The book, Persepolis, was written by Marjane Satrapi; it is the story of her life in Iran from birth to fourteen years old. The perspective of Marjane, in her novel Persepolis, affects the overall presentation of revolution, religion, and social classes. With no background knowledge, we only have her perspective which affects our own opinion about the events of the book. With this impression in mind, the theme for the picture above is religion; it shows “Women protesting forced hijab days after Iranian Revolution, 1979” (online). It is shown in Persepolis by all the demonstrations made by women because of this exact same reason, it is a big religious issue. Religious themes are also shown when Marjane tells her dad that the Shah was chosen by God, which is false; and, especially, with
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It connects back to the thesis because Marjane was a very religious girl, so much so that she wanted to become a prophet when she was little (Persepolis 6), and this affects her demonstrations of religion. Some Islamic people, who follow the regime, might say Marjane is falsely illustrating the meaning of the hijab. Simultaneously happening with the hijab demonstrations, which were religiously based, were political demonstrations or revolts. The theme for the photo above is revolution. It shows citizens, men and women, tearing down a statue of their leader whom they, obviously, do not find admirable. This theme is found throughout the entire book because the book is about the Iranian Revolution. It is most apparent when Marjane says her parents demonstrated everyday, shouting “Down with the king”, and getting shot at by the army (page 18). Another place revolution is demonstrated is when the shah stepped down. The revolts were too strong, the citizens too displeased; “the more he [Shah] tried democracy, the more his statues were torn down” (page
It connects back to the thesis because Marjane was a very religious girl, so much so that she wanted to become a prophet when she was little (Persepolis 6), and this affects her demonstrations of religion. Some Islamic people, who follow the regime, might say Marjane is falsely illustrating the meaning of the hijab. Simultaneously happening with the hijab demonstrations, which were religiously based, were political demonstrations or revolts. The theme for the photo above is revolution. It shows citizens, men and women, tearing down a statue of their leader whom they, obviously, do not find admirable. This theme is found throughout the entire book because the book is about the Iranian Revolution. It is most apparent when Marjane says her parents demonstrated everyday, shouting “Down with the king”, and getting shot at by the army (page 18). Another place revolution is demonstrated is when the shah stepped down. The revolts were too strong, the citizens too displeased; “the more he [Shah] tried democracy, the more his statues were torn down” (page