Dobson English 1301-008 (Gate) 15 September 2014 Persepolis In the novel‚ Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi‚ there are many different themes that you could look at and decide to analyze. I decided to look at four different themes that are brought up throughout the novel. In the novel there is a lot of talk about the contrasting regions of Iran and everywhere else in the world‚ politics and religion‚ and warfare. In Persepolis: the Story of a Childhood‚ the concept of contrasting
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Has Many Meanings Persepolis is a story that is illustrated in black and white. The author‚ Marjane Satrapi‚ uses many visual techniques throughout the story to draw in the reader and develop the storyline. One of these visual techniques is that she chooses to use the color of the characters’ clothing as a representation of how they feel towards the revolution. The characters are shown wearing black‚ white‚ or a mixed black and white pattern. The characters in Persepolis are drawn with white
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Persepolis Amazing‚ intriguing‚ and unimaginable are just a few words to describe how I felt about Persepolis while I read this true life story of Marjane Satrapi. This book has helped me to see all the life struggles‚ good times‚ and adversities that Marji faced between the ages of nine to thirteen. The Islamic Revolution had such a daunting effect in the Middle East‚ especially in the county of Iran where Marji and her family resided. In the year of 1979 all that Marjane knew what it was like
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usually thinking about Islamic fundamentalism‚ disastrous war between Iran and Iraq‚ nuclear weapons tests… However‚ they don’t know what it is like to grow up and live in Iran. Graphic novelist‚ Marjane Satrapi‚ in her autobiographical comic book Persepolis that was published in French‚ recounts her childhood life in Iran during and after the Islamic revolution. Satrapi’s purpose is to show French people what it is like to live in Iran at that particular time in a comic form. She described her experience
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changed. After national referendum to become an Islamic Republic‚ Ruhollah Khomeini become leader of Iran and started to get rid of opposition; additionally‚ he started his dictatorship over Iran. This paper will focus on the analysis of the movie Persepolis with the use of some concepts such as rights of women in Iran society after revolution and change of life with revolution. The rights of woman after Iranian Revolution in society can be easily seen in the movie. Firstly‚ woman does not have
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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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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi is a thoughtful examination of the Iranian government’s corrupt regime against its own people. During the late 1970s‚ Iran experienced cultural upheaval as the citizens fought to remove the amoral Shah from power (Tedla and Dolan). Since the Shah’s removal‚ Iran has been subject to violence‚ terrorism‚ and extreme ideology. The context with which Persepolis was written helps give readers perspective and insight as to the reasoning that motivates
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Effects of Violence on Marji Although violence is intended to harm someone‚ there can be positive effects in certain situations. In Marjane Satrapi’s personal memoir‚ Persepolis‚ it is shown that Marji is exposed to a large amount of violence in her life‚ and in turn‚ it has affected her in many ways. The negative effect on her life include the emotional scarring that entails deaths from violence and also her increased violent tendencies. A positive effect of violence on Marji’s adolescence is
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Persepolis Gender within a specific culture‚ country‚ or even household can have a various amount of roles and predetermined ways of life placed upon individuals. The characters inside the stories of Persepolis and “Mrs. Dutta writes a letter” truly give an audience an idea of how both Men and Women handle the roles they have according to society. Whether its rebellion‚ or conformity‚ the characters path is set to find deeper meaning and happiness. Marjane is forced to face her role of gender
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Persepolis is a postmodern work because of the style in which Marjane Satrapi presents her memoir‚ in the form of a graphic novel. Rather that retell factual stories with certainty‚ she is able to convey her childhood by giving her own experiences that encapture what her emotions and recollection of what the events meant‚ through images and dialogue. Satrapi makes a cohesive and moving memoir through her alternate style of the novel. The style of it makes the retelling of the story much more abstract
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