Persepolis is a graphic novel, and it was created by the very skilled author Marjane Sarapi. Marjane Sarapi was bon in1969 in Rasht, Iran. Marjane Sarapi grow up in Iran and then she moved to Vienna running from the war and continuing her education. At the mean time Marjane Sarapi lives in Paris. Marjane Sarapi is very well known in writhing children books and her work was published in the most famous newspapers and magazines such as Los Angles Times, Time, USA Today, The New Yorkers, and New York Times. However, Marjane Sarapi wrote Persepolis in 2003 but the story takes place between 1980 and 1995. Persepolis is a story about a girl named Marjane, which is a reflection of the author’s live when she was just a child during the Islamic revolution.
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One of the most important thing in a young adult literature is a teenage protagonist which is in this story in Marjane. Moreover, one big point in young adult literature is the first-person perspective, and that mean the viewpoint of a character writing or speaking directly about themselves. All adult characters are in the background and the story is always focused on the young protagonist which is a very important rule in the young adult literature; Marjane’s father, mother, uncle Anoosh, and grandmother were the adult in the back ground in Persepolis. When it comes to Persepolis there was a limited number of characters which makes it good for a young adult literature. In the beginning of the story, we see Marjane when she was ten years old and her father explained to her a lot of event that happened in the past. However, in the end of the story Marjane was fourteen years old which means four years has passed so fast and that a compressed time span is required in a young adult literature. Fortunately, the book is very easy to read because of the current slang Marjane used. When Marjane’s father and mother went to Turkey, they brought her some posters, a jacket, and sneakers and the descried it in details. Further, more there was few subplots in Persepolis such as, when the maid fell in love with the neighbor and when the people knew about it; they told Marjane’s father and he told …show more content…
As any other good young adult literature, Persepolis has a lot of internal characteristic young adult literature. Such as, multi-themed novel, one big them of the novel is the family them, when Marjane’s family go through all the rough life together. Another big theme is politics, and how the currant king became the king, and how was the war with Iraq. Religion played a big part in the novel, where the whole story stated and ended with it. One of the most effective themes in the novel was the violence theme, because Marjane described it in details. What makes Persepolis very interesting is, the tension and the shock that the main character Marjane go through. Such as, when Marjane was shopping and she heard that her neighborhood was boomed. Marjane was very scared that the boom might hit her home but when she got back she found out that her family was save. Unfortunately, Marjane’s neighbor got killed by the booming, and that made very angry and sad. However, every good young adult novel needs a memorable characters. In Persepolis, there were a few memorable characters such as, Marjane’s uncle Anoosh. Marjane’s uncle Anoosh, was Fereydoon’s secretary and that means he was a big shot at the minister of justice of the new little republic. However, that did not go well because they ended up getting killed, but uncle Anoosh ran to Russia and he got married there. Unfortunately, when he got back to Iran the thought
One of the most important thing in a young adult literature is a teenage protagonist which is in this story in Marjane. Moreover, one big point in young adult literature is the first-person perspective, and that mean the viewpoint of a character writing or speaking directly about themselves. All adult characters are in the background and the story is always focused on the young protagonist which is a very important rule in the young adult literature; Marjane’s father, mother, uncle Anoosh, and grandmother were the adult in the back ground in Persepolis. When it comes to Persepolis there was a limited number of characters which makes it good for a young adult literature. In the beginning of the story, we see Marjane when she was ten years old and her father explained to her a lot of event that happened in the past. However, in the end of the story Marjane was fourteen years old which means four years has passed so fast and that a compressed time span is required in a young adult literature. Fortunately, the book is very easy to read because of the current slang Marjane used. When Marjane’s father and mother went to Turkey, they brought her some posters, a jacket, and sneakers and the descried it in details. Further, more there was few subplots in Persepolis such as, when the maid fell in love with the neighbor and when the people knew about it; they told Marjane’s father and he told …show more content…
As any other good young adult literature, Persepolis has a lot of internal characteristic young adult literature. Such as, multi-themed novel, one big them of the novel is the family them, when Marjane’s family go through all the rough life together. Another big theme is politics, and how the currant king became the king, and how was the war with Iraq. Religion played a big part in the novel, where the whole story stated and ended with it. One of the most effective themes in the novel was the violence theme, because Marjane described it in details. What makes Persepolis very interesting is, the tension and the shock that the main character Marjane go through. Such as, when Marjane was shopping and she heard that her neighborhood was boomed. Marjane was very scared that the boom might hit her home but when she got back she found out that her family was save. Unfortunately, Marjane’s neighbor got killed by the booming, and that made very angry and sad. However, every good young adult novel needs a memorable characters. In Persepolis, there were a few memorable characters such as, Marjane’s uncle Anoosh. Marjane’s uncle Anoosh, was Fereydoon’s secretary and that means he was a big shot at the minister of justice of the new little republic. However, that did not go well because they ended up getting killed, but uncle Anoosh ran to Russia and he got married there. Unfortunately, when he got back to Iran the thought