Persepolis Conflict Analysis

Conflict has existed for as long as the earth has held living creatures. With the introduction of new technologies and weapons, conflict has become very dangerous to anything caught in its path. Many conflicts have been violent and resulted in casualties, but some have not caused any, and were somewhat peaceful. Although some can be peaceful, they all have an outcome, and these outcomes mainly result in challenges for progress. The resulting effects of conflicts such as the Russian Revolution, Iranian Revolution, and the Cold War created many challenges for progress in the affected countries. The book Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi is a autobiography that depicts her life and how it was impacted by the Iranian Revolution. The revolution was caused because the Iranian people didn’t agree the western ideas of the Shah, the current leader at the time. The revolution eventually took the Shah out of power and changed Iran to be more religiously focused. Although this is what the country wanted, it did have a heavy cost, along with more conflict and death. The good that was winning the revolution did not outweigh what happen during and after the revolution. Both of Marjane's parents had some part in the revolution, and everyday she would wait at home and fear the worst. A quote from …show more content…
These conflicts not only hurt their country, but also others as others may take sides and create bad relations. Conflicts cause the countries to focus on the enemy and not themselves, only advance their technology to help them win, and weapons aren’t going to help the country progress. By trying to avoiding conflict, countries can focus focus on progress and not worry about retaliation and defending. Without conflict, countries won’t have bad relations and can work together, and progress the world as a