Social Class Differences in Persepolis In‚ “The Complete Persepolis‚” by Marjane Satrapi‚ class struggle is a vital issue all throughout the novel. At an early stage in the book‚ we interpret that Marjane comes from a fairly wealthy family as her dad drives a Cadillac‚ as well as that they have a maid. It seems like as though this confuses Marjane as her family advocates freedom and equality. The idea of social class differences is more clearly presented in the chapter “The Letter‚” when her maid
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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 within her family
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Fiction? A mix of High art and popular culture: Marjane Satrapi’s ’’Persepolis’’ is the latest and one of the most palatable examples of a postmodern genre‚ an autobiographical novel in form of a comic-book which tells the history of Iran from Marjane’s point of view. Persepolis is a postmodern graphic novel that blurs the boundaries between popular culture and high art by mixing political history and autobiography in a comic-book version. Marjane uses the medium of a graphic novel to share her own
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Persepolis & Not Without My Daughter The Iranian revolution of 1979 refers to the overthrowing of the last king of Iran. It was an Islamic revolution which attempted to replace Mohammed Reza Shah‚ with an Islamic republic under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini‚ the leader of the revolution. Strong opposition against the Shah showed that the people wanted a religious ruler rather than someone they saw as an American puppet. Many Iranian people would think that the Shah was a ‘capitalist pig’ who
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In the graphic memoir‚ Persepolis‚ written by Marjane Satrapi‚ the new regime takes power during the Islamic Revolution and creates new restrictions in women’s lives. Women in Iran‚ including Marjane Satrapi and her mother‚ are stripped of their freedom by being forced to conform to a restrictive dress code. The dress code was enacted because women were seen as very sexual human beings in the eyes of men. The government found that men finding women sexual was a disruption to society‚ so therefore
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Persepolis: Toggling Between Identities The cultural context in the storyline of the autobiographical masterpiece‚ The Complete Persepolis‚ is highly important for one to get an awareness of the settings in which the protagonist‚ Marjane ‘Marji’ Satrapi lives during this middle-eastern conflict of the 1979 Iranian revolution. The Complete Persepolis shows the major influences that the Shah’s government had on Iranians from September 16th‚ 1941 until February 11th‚ 1979‚ by way of religious
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rising every time we fall.” By this he meant that to achieve glory you must bounce back and overcome‚ or be resilient‚ when faced with adversity. This same theme of resilience is shown in the graphic novel Persepolis and the tragedy Antigone. In Marjane Satrapis’ Persepolis and Sophocles’ Antigone both protagonists are faced with insurmountable obstacles but various factors allow one to give up and the other to be resilient. In both stories‚ the protagonists face issues: they are not able to do things
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many different critical approaches to studying literature. With reference of both texts you have studied‚ show what you believe the value to be in using a particular critical approach. ‘Things Fall Apart’ by Chinua Achebe and ‘Persepolis’ by Marjane Satrapi follow a postcolonial critical approach. Both books take place in a country considered politically inferior through western perspective and both texts‚ even though reinforce colonialists’ oppressive ideology‚ don’t stand completely against the
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Sophisticated and interesting vocabulary‚ descriptive anecdotes. Shorter paragraphs‚ varied sentences. Mostly third person‚ but some 1st. Emotive language and imagery. Refer to Marjane’s experience in Iran‚ Discuss Islamic revolution in Iran‚ interview Marjane; compare to other situations where women have been oppressed; Malala; Compare to personal freedoms of Australian women. Feature Article about the role of protest in conflicts. To consider how and why conflict is changed by protest and resistance
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Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi is a graphic novel about the islamic revolution in 1979. The book was wrote by Marjane as well as illustrated which makes the images connect and show what she thought better than if someone else did it. Every image in the book was carefully thought out in order to help the reader get the most out of them. One image in particular that has lots of imagery is the image of 3 men sitting around a campfire on the bottom row of page 19. The image of the men sitting around
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