Persepolis By Annie Dillard

The theme between Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi , Sixteen pictures of my father by Marion Winink, and An American Childhood by Annie Dillard have related themes which are self-identity and discomfort. Even today we live in a complex society and people are constantly changing mentally and emotionally and people’s actions are based on what they feel is right not what is right by nature or law. In Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi who grew up and adopted the Islamic culture because she was from Iran. In the beginning of the story, she was very young and tries to find answers about war and current issues. While the Islamic resolution and war was occurring, which created challenges and made it difficult for her and her family to survive. Cultural …show more content…
Her mother wanted her to learn the good way of life and it has the theme of self-indignity because in the story when Annie was her mother, she had taught her not to break cultural boundaries. For instance, Tommy who was there neighbor told her to “go tell your maid she is a nigger” that is a hateful discrimination word but at that time she was not aware of what have said but then she told her mom that she had said something negative. Her mother was ashamed of her and she wanted better for her. Her mother wanted her daughter to be adopt her family culture. After that moment, her mother was not speaking to her when she says “ where did regulated my mother” she knew she had taken the wrong action. Even though her mother wanted good for her, she was isolated from society because when she said “She was turning the ice skates in to street lights” she was amazed to see her ice skate because she had never seen anyone doing that.In the three text , especially in Percoples, Scott Mclcoud uses the idea of closure. The most frequently in comic’s we see moment to moment because every moment, Marjane actions and thoughts are changing. In particular when Marjane grandma comes over and she is asking her grandma, she questions about her grandpa’s death and her grandma does not want to discuss that with her because she is mentally not mature and not aware of reality. In conclusion, all of these stories have a moral which are without family a person is nothing and even though we might we might make mistakes or take action, our parents are will not be proud. But in reality, our parents are the one who provide and shelter. They will be the ones who will be happy once they see their child become