Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis Essay

In childhood it is common for children to create illusions, whether it’s a make-believe friend, or ideas of what they want to be when they grow up. In the graphic novel, Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood, Marjane Satrapi displays her illusions and ideas as a child and how they differ from her reality. As a child, she believed that she had one on one conversations with God, and she also thought that she was going to be the next, and last prophet. Once her childhood ideals destruct, it creates the development of her future conceptions and ideals of mentality. At the beginning of the book, Satrapi had conversations with God each night. He would speak to her about being the last and final prophet, “you are celestial light, you are my choice, my last and best choice.” (Satrapi pg. 8) The main reasons Marjane wanted to be a …show more content…
There were other influences taking over her interest’s, ones that had more relevance with what was occurring around her. One of the last conversations Satrapi had with God was, “so you don’t want to be a prophet anymore?” to which she replied with “let’s talk about something else.” (Satrapi pg.13) As her illusions and ideals from her childhood were being diminished, the gates opened for her to start becoming more involved with the political state that her country was in. This was the main theme of the novel, showing the growth in not only her character as a person, but just how quickly she grew up and left behind her childhood ideals. The graphic novel Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood, shows the illusions and ideals that Marjane Satrapi had as a child and how the state of her country destroyed those ideals. The views that Satrapi had when she was a 10-year old girl, differed completely from the reality that she was living in. It wasn’t until she was introduced to books and knowledge from her parents that changed her outlook on her