1. It is unfortunate that when I hear Iran or Iraq my mind instantly thinks of violence. It seems that most of the news that I hear regarding the Middle East leads me to this. Persepolis provided a different view on Iran. I think that Marjane Satrapi showed that Iran was not just about war and terrorism. She gave a look inside the country‚ a look at its people. In my opinion her family did not seem so much different than an American family. They were real people struggling with the government and
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Affairs 60.2 (2007): Academic OneFile. Web. 16 Nov. 2012. "Modernity‚ sexuality‚ and ideology in Iran; the life and legacy of popular Iranian female artists." Reference & Research Book News‚ Dec. 2011. Academic OneFile. Web. 9 Nov. 2012. Satrapi‚ Marjane. Persepolis. New York: Pantheon‚ 2003. Print. Wright‚ Robin B..The last great revolution: turmoil and transformation in Iran. New York: A.A. Knopf‚ 2000. Print.
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religion itself‚ which in turn explains why those who openly opposed the movement were physically harmed by the advocates of the Islamic Revolution. My understanding of the impact of the Islamic Revolution in Iran is that it caused people like Marjane Satrapi’s child character in Persepolis to develop an attitude that tries to resist the forces of the movement. At least in terms of forming a household behavior deviating from the principles put forward by the movement‚ the child is able to question
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thesis instead of the one I chose to do. I was mainly writing about what figurative language and literary elements did Satrapi implement in her book and why or why did Satrapi chose to write a comic book style in black and white. That is another thing that I modified and took some parts out‚ and kept some figurative language and literary elements that actually related to how Satrapi portrayed
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Persepolis: The Story of How Marjane Satrapi Remains an Individual In the early 1950s when Britain discovered Iran’s amazing oil‚ the shah‚ a western controlled puppet was put into power to control and nationalize this resource. During the late 1970s the citizens of Iran started to revolt. Marjane Satrapi‚ a young girl growing up in the daunting oppression of the Shah’s rule and then the perilious danger of the Iranian revolution remains an individual by learning from her parents‚ keeping a very
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In Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi‚ Marjane experiences revolution at a young age and learns to express nationalism as she explores her religion and what it actually means to her. From a young age Marjane sought to be a prophet and conversated with God most every night‚ always staying close to her religion. This shows a clear representation of Islamic Religion in Persepolis. At least Marjane’s view on it. All throughout the book she bases thoughts and action off her religion always keeping it close
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rights of woman after Iranian Revolution in society can be easily seen in the movie. Firstly‚ woman does not have right to wear what she wants. Additionally‚ she has to wear headscarf all the time. As an example‚ at the one scene of the movie Marjane Satrapi‚ main character‚ and her mother were leaving the supermarket. Then a man come to mother and warned her about her headscarf in a very rude way. This shows that everybody has the right to say something about woman’s clothes even they do not know
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childish curiosity wants to know more about why everyone is treated differently because of their wealth and status in the community but she also wants to understand the topic‚ and why it matters so much to everyone associated with the government . Satrapi and her father were having an important discussion one night and her father mentions that her grandfather was a prince‚ In this moment was when marjane’s dad told her that the shah took every one of her grandpas belongings‚ and shortly after marjane’s
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Hadassah Viana English 10 Miss Febo 12/9/13 Marji is persistent‚ intelligent and not afraid to let people know what she believes in no matter how people will disagree with her or what the consequences will be. In the graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi‚ Marji is persistent because she firmly believes in communism in spite of the consequences or opposition. She really wanted to go to the demonstration with Mehri‚ but her mother warns her not to go because it’s very dangerous. On the very day
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westernized monarch‚ called the Shah‚ is overthrown in favor of an Islamic Republic‚ the new government becomes increasingly religious and oppressive and makes it obligatory for women and girls to wear a veil that covers most of their faces. The girls at Marjanes school‚ including her friends‚ do not like the veil‚ particularly because they do not understand why they must wear it. The veil is one example that the writer uses to symbolize how restrictive and conservative the government was in Iran. The
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