In the graphic novel Persepolis (2000)‚ author Marjine Satrapi is living as a young girl in the Islamic Revolution of 1978. She experiences change in social classes economically between her friends and her family. Marji notices how the revolution impacts everyone around her in a way that shapes their own lives. Persepolis shows a message that higher economic levels raise the standard of how one lives. To start off‚ Satrapi uses artistic techniques to show emotion. She uses a sharp detail in the
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To the human eye Persepolis can seem to be only a graphic novel of black and white comic strips with little literary value but it is much more. A graphic novel written from the perspective of a young girl in Iran‚ Persepolis offers a large amount of valuable information on the Islamic Revolution. The Ithacan Newspaper claims that Persepolis is only a little more then an advanced comic book‚ but it offers way more then a comic book. Persepolis gives students an insight to the turmoil in Iran during
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stories with the world. Marjane Satrapi‚ the main character in the graphic novel Persepolis‚ demonstrates gender roles‚ religion‚ and social classes‚ through drawings and words. Right from the start of the book‚ Marjane Satrapi gives an example of gender roles. She explains her younger self’s view on the veil. “Then came 1980: The year it became obligatory to wear the veil at school. We didn’t really like to wear the veil‚ especially since we didn’t understand why we had to.” she states on page three
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David Miller Oppression on Women in Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale and Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis Marjane Satrapi‚ in Persepolis writes about a memoir of a little girl growing in Iran. She refers to a secular pre-revolutionary time through contrast‚ the oppressive characteristics of the fundamentalist government upon women in specifics. In comparison‚ her work is very similar to Margaret Atwood’s‚ A Handmaid’s Tale‚ in which the central character‚ Offred‚ reflects upon her former life’s
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Persepolis and Destiny disrupted offer two perspectives on the complicated history of Islam. One focused on the personal journey of a woman living in one of the least liberating cultures and the other the complicated history of that culture and religion that lead to that point. Both authors have the eventual goal of educating people in western countries about the Islamic world but they take very different approaches to it and they are both influenced by their personal experiences and identities.
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Persepolis Writing Assignment The book Persepolis expresses a theme that not only occurs throughout this book‚ but also in life. I believe that death is the key to reality. Two events that happened in my life when I was very young can back up my theme. From my uncle being executed‚ to my friend who lived right next door to me‚ these events have helped me open my eyes to see what was really going on around me. When my uncle Anoosh was released from prison‚ he stayed with me and my family. He would
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PERSEPOLIS PERSEPOLIS Ancient Persia was a large region that was ruled by the Persian kings‚ until they were defeated by Alexander the Great. Ancient Persia comprised of south-west Asia (present day Iran). ABOUT PERSEPOLIS Persepolis is an Ancient Persian city‚ northeast of modern Shiraz in Iran. It was one of the capitals of Darius I and his successors. Its ruins include the palaces of Darius I and Xerxes I and a citadel that contained the treasury looted by Alexander the Great. Persepolis
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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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This is a story of a woman who suffers a lot in her life trying to find her way to peace.Her name is Kitty Fane.The main characters of the book are Kitty an Walter Fane.They are married.Tuis is how their story started.Kitty ’s mother was hard‚cruel‚managing‚ambitious‚parsimonious‚stupid woman.She married her husband because he seemend then a yong man of promise and her father said he would go far ‚but he didn ’t. He was industrious and capable ‚but he didn ’t have the will to advance himself. Mrs
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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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