Persepolis is a coming of age graphic novel written and illustrated by Marjane Satrapi. The novel ( also adapted into a film in 2007) depicts her childhood up to her early adult years in Iran during and after the Islamic revolution. The story is timeless and captures the roller coaster of emotions of the human experience. It would translate beautifully to the stage. Even though I think about producing a show with a young audience in mind‚ this is a story for everyone. The narrative creates an experience
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The Veil Many great writers like Sen and Satrapi have written about how the people are victims of stereotyping. Where they are automatically classified into a class or rank by others viewing them as the people subjected to in particular stereotypes. However I have come to learn through the autobiography of Satrapi The Veil that Iranian women were forced to wear the veil at all times‚ when many did not support the idea. This intriguing text has been brought to my attention because I thought I strongly
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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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Frame 3: The Soup It was November 1984‚ Marjane now stayed in Austria and beginning her new life. Before she came‚ Marjane had the idea of leaving a religious country‚ Iran in the Middle East‚ to be free. She imagined herself to be loved and accepted by her mother’s best friend‚ Zozo as if she was her own daughter. She had a family of her own‚ Shirin‚ their daughter and Houshang‚ her husband. But found out that Zozo did not want her after all‚ she often complained that her home was too small
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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. For example‚ her family supports the Marxist theory and communism‚ both of which argue for the disintegration of
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Transition on Faith‚ Gender‚ and Doubt of the Innocent The “Persepolis” by Marjane Satrapi is an important aspect to understand faith and doubt and the roles gender has in place. The author discussed the transitions of an innocent‚ curious child along side with faith‚ gender‚ doubt and ways it shapes a child’s belief in adulthood. Therefore‚ this paper will focus on the aspect of “Gender‚ Faith‚ Rebellion‚ and Doubt‚ alongside with Mary Daly and Saba Mahmood articles. Gender bias has always been
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Families throughout the country face challenging situations on a daily basis. Even though it can be tough‚ sticking with one’s family‚ they can make it through any situation. In The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini and Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi‚ both authors use family relationships to show that even through difficult situations‚ they manage to stay together and make it through. In Persepolis‚ the main character‚ Marji‚ is living through the Islamic Revolution. The Islamic Revolution was a major
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When someone says rebellion‚ what comes to mind? Do a book or an Arthur comes to mind? We will use resources and techniques we can find to figure out this. Using the resources “Cairo: my city‚ my revolution”‚ “Reading Lolita in Tehran”‚ and “Persepolis 2”. I’m going to inform you on how the authors explain. First‚ how the idea of the rebellion was treated by the Arthur? “the river is a still‚ steely grey‚ a dull pewter” stated in the text from Cairo: my city‚ my revolution. We can draw breath
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The Role of Women and their Influences on Marjane Each women influenced Marjane in little or big aspects of her life‚ it also influenced her on her decisions and choices in life. Women such as her mother‚ her grandmother‚ her school teachers‚ the maid‚ the neighbors‚ and even the guardians of the revolution influenced Marjane and caused her to develop into an independent‚ educated‚ and ambitious woman. Throughout the novel‚ Marjane never completely conforms or let’s go of her roots‚ this is strongly
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In Persepolis‚ the political and religious turmoil during the years of Marji’s childhood paved the way for her passion in social activism and rebellious nature. Marjane is influenced by the major rebellions that occurred during her childhood. During the Iranian Revolution‚ many people were protesting against the regime’s excesses and the secret police used by the Shah. Her mother and father often attended many of these political protests and supported revolutionaries such as Marji’s uncle‚ Anoosh;
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