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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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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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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raised in the book are the division of society by class differences and the influences of Western culture. These two political issues are of particular importance because they greatly affected Satrapi’s childhood as well as her pathway to maturity. Persepolis deals with issues of class disparities and Satrapi displays a conflicted feeling towards the subject. One of the reasons the subject remains contradictory is that Satrapi shows her parents as very warm-hearted‚ but flawed and hypocritical people
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The memoir Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi is about Marjane’s childhood in Iran written from her younger self’s perspective. It is taken place during the 1980’s during the time the Islamic Revolution is unfolding. Due to this‚ her childhood is intertwined with the collateral damage of war. Through the comic strip images‚ Satrapi reveals the ongoing oppression the country faces and the challenges she faces. Not only is her home place being invaded but her childhood is too. Satrapi is forced to grow
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conveys a message that the time period was idyllic‚ similar to what people considered ancient Persepolis. Both of these time periods were considered to be filled with the greatest treasures and a time of happiness. Persepolis has many treasures such as Apadana Hall‚ Tachare palace‚ tombs of the kings‚ and inscriptions and artwork that the people here made throughout the empire. The people that lived in Persepolis were filled with joy because they were living in one of the richest cities and a place that
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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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Coco Chanel once said‚ “The most courageous act is to think for yourself‚ out loud!”. In the autobiographical graphic novel‚ Persepolis‚ by Marjane Satrapi‚ Marji does exactly that. Persepolis depicts Marji’s life in Iran during the Islamic Revolution and how she finds herself and becomes more independent and rebellious by thinking for herself. Over several years‚ this novel follows Marji and the changes that she makes to gain her independence and how becoming independent means that she also becomes
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Persepolis is a graphic novel written by Marjane Satrapi‚ who was growing up during the Iranian Revolution in the late 1970’s. The novel displays her experience during the Revolution and shows how it impacted her as a child and the environment she lived. Almost all of the pictures she draws in the graphic novel have a lot more thought put into them than the average reader might think. For example the image to the right (Persepolis‚ page 44‚ far-right center) shows many different things when looked
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Friday 25th October “The Wine” Now that Iraq had bombed all the border towns‚ Tehran quickly became their main targets and bombers started to bomb our city. Luckily‚ in our building‚ we had a basement that we decided to turn into a shelter. As the Siren rang‚ everybody would run down to the basement. Mom took a cigarette out and lit it‚ and then dad angrily asked her to put it out. He was scared that the bombers would see a glow from the sky; I guess it was the fear of death‚ but then
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