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    Personal Troubles and Public Issues in Persepolis Marjane Satrapi’s novel Persepolis is an in depth look at Marjane’s child hood in Iran. Throughout the novel Marji faces many public issues which directly relate to her personal troubles. While Marji was growing up she witnessed the relinquishment of the Shah’s regime‚ The Islamic revolution and the Iraq v Iran war. Her novel covers an eight year span‚ from the ages six to fourteen. Even though the novel begins when Marji is only six years old she

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    Persepolis Conflict Essay

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    217 Conflicts cause many problems in society and originate from many different sources. In the book “Persepolis” by Marjane Satrapi she describes conflicts between her family and their beliefs. Two other Articles one by Janet Reitman and one by Tori DeAngelis discuss conflicts between social class‚ western culture and religion. My takeaway from this unit is that conflicts are always present in today’s society and conflicts relating to religion are the source of many. One conflict that people

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    a. As portrayed in Persepolis‚ Marjane’s life in many ways is very different from yours‚ but there may be more connections than are at first apparent.  Explore this possibility by comparing and/or contrasting one of your own experiences with one or two of hers as you know them through the book.  Make sure your comparison and/or contrast adds up to more than just an observation of similarity or difference.  What is the significance of these connections and why should it matter that your experiences

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    Reflective Statement On December 5th‚ we had an oral discussion of the book Persepolis. We discussed what the book was about‚ some of our personal questions we had about the book‚ etc. This is basically how our discussion went: We had 5 members in our group that talked about Persepolis. The first and general question that was asked was who was everyone’s favorite character in the story. Everyone said that Marjane was their favorite‚ but Tyler stated that Marjane’s mother was her favorite character

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    Persepolis Analysis The graphic novel Persepolis‚ by Marjane Satrapi‚ is a autobiography describing her childhood in Iran and her early life and studies in Europe. As a graphic novel‚ the book uses text and drawings to tell the story. The autobiography is effectively transmitted because‚ even though the images do not tell the story by themselves‚ they help the reader visualize it‚ and help set the tone and mood. The images help the reader understand the story better‚ and visualize what the author

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    leads me to this. Persepolis provided a different view on Iran. I think that Marjane Satrapi showed that Iran was not just about war and terrorism. She gave a look inside the country‚ a look at its people. In my opinion her family did not seem so much different than an American family. They were real people struggling with the government and violence around them. It is amazing that in the midst of all of turmoil she still had the same life lessons as any other child might. Persepolis provided a better

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    here is where some would claim that the pull of nurture outweighs the effects of nature. This can be exemplified through the influence that the environment which author Marjane Satrapi was exposed to as a child and how her experiences revealed in Persepolis‚ her memoir in the form of a graphic novel‚ influenced her maturity into womanhood.

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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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    Throughout the story Persepolis‚ there are many incidences where Marjane Satrapi’s accuracy of how the historical events unfolded are questioned‚ and when you think about it‚ her influences may have distorted her interpretation of fact. How she regarded the topics of social classes‚ religion‚ and the revolution would have been affected by her environment‚ her age‚ her religion‚ her wealth‚ and much more. All of those influences combine to create Marjane’s perspective‚ and her perspective affects

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    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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