Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi is a thoughtful examination of the Iranian government’s corrupt regime against its own people. During the late 1970s‚ Iran experienced cultural upheaval as the citizens fought to remove the amoral Shah from power (Tedla and Dolan). Since the Shah’s removal‚ Iran has been subject to violence‚ terrorism‚ and extreme ideology. The context with which Persepolis was written helps give readers perspective and insight as to the reasoning that motivates
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At one of the lower social standing in Middle Eastern culture‚ the Iranian government uses many methods to keep women from climbing up the proverbial social ‘ladder’. The degradation of women through the entirety of Persepolis is seen when the author highlights how the rights of women are slowly taken away and the obvious superfluous reasoning behind it. Early on in the novel‚ it is decreed that all women must wear veils in order to‚ “protect women from all the potential rapists” (Satrapi 74). The
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“Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everyone I’ve ever known.” (Palahniuk) In Persepolis‚ Marjane Satrapi’s identity is formed by her childhood in Iran and solidified by her path to maturity through Austria and a return to Iran that are intertwined with her country’s tumultuous narrative. The forces that drive Satrapi to become a graphic novel author living in France are‚ most prominently‚ her relatives actions and stories‚ her experiences in Vienna as a teenager‚ and the geopolitical
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wire between survival and disaster‚ and not many people can keep their balance on it.” In the movie Argo (2012)‚ there is a major problem between Iran and America. In 1979‚ the American embassy in Tehran was attacked by Iranians and they captured several Americans were taken hostage. However‚ six managed to escape to the Canadian Ambassador’s home and the CIA was to come up with a plan to retrieve the Americans out of the country. So they put Tony Mendez‚ a CIA specialist‚ in charge of the rescue.
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Veil that Iranian women were forced to wear the veil at all times‚ when many did not support the idea. This intriguing text has been brought to my attention because I thought I strongly anti supported any types of stereotypes against Islamic and Arab culture. However not knowing that I was a victim of stereotyping my whole life where I have been fed with ideas from the news‚ media‚ and people about different types of cultures without even knowing it. As I personally believed that Iranian women were
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with her grandmother. Time and again‚ she goes to her for advice and consolation till the end of the novel. During the convocation when she was studying Graphic Arts‚ Marjanes questions the fundamentalists of their stern choice of clothes for the Iranian women. She criticizes the impositions on the woman students that make no sense by the mullahs1 in the novel. In the beginning of the novel‚ there is a panel that shows the prophets in shock with disgust and aversion when they see Marjane as the
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modern day Iran. Foremost‚ in the year of 1891‚ the Nasir al-Din Shah signed an agreement with the British giving them privilege over the profitable Iranian tobacco industry. Following the agreement‚ a protest began‚ led by the muslim clergy‚ or ulama‚ and other Iranians who believed that whatever was Iranian belonged to Iran‚ not foreign nations. All Iranians came together and decided to boycott against the agreement by organizing demonstrations
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follow where the waters went to recover it and the scene when Ali was at the sprint race about to win when another boy bumped him off the course. More than that‚ the film also brings the audience to capture the daily lifestyle and culture of the Iranian people (as this film was set in that country). Having a background of the characters helps me understand their values and way of thinking. Therefore‚ I could comprehend the film in an easier way since it has this characteristic. Capturing the realistic
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Generation. In this short essay I would like to address how the third generation (referred to as TTG in the text) is affected by and how it has affected the Iranian society and its culture. As a result of the revolution in Iran‚ the Iranian population had to follow strict directions in the way of living‚ culture and interaction with other people in the society. Khosravi writes that the youth today lives in a society with dual norms and values or in between-ness‚ between the old and the modern
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Contra Affair took place during President Ronald Reagan’s second term of administration. In addition‚ the Iran Contra Affair besides the US‚ involved two other countries: Iran and Nicaragua. (Infoplease.com). Over in Iran‚ there were "seven American hostages being held in Lebanon"(Wikipedia.com). Meanwhile‚ there was also a war going on between Iraq and Iran in 1985. How it came to be that the US would start making sales to Iran would first commence when Iran privately adjured to buy weaponry from the
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