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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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    Nils Tangemann Josh Holland English A SL C-Code Section: Part 3 Works read: Satrapi‚ Marjane. Persepolis. Pantheon. New York. 2003 Question: How and why is a social group represented in a particular way? The Display of Revolutionists in Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis In Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis there are several important social groups that all play a role towards creating the whole picture that describes little Marji’s everyday life in 1970s Iran. The nature of the revolution during that

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    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 PersepolisMarji is affected more by nurture than by nature. When Marji is sent to Austria as a young girl to escape war‚ she has to figure out who see is and who

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    Imagination In Persepolis

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    their ability to see things the way adults cannot see. For them‚ the floor is more than a surface where one can walk‚ it is a world of danger‚ full of lava. Marjane Satrapi has an imagination that plays a big part on her first book of the series‚ Persepolis. Its comic style creates base for Satrapi’s switches between reality and her imagination. We learn that Marjane does not fully understand what is happening in her country‚ therefore she constantly has to rely on the adults to teach her what is happening

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    The text Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi explores many lenses‚ but the most prominent are gender and culture. Marjane reveals how gender affects the daily lives of people in Iran‚ she also shows how her life and many other lives were affected due to the cultural changes in Iran. Marji also explains how difficult it can be growing up in Iran for children and how it affects them. The chapter The veil explores gender inequality caused by the Islamic revolution and how it affected women and children in

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    Persepolis Analysis Essay

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    Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi is a memoir in graphic narrative form‚ and its organization‚ portrayal of different things such as narrative voice‚ and drawings all come together to form the narrative structure. These different areas give the reader the ability to perceive the memoir in a variety of different ways‚ through the use of the passage of time‚ and style in which different areas such as historical context are emphasized. In addition‚ the manner in which the memoir is structured into panels

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    Persepolis Reflective Statement Having an interactive oral always improves my understanding of the cultural and contextual elements of the book‚ as it provides more aspects and points of view to consider and add to my own analysis of the book. Within this interactive oral‚ I feel as if I got more from the book‚ and had a better understanding of a lot of things. For example‚ one of my seminar questions were “How does religion define us as people and effect how we interact with others”. I expected

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    Maria Anwar M. Phil Literature – 2nd Presentataion on “Persepolis as a postmodern fiction” What makes Persepolis a Postmodern 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

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    Satrapi includes a panel where Marji is sitting surrounded by piles of books and reading numerous stories. In the panel the books tower over her‚ reinforcing the idea that there is a wealth of information in these texts—information that extends beyond the information she is receiving at school. Satrapi pictures Marji with a small smile on her face‚ helping to underscore the idea that Marji is enjoying this form of education. From these books‚ Marji learns “everything about the children

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    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 changed the way she viewed life and her beliefs. Uncle Annosh is considered to be

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