Marjane Satrapi's Influence On Persepolis

People are heavily influenced by their surroundings from early ages. As a child, the only world to you is the small area in which you live, and the people within it. To you, the only way to live life is the way everyone else does around you. Even when your knowledge of the world expands, your thoughts and ideals are are still rooted in your beginnings, and they can shape who you are for the rest of your life. Marjane Satrapi, author and director of “Persepolis”, was shaped by her environment as a child. On a smaller scale by her family, and on a larger scale by the society of her birthplace of Iran itself. Despite her surroundings though, she also garnered a personality unique to her, without regard to the customs and expectations of the society she grew up in. Satrapi’s personality is an unparalleled combination of the customs bestowed upon her as a child, especially those of her grandmother, and her own, rebellious nature conceived by herself, from her own personal thoughts and beliefs.

Marjane Satrapi grew up in Iran in the late-seventies and early eighties, a country going through momentous change and …show more content…
The overall oppressive nature of the society she was brought up in helped influence Satrapi into her rebellious self, which stands true to this day. Your personality as a child tends to stand true for your entire life. The most impressionable years of your life are in your childhood, and these first impressions of the world make you who you are. Marjane would never be the same person she is today if she was raised in western society. The culture of her background made her who she is, and helped her figure herself out. She always stuck to her inclinations, her environment proving to be a white canvas in order for her to paint on in black. Marjane clearly stays true to these instincts throughout her life, sticking to her roots, and not trying to cover up who she really is, and who she always will