The Iranian Revolution, social classes, and gender roles all had a significant impact on Marjane Satrapi’s life which is displayed in her book, Persepolis. To symbolize the revolution, we selected an image that displays the phases of the moon, which represents the phases the people of Iran had to go through to get to a complete revolution. To represent the idea of social classes, we decided upon a diagram that shows the percentages of the different social classes which explains why Marjane’s life is the way it is. Lastly, we chose the picture of Cinderella to represent gender roles because it perfectly exhibits how women were treated during this time. Nevertheless, these images embody these concepts.
The eight phases of the moon perfectly exemplify how the revolution was expressed in the book Persepolis. In the book, Marjane experiences the revolution first-hand. During this time, there were many steps that were taken and phases the people of Iran had to go through to accomplish a complete revolution. For example, a lot of …show more content…
In the book, Marjane and her family were in the upper class. This graph does not exemplify the exact percentages of the social classes of the Iranian Revolution, but it does show it roughly. The blue piece of the pie shows upper class, which is roughly 3.6%. While this may not be exact, it does display that the upper class was a small percentage of the population. In the book it states, ”It disgusts me that people are condemned to a bleak future by their social class” (Satrapi 23). This shows how much depended on your social class. Social classes affected Marjane’s life from the very beginning, and if she hadn’t been born into a wealthy family with high social status, her individuality and her circumstances which she was under would have had a lot more of a negative impact on how she dealt with the situation which was the Iranian
The eight phases of the moon perfectly exemplify how the revolution was expressed in the book Persepolis. In the book, Marjane experiences the revolution first-hand. During this time, there were many steps that were taken and phases the people of Iran had to go through to accomplish a complete revolution. For example, a lot of …show more content…
In the book, Marjane and her family were in the upper class. This graph does not exemplify the exact percentages of the social classes of the Iranian Revolution, but it does show it roughly. The blue piece of the pie shows upper class, which is roughly 3.6%. While this may not be exact, it does display that the upper class was a small percentage of the population. In the book it states, ”It disgusts me that people are condemned to a bleak future by their social class” (Satrapi 23). This shows how much depended on your social class. Social classes affected Marjane’s life from the very beginning, and if she hadn’t been born into a wealthy family with high social status, her individuality and her circumstances which she was under would have had a lot more of a negative impact on how she dealt with the situation which was the Iranian