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. The graphic narrative Persepolis uses black and white comics to tell the story of Marjane’s life. The drawings in the pictures
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In the Iran-Contra affair‚ the exchange of hostages for arm significantly changed many citizens views of the U.S. officials. The political scandal demonstrated what the government could do without suffering the consequences the encounter between the U.S‚ Iran‚ and Nicaragua led to the exploration of new relationships in the exchange of hostages for arms. The Iran-Contra Affairs in the 1980s emanated from the Reagan Administration’s foreign policies. The Administration believed that changes to Nicaragua
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Women in Islamic nations have the right to obtain an education‚ but only in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Iranian women have the opportunity to get an education‚ but it is not strongly enforced. Though they must usually gain their education through an all girls’ school‚ this is an advantage that the women are given. In the past many women were not allowed to attain an education. Next‚ under the Iranian Constitution it is the duty of the clergymen to construe laws dealing with women. Only religious males
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cultures. When she interacts with her friends they talk about romance and the opposite sex‚ dreaming of their price coming to save them. This is not something that is exclusive to young Iranian girls‚ but to all young girls. This similarity pulls the reader’s attention away from the fact that Marjane Satrapi is Iranian and builds a focus simply on that fact that she is a person with the same emotions and feelings as the reader. Satrapi also establishes the persona of her childhood through her personal
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opinions of Iran as a country. Through the help of the media‚ people of our culture stereotype the Iranians based on an ethnocentric viewpoint without developing a clear sense of understanding or the reasons behind their beliefs. In the graphic novel Persepolis‚ the author Marjane Satrapi‚ provides a viewpoint of the Iranian society far different from the widely perceived stereotypes. She depicts the Iranian people as much more than fundamentalists‚ fanatics‚ and terrorists by incorporating a humane atmosphere
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eventually Lenin took over and formed the government. From this example‚ we can see that poverty indeed as the ability to spur people on to rebel so as to achieve a normal life and do not have to fear of starvation. The other famous revolution is the Iranian Revolution and it has been called "the third great revolution in history‚" following the French and Bolshevik revolutions. It is a revolution that transformed Iran from a monarchy under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi‚ to an Islamic
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export) rose‚ the Shah attempted to modernize Iran. This "pushed aside" the merchant class and forced poorer peasants to become migrant workers in towns. The coming of the revolution The Shah spent $100‚000 million on a celebration for the Iranian monarchy and many Iranians found this disrespectful. The incomes of civil servants were fixed‚ and inflation lowered their standard of living. An article says‚ “The 1988 decision to accept a cease-fire [to end the Iran-Iraq War] also reflected recognition
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DIVORCE IRANIAN STYLE Gilbert Ndahayo PhD French/Francophone Studies Northwestern University Evanston‚ Illinois‚ USA Gilbert Ndahayo PhD Candidate Department of French and Italian Northwestern University Phone: +1-917-275-4648 Email: gilbertndahayo2020@u.northwestern.edu www.imdb.com/name/nm3107554 http://www.frenchanditalian.northwestern.edu/people/graduate-students/gilbert- ndahayo.html The documentary film “Divorce Iranian Style”‚ implicitly indicts viewers into Iran during the period of Islamic
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purpose is to show French people what it is like to live in Iran at that particular time in a comic form. She described her experience through little Marjane(Marji)’s eyes in order to develop empathy with her audiences. Satrapi successfully presents Iranian people’s life at that time though comic form. Comics are art forms that
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framing‚ camera angles‚ and music are two elements of film that can evoke strong emotional responses called textual features of film. Many of these features are prevalent in the film Not Without My Daughter. This film is set in the 1980’s during the Iranian Revolution. The Mahmoody family consists of husband and wife‚ Moody and Betty‚ and their daughter‚ Mahtob‚ who decide to visit Iran. In Iran‚ Moody decides to keep his family but Betty does not want to stay. Betty tries to escape multiple times but
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