Have you ever wondered what it’s like to grow up in a revolution and live in fear of what’s going to happen next? Marjane Satrapi goes through this while she grows up in the Islamic Revolution.In her book Persepolis, Marjane goes through the process of accepting and being aware of her religion, her loss of innocence, and the danger going on throughout Iran. In the 1980’s Islam became very prominent in Iran. Due to everything becoming more religious, women had to wear veils. This image represents that because it’s a girl wearing a popular style of a veil they had to wear. It was obligatory for the girls to wear them in school. Marjane and many other young girls have a hard time accepting the fact, and liking the veils. At the beginning of Persepolis, the girls in Marjane’s school mess around with the veils.
“We didn’t really like to wear the veil, especially since we didn’t understand why we had to” (Satrapi, 3). This proves that the sudden change really confused many young girls, including Marjane. Not …show more content…
This picture displays this because it’s of a boy looking out at the rubble and destruction of his community due to violence, such as bombs. In Persepolis, Marjane lost her innocence very soon on. Marjane was a quite perceptive child who heard a lot on the news and from her family. Marjane’s parents also were more lenient with what she could do, and where she could go. They even let her go to a protest where she was extremely shocked.
“For the first time in my life, I saw violence with my own eyes” (Satrapi, 76). This is an example of her loss of innocence because most kids don’t see actions like that, and she became aware of what happens out in the real world. Throughout the story, Marjane learns to accept that she no longer is an innocent child. A big example of this is when she goes to live in Austria without her
“We didn’t really like to wear the veil, especially since we didn’t understand why we had to” (Satrapi, 3). This proves that the sudden change really confused many young girls, including Marjane. Not …show more content…
This picture displays this because it’s of a boy looking out at the rubble and destruction of his community due to violence, such as bombs. In Persepolis, Marjane lost her innocence very soon on. Marjane was a quite perceptive child who heard a lot on the news and from her family. Marjane’s parents also were more lenient with what she could do, and where she could go. They even let her go to a protest where she was extremely shocked.
“For the first time in my life, I saw violence with my own eyes” (Satrapi, 76). This is an example of her loss of innocence because most kids don’t see actions like that, and she became aware of what happens out in the real world. Throughout the story, Marjane learns to accept that she no longer is an innocent child. A big example of this is when she goes to live in Austria without her