To the human eye Persepolis can seem to be only a graphic novel of black and white comic strips with little literary value but it is much more. A graphic novel written from the perspective of a young girl in Iran‚ Persepolis offers a large amount of valuable information on the Islamic Revolution. The Ithacan Newspaper claims that Persepolis is only a little more then an advanced comic book‚ but it offers way more then a comic book. Persepolis gives students an insight to the turmoil in Iran during
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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
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In the book: Persepolis Marji and others are surrounded by oppression set upon them and they have to live their lives under the control of the Regime‚ The Shah‚ and being in the mix of a war between Iran and Iraq. Persepolis reflects on what happened during the Iranian Revolution‚ the way of life for people in Iran‚ and how the conflictual and corrupt state of Iran effected & changed the lives of many. Marji shows and tells us throughout the book her experiences she faces in being surrounded by oppression
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“To become self-aware‚ people must be allowed to hear a plurality of opinions and then make up their own minds. They must be allowed to say‚ write and publish whatever they want. Freedom of expression is the most basic‚ but fundamental‚ right. Without it‚ human beings are reduced to automatons” (Ma Jian). The Islamic Revolution in Iran has affected the country for decades making it a completely different place to live. Before western items and style were encouraged‚ now they are forbidden. The stark
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Only Ten - Alan Baille SUMMARY The short story has a main idea about acceptance and fitting in. The main character‚ Hussein‚ is referred to as ‘The Shah’. You can infer that he was a boy soldier at age only ten‚ which gave the text its title. The Shah has to learn how to adjust to a newer lifestyle and learn to live among people and get accustomed to a different way of life. He is amazed simply by a mandarin tree‚ which shows he is adjusting to things he wasn’t previously exposed to. He works
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important literary works in Persian language. The original Persian text of The Blind Owl‚ marked "not for sale in Iran‚" appeared as a mimeographed publication in India in 1937. It was assumed at the time that Hedayat feared the repressive rule of Reza Shah; he feared especially that with the publication of this work he might have violated the established norms. He was aware that the propagation of a message that focused on the strangulation of the Iranian people‚ on the denial of individual human
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In 1978‚ Nur Mohammad Taraki was chosen to head the government that had been disposed of by the army. In his period‚ he instituted several reforms that had many observers indicating that the country had achieved more in a short period than it had achieved many years prior. In 1979‚ there was another coup that was intended to dispose Taraki from the government‚ and it had him killed . Consequently‚ the new leader invited the Soviet Union to help him control the pressure that was provided by Taraki’s
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achievable aims and continuous and effective project management. It is believed that such targets and sustained growth were easier during the reign of the Shah‚ the last king of the Persian monarchy. But‚ the uprising of 1979 and the downfall of the Pahlavi dynasty brought remarkable changes to the country. The revolution did not spare the tourism industry. Like many others‚ tourism declined to a comatose state during the 1970’s‚ whilst the Islamic rule replaced the westernized atmosphere. Hostage
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THE IRANIAN REVOLUTION AND ITS IMPACT ON WOMEN Revolutions have always had an effect on women and their role in society. Some revolutions gave women more opportunities while others restricted them to domestic servants. The Iranian Revolution is a prime example of both ends of the spectrum. Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Moosavi Khomein was an Iranian religious leader and politician and leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution that led the overthrow of the Shah of Iran. Khomein and his fundamentalist
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In 1979‚ there was a revolution in Iran‚ resulting in the downfall of Shah Pahlavi’s regime. Before this‚ there was enough widespread dissension for Ayatollah Khomeini‚ a religious leader who wanted to overthrow the Shah‚ to rally the people of Iran and start a revolution. This mass unrest was caused by a multitude of societal‚ economic‚ and religious problems within Iran. Many people were not satisfied with the Shah’s rule and policies‚ and in part blamed him for their adversities. Ultimately‚ the
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