chapter‚ “The Cigarette” Satrapi uses a brilliant job of conducting image analysis within the reader by using extensive use of scale. One of the main ideas of this chapter is to describe how disgusted Satrapi is with the decisions the government is making: “When I think we could have avoided it all… It just makes me sick. A million people would still be alive.” (Satrapi 116) On this full page spread‚ Satrapi demonstrates her use of scale in multiple ways. First‚ Satrapi depicts a large amount of
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Satrapi’s early experiences have helped to form the unique perspective acknowledged throughout Persepolis. Throughout the novel‚ Satrapi uses graphic images to allow the readers to visualize the various dramatic events that the young Satrapi (once) witnessed. Satrapi’s informal diction and simple graphics force the readers to perceive Persepolis from the same childlike perspective she had. However‚ special attention is pulled towards Satrapi’s use of black and white graphics as a symbol of internal
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Graphic Novel Subject Guide 1 Graphic Novels Subject Guide Spring 2010 – Nova Scotia Public Libraries The Misunderstood Medium It is important to understand that the terms “comics” and “graphic novels” describe a medium rather than a genre. The difference is that a genre is a type of story‚ with certain rules that it must follow in order to fit into that genre. “Westerns‚” “mysteries‚” “romances” are examples of genre. A medium is a form of expression like movies‚ novels or poetry. Essentially
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Persepolis” especially to Marjane. It is evident that education is government run in Iran‚ and is greatly influenced by it. There are many different levels and kinds of education that Iranians experience; the kind the student had depended on their social status. I think the amount of education they received was very important to the Iranians‚ and determines their occupation later in life. Education is extremely important in the lives of Iranians in general‚ and in Marjane. Your education level is
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house – open and welcoming family - Felt unsafe – Because of the war‚ they felt they couldn’t work with the culture - Traditions – don’t seem to be very evident – war acted as a barrier toward tradition of the culture. However‚ they had to wear the veil as a forced tradition. - Same Household – Grandma frequently seemed to be around the house – Her uncle came straight to the house after coming out of prison. Trusting relationship with her grandma (only one who knows about the book) – Shows they
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Usually a setting changes how a person would act/think. Setting is very important in a story because it helps the reader have more information about what is going on to understand the plot better. In “The Shabbat‚” a rebellious girl named Marjane moves to Europe from Iran. She moves to Europe because her parents were worried about her since she is so rebellious and Iran did not have a lot of freedom so they decided to send her away. When she arrives to Europe she starts to see different kinds of
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Through her textual and visual evidence‚ Satrapi highlights how Marji’s informal education helps her see the inequalities that exist within the social classes in Iran. The books she reads educate her so that she wants to fight the Shah’s regime and help the people in Iran gain some type of power. At home‚ Marji’s parents give her many books about people in other countries that in the past have tried to rebel against their own government. Satrapi includes a panel where Marji is sitting
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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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During the late nineteen hundreds‚ Iran went through two large revolutions which caused a great deal of destruction. For children like Marjane‚ this was a difficult period of time to grow up due to the strictness of laws and constant violence. The two different revolutions caused many issues in areas such as religion‚ government‚ and education. These major changes cause the amount of disorder and mayhem to escalate to a dangerous level. However‚ numerous families had different reactions to the many
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when there is a forceful movement of people to a new religion‚ this migration results in a diaspora where the group is removed from their country of origin. An example of this is visible in Persepolis‚ a film adapted from Marjane Satrapi’s novel. The story shows the life of Marjane as she flees the Iran following the Shah’s overthrow in 1979. It shows the struggles of assimilating into a new community while maintaining a cultural identity‚ and the re-assimilation that follows when returning to their
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