cannot be ignored and Persepolis shows a very good example of why death is the key to reality because death is a scary thing to think about and its a way of getting a message…
How many people today have lost something they valued? Loss is an occurrence that we will all experience at a certain stage of our lifetime, as it is inevitable. It tends to cause sorrow and depression rather than happiness. Once experienced, one must conquer this loss and advance in life. Whether it’s a loss of great or little magnitude, moving on depends on how the particular individual handles the situation. We are all diverse and react through different mediums. In the story The Secret Lion, the author, Alberto Alvaro Rios uses symbolism to show how the twelve- year old boy- the protagonist and his friend Sergio learn how to accept loss.…
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.…
the dominant tones used is rebellious. Many parts of the story comes off with a sense of…
In Marjane Satrapi’s book Persepolis the author writes how even though Iran deals with countless years of warfare, the submission to radical Islam, and the problem of education. Not all Iranians support the portrayal of their country by the western world. In fact this story gives the honest truth about the history of modern Iran.…
Children are known for their imagination and their ability to see things the way adults cannot see. For them, the floor is more than a surface where one can walk, it is a world of danger, full of lava. Marjane Satrapi has an imagination that plays a big part on her first book of the series, Persepolis. Its comic style creates base for Satrapi’s switches between reality and her imagination. We learn that Marjane does not fully understand what is happening in her country, therefore she constantly has to rely on the adults to teach her what is happening and why there is a war going on. Since it is shown through her eyes as a six-year-old to fourteen-year-old, we see things as if we were in her shoes. Her transition from using her imagination to…