In Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis‚ the reader follows the story of Satrapi’s younger self growing up during the Islamic Revolution in Tehran‚ Iran. Starting too early in life‚ Marjane was forced to mature much too quickly. Not only that‚ even before her teenage years‚ she lost her childhood innocence as she watched the war around her. Satrapi portrays her younger self as brave‚ smart‚ and most importantly‚ mature. In Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi‚ the theme of political hardship causing children to
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debate that has been going on for years is over just a simple question: What affects people more‚ nature or nurture? In Persepolis‚ by Marjane Satrapi‚ the main character is Marjane‚ who goes by the nickname Marji. She is a young girl growing up in Iran during a time of war. Marji is affected by both nature and nurture‚ but she is more heavily affected by nurture. In Persepolis‚ Marji is affected more by nurture than by nature. When Marji is sent to Austria as a young girl to escape war‚ she has
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of war is a continuous aspect of life in Iran‚ as it has been for “2500 years” (Satrapi 11). The Iranian people have suffered tremendously‚ and this immense anguish is both articulated‚ and illustrated by Marjane Satrapi in her 2003 graphic novel Persepolis. Through Satrapi’s use of repetition‚ in both her illustrations and narrative‚ she is able to not only explore the theme of war‚ but allow the reader to view war from the alternate perspective of a child witness‚ rather than that of a hardened veteran
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Gender & Occupation Gender roles differed significantly between men and women. Men had the ability to work in an region they liked while women were not allowed to work. In Paronnaud’s “Persepolis”‚ men were at liberty to find work and enroll in different locations where they would earn money for their families. In contrast‚ women were not allowed to work following the coming of stricter laws. When Marjane returns home‚ she was advised that should she be asked what she does all day‚ she was to say
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In the graphic memoir‚ Persepolis‚ Marjane Satrapi introduces many different symbols to reveal different themes‚ such as confinement and identity loss. One specific symbol would be the veil. This was revealed in chapter one when the new regime in Iran made wearing the veil mandatory‚ “then came 1980: the year it became obligatory to wear the veil at school” (3). In general‚ a veil is used for covering‚ such as in weddings veils for used to cover the bride before she meets her husband. In this case
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Persepolis Song Assignment Kyle Andersen 5/23/13 If someone came into our country and started play music that denounced freedom‚ football‚ and Christianity would many Americans be offended? The answer to this question is also the answer to as why the ruling party in Iran in the 1980’s banned all music that went against the principles of Islam. The Muslim religion denounces drugs‚ adultery‚ alcohol‚ gambling‚ renouncing Islam‚ and the consumption of certain animals. During the 1980’s‚ American
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event that happened already throughout their life or it could be completely irrelevant to them. Often the children who make connections about the stories that they were told find meaning in it that can potentially change their lives. Similarly‚ in Persepolis‚ written by Marjane Satrapi‚ Marji finds meaning in the stories that were told to her throughout the entire graphic novel. Uncle Annosh’s story‚ as well as her grandfather’s story‚ told by her grandma were stories that Marji found meaning in that
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Persepolis and Destiny disrupted offer two perspectives on the complicated history of Islam. One focused on the personal journey of a woman living in one of the least liberating cultures and the other the complicated history of that culture and religion that lead to that point. Both authors have the eventual goal of educating people in western countries about the Islamic world but they take very different approaches to it and they are both influenced by their personal experiences and identities.
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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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religious‚ physical‚ traditional‚ or even affected by disdained feelings against them‚ Muslims suffer from all kinds of stereotypes. This occurrence‚ however‚ is clearly recognized by a Muslim author named Marjane Satrapi. In her graphic novel‚ Persepolis‚ Satrapi illustrates her story of living in Iran as a discreet revolutionist child going against the Fundamentalists’ throughout the Islamic Revolution. Proving Iran’s image of having connections with fundamentalism‚ fanaticism‚ and terrorism false
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