Imperialism In Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis

Marjane Satrapi is both the author and the main character of her graphic novel, Persepolis. Through the novel she describes her own growing up experiences and her perspectives, both as a child and an adult. Marjane’s perspective affects the way some of the more mature topics are presented such as Imperialism, Nationalism, and treatment of social classes.This photo demonstrates Imperialism because the pizza is like the smaller countries or civilizations, and the people grabbing the pizza are the bigger countries taking whatever they want from the smaller countries for their benefit. The definition of Imperialism is “a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force”, which means taking over other countries, …show more content…
The poor class was basically bribed to war with a plastic key that supposedly was a promise that their service would result in a key to Paradise. Marjane’s comment about this was that “The key to paradise was for poor people. Thousands of young kids, promised a better life, exploded on the minefields with the keys around their necks...Meanwhile, I got to go to my first party” (102). She makes these comments reflecting about her childhood and how she now understands how unfair this was to the poor social class.Throughout the graphic novel Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi’s perspective affects the way some of the more mature topics are presented such as Imperialism, Nationalism, and treatment of social classes. Because the author makes it clear that she is relaying her feelings and thoughts as a child growing up in Iran, she is able to address difficult topics in a direct way that might otherwise be interpreted as offensive. Her perspective is clearly biased, but also exposes the truth about Imperialism, Nationalism, and treatment of social classes in