Persepolis Movie Essay

Do you take the rights and things you have for granted? What if you lived in Iran where people did not have very many expressive rights. How would you feel if everything you wanted was being held back from you because of where you live. Persepolis is a short animated film by Marjane Satrapi. It tells the true story about her own life as a girl growing up in Iran and how she was held back from enjoying the things she wanted to enjoy. Being Iranian changed Marjane Satrapi’s Personality in many different ways, but the three main ways were that she could realize that she should not take the things she had for granted, she had become a more experienced person and it helped her to become a more critical thinker. First, living in Iran made Satrapi stop taking things for granted when she moved to Vienna. She realize that everybody who lived in Vienna was selfish and they took things for granted. This angered Satrapi very much because in Iran if she wanted to express herself she had to break the law, but in Vienna, even though everyone had rights, they were still complaining about the things they didn't have. The fact that these people who had all of the rights Satrapi never had made her very upset that these people could be so ignorant. So, because Satrapi did not have …show more content…
They might say that her parents raised her a certain way or that she just influenced herself to become how she was. I believe that this is wrong because the culture in Iran is solely what shaped her to be what she is now. Her parents may have had some influence but I believe that it is mostly because of the culture in Iran. Droppy was changed in so many ways because of where she lived. Satrapi wanted to be who she wanted to be, she was a go-getter, and just wanted what she wanted, but because of her culture was not allowed. Satrapi’s personality was mostly shaped by her culture, not by her