Parents felt so exhausted because they don’t want their dear children have to experience poverty . All parents want their children living in a joyful life and good quality so they can have a best childhood memories. On the other hand, “The Family 1941” picture shows hidden meaning that sometimes as human being parents might feel so powerless and want to give up when many hard obstacles turn them down badly. We can see that the father exhausted and felt disappointed at himself since he cannot fulfill his family’s expectation. He has raised his hand, palm to the wife…
Later, Marji meets Uncle Anoosh with whom she builds a special bond because he stood up for what he believed in even if it was opposed by the regime. When Anoosh is executed by the regime, Marji suddenly loses her faith in God (Figure 2). Satrapi emphasizes Marji’s loss in faith and doubt in God’s abilities because it allowed Marji to transform from a naive girl into a mature and rebellious woman. For example, after Marji’s mother yells at her for cutting class, Marji was overwhelmed with her strict parents and how the repressive regime was becoming, so she smoked a cigarette to symbolize her transition into adulthood (Figure 3). Marji was such…
Marjane and Nujood The authors of both The Complete Persepolis and I am Nujood write about places where women have little or no freedom. Women in Iran and Yemen are supposed to behave a certain way and do not get as many choices as men. Also, women are not given a good education or expected to have a job.…
Marjane's mother and father often attend political protests, kind of like a more violent Occupy Wall Street, and support revolutionaries when they can, including many of Marjane's relatives, like Uncle Anoosh. Uncle Anoosh had fled to the U.S.S.R., because the Iranian regime believed him to be a spy. Uncle Anoosh teaches Marjane much about the world. He also gives her a swan carved out of bread, which is a lot nicer than a swan made from origami paper (because you can probably eat it). Marji grows very close to Uncle Anoosh, and she takes it very hard when he is executed.…
Regardless of race or gender, many people who were drawn to the West by the promise of a new life were only met with unemployment and indifference. The audience realizes that the subjects in the photo are not only met with the same difficulties, but are…
In troubling times, many people look to their faith as a source of guidance and inspiration. This certainly rings true in two graphic novels: Maus: A Survivor’s Story, written by Art Spiegelman, and Persepolis, written by Marjane Satrapi. Maus tells the story of Vladek Spiegelman’s experience as a Polish Jew in the Holocaust. Persepolis, an autobiographical novel, follows Marjane, a religious young girl who has a passion for activism growing up during the Islamic Revolution.…
Their words of wisdom stuck with her and guided her through times of difficulty. Her mother and grandmother exposed Marji to reality at a young age, so she would not be afraid of it when she grew older. Both radiated love on her, always making sure that she knew how important she was to them. They raised her in such a way that allowed her to keep an open mind, but to always be conscious about her ancestor 's fight for freedom. A sense of pride was instilled, a pride in her heritage and the country in which she was raised.…
In Persepolis, Marji departs a home in her family and travels to search for an improved life in Vienna. Towards the conclusion of the memoir, Marji’s parents decide that it will be better for her to happy living in France, than miserable living in Iran. The government was currently permitting Iranians to legally exit the country, creating an optimal situation for Marji to go to school in Vienna. Marji described her thoughts as, “What I had feared was true. Maybe they’d come to visit, but we’d never live together again” (152).…
A hero is someone who, in the opinion of others, has special abilities or personal qualities and is regarded as a role model or idea. In Marjane Satrapi's graphic novel, Persepolis, Marji’s view of heroism changes when faced with loss and death. Her view of a hero shifts from an insurgent to a prisoner to a fighter and finally to someone who just stands up for himself without vengeance. At first, Marji based her view of heroism on rebellion and mostly because of her lack of experiences with death. As a child, Marjane did not know much about death or loss, nevertheless, she became aware of the loss of justice in her country and the violence.…
The narration in the last picture says, “No scream in the world could have relieved my suffering and my anger” (142). This part of the story is Marji’s tipping point. This is where she cannot hold back all the pain she has experienced. Some part of Marji had finally clicked and she became the person she is now. After this moment she is even more rebellious and stubborn than before.…
Her parents refuse to take her to the protests to protect her and shield her of the danger because the shah began to take violent action towards the protestors. When Marjane finally convinces her parents to accompany them to the protest, she’s sees the world in a different light. Throughout the novel the author uses her own relationship with her parents as a metaphor for her relationship with her country. Marjane sees an injustice with the world and how each social class is treated. Her views her conflicted because of what her parents teach her and how the…
Marji's faith begins strong and as a part of her daily life, but as time passes and the war begins, her faith deteriorates, and God's presence is soon lost. Once God is gone, it represents how Marji is beginning to doubt herself and her religion, along with her future and everything…
The two main female roles in Marji’s life are her mother and grandmother. Both of these influences strongly represent the importance of female independence in Marji’s life as she grows up. As a child, Marji is enchanted with how her grandmother holds herself together with independence and dignity. Her grandmother encourages her in her pursuit of happiness, independence and justice for the people of Iran. This also encourages Marji to act without her sense of integrity which at times gets her into trouble.…
People were rioting, being killed, and as a child, she didn’t understand why. An internal conflict that Marji had to face while growing up in that situation is her trying to learn who she is while living in a tough environment. That situation causes Marji to question her family’s status and how they live. Marji doesn’t know what to think or believe because her teachers, parents, God, and friends are all telling her different things. On frame 6 of page 37 Marji just learned about how social classes were separating people based on money and Marji asks her dad “But is it her fault that she was born where she was born???…
Marjane’s Journey Most young women in our world today would say that life is challenging. For a young girl transitioning into adulthood in the middle of a war, life can be much harder. For example, during the Islamic Revolution women were not allowed to go out after dark, they were required to wear the veil, and they were subjected to domestic violence and sexual trauma. One of these women who lived through this war is Marjane.…