Persepolis and Courage Marjane Satrapi’s memoir Persepolis is considered a “coming of age” story based on her experiences growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. This graphic novel explores the life she lead in Tehran which encompassed the overthrow of the Shah’s regime‚ the triumph of the Islamic Revolution and the devastating effects of war with Iraq. Undergoing life with such a chaotic environment‚ it took Satrapi courage to act and live as her “authentic self” and explore what it
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I think we should give all types of aid. Immediate‚ developmental‚ and population control. Immediate aid should be given to feed the people to get them in a state of mind to be able to comprehend more complex things. If they are going to understand population control and developmental aid they need to be in a sound state of mind. I think developmental aid should be given‚ but it has to be a continued effort to develop the area. To teach them how to follow in our footsteps‚ we didn’t start out poor
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Invisible Art Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art‚ by Scott McCloud‚ is a book composed in comic book form that explains the importance of comic books‚ and how they are written and why they are written the way they are. Right off the bat‚ McCloud relates to the reader by explaining the world of comic books through the actual art form. Through this art form‚ the reader will feel a sense of closure to the topics because the reader is experiencing the world of comics first-handedly. McCloud conveys
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Karly Simmons Written Communications I Dr. Fuqua 14 September 2013 Persepolis One might only image the misfortune of growing up during a time and in a place plagued by war. The conflict resulting from this war not only affects the government‚ but also life a home for many. Marjane Satrapi’s graphic novel‚ Persepolis‚ brings to light the negative effect of social statuses in Tehran‚ Iran. Social statuses change throughout the book and people in Tehran find their world flipped upside down as the invisible
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Alicia Rivas Anderson English 1101 5 October 2011 5 Claims Revised and Developed 1) When Marji was inventing torture games‚ she was merely a product of the war environment. Marji lived in an environment surrounded by violence‚ anger‚ and most importantly war. She is a young girl and during school she invented a game where the loser would be punished with war punishments. Some of these punishments included the “mouth filled with garbage” method or the twisted arm method. While most
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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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After just completing the graphic novel Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi‚ and also viewing the film adaptation I have come to an understanding about the life of a child growing up in the time of a war. Based on her own personal experience of the Islamic Revolution in Iran‚ Marjane Satrapi introduces us to the effects of cultural change through the eyes of a child. Persepolis‚ is a political‚ historical‚ and extremely personal account of a girl’s growth into maturity. Imperialism is a huge theme
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Rebelling Against Conformities in Comics Amongst Young Characters Graphic novels and comics have always portrayed childhood rebelling against the conformities of society. These comics make the reader wonder about societies standards and if we’re being trapped to think and act how the media and pop-culture wants us to. Two works that display characters rebelling and question the norms of society are Calvin and Hobbes and Ghost World. Both these comics exemplify young characters who are themselves
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