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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In Persepolis‚ a fictional graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi‚ Marji grows up in war-torn Iran. Being a young child‚ the violence and events around her influence her views and ideals as she matures. Event after event‚ Marji develops her own thoughts and ideas as she grows. The development of her own beliefs including the events that contribute to them convey the theme that violence is too deplorable to respond with more violence or lose innocent lives Satrapi develops the theme through the foil characters
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The book Persepolis‚ by Marjane Satrapi‚ is a graphic novel. This eye-opening book gives insight on the Iranian revolution thought Marjane Satrapi’s perspective. The government’s small group of leaders are trying to recruit more male kids and lower class families to come and fight in the military by portraying it as the gateway to paradise. This illustrates how in the time of need‚ innocent minds have the ability to trust blindly‚ making them susceptible targets for governments and leaders. The
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As the title reflects‚ Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood is a narrative about a young child named Marjane. The book is seemingly innocent at first glance‚ but Marjane Satrapi lived in Iran at the height of the Iranian Revolution‚ which was a brutal regime. Just because Satrapi did not live in America or in censored conditions does not mean that students here should not be able to read her story. The United States prides itself on withholding freedom‚ but if students cannot read the books they
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enhances our negative opinions of Iran as a country. Through the help of the media‚ people of our culture stereotype the Iranians based on an ethnocentric viewpoint without developing a clear sense of understanding or the reasons behind their beliefs. In the graphic novel Persepolis‚ the author Marjane Satrapi‚ provides a viewpoint of the Iranian society far different from the widely perceived stereotypes. She depicts the Iranian people as much more than fundamentalists‚ fanatics‚ and terrorists by incorporating
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Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi is a graphic novel that encompasses the struggles of a child coming to age. An autobiographical piece depicting the life of a girl who is living through the Iranian revolution. Throughout the novel‚ Marjane has personal conversations with an autonomous god. She shares everything with him‚ her expectations of the world and her purpose in life. However‚ the relationship between them evolves over time as she grows older. When Satrapi introduces god in the novel she explains
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The graphic novels Persepolis 1 and Persepolis 2 are graphic autobiographical novels that describe the life of Marjane Satrapi who also happens to be the author. The change of setting between Iran and Austria‚ her development and the strong political views she holds constantly put her in an emotional distress. She is a brave and strong women who lived through the Iranian revolution in 1979 but dared to stand up to the Islamic regime and express her views. This is a very dangerous act and it could’ve
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Persepolis The graphic novel Persepolis depicts the Iranian revolution from a child’s point-view through the eyes of the author Marjane Satrapi. Satrapi describes her experiences and actions while being raised during and after the Iranian revolution. The Iranian revolution was based strongly on the Islam faith and the establishment of an “Islamic Republic” (Crossroads and Cultures‚ 1008). After the year 1980 when the revolution had been resolved‚ women and girls were required to wear veils and were
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the novel there is a lot of captivity and freedom explored in the novel of Persepolis in which it has an effect on us readers enhancing our understanding of the culture as well as the theme of Persepolis . Persepolis displays the freedom that is in the novel then it shows captivity and it is brought right back to Freedom. As the audience continues to read more about the captivity and freedom that is demonstrated in Persepolis the audience would comprehend better about the theme and culture . To continue
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Persepolis (Old Persian: ’Parseh’‚ New Persian: تخت جمشید/پارسه‚ ’Takht-e Jamshid’) was an ancient ceremonial capital of the Persian Empire. The largest and most complex building in Persepolis was the audience hall‚ or Apadana with 72 columns. Persepolis is situated some 70 km northeast of the modern city of Shiraz in the Fars Province of Iran (Persia). In contemporary Persian language the site is known as Takht-e Jamshid (Throne of Jamshid) and Parseh. To the ancient Persians‚ the city was known
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