“It was the beginning of war.” (Satrapi 71). Throughout this war, the author, Marjane Satrapi, flashes back in time to show the reader her perspective for the duration of Iran’s treacherous revolution and war. In Persepolis, the author Marjane Satrapi tells her story through a young, rebellious, Iranian woman's point of view. In the unique point of view of Satrapi, she expresses her own opinions and views on themes such as religion, social classes, and danger in Iran. Her personal perspective on these issues in Iran, allow for impact on the way she writes. Because of this, Marjane Satrapi’s naive perspective influences the depiction of religion, social classes, and danger in the story Persepolis.
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Early in Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi and family are in a higher social class because they had earlier royalty in their family, and they are a wealthier family. However, throughout Persepolis, social classes change because of the new change in government (Fundamentalism). The photo at left by Getty Images portray the social classes in Iran. Like the picture shows there is a lot of people at the bottom of the classes, and with the new change in government to and Islamic regime, the people at the bottom of the pyramid are the people who are against the new regime. All of the people at the top of the pyramid are people who changed their ways and are now of the fundamentalist type. In the story, there is the aforementioned change in social classes, meaning people lower in the ranks were able to rise up because they were able to become a radical of the religion. An example of this in Persepolis is, “All that creepy window washer had to do to become director of the hospital was to grow a beard and put on a suit! The fate of my husband depends on a window washer! Now he’s so religious that he won’t look a woman in the eye!” (Satrapi 121). This happening in the story shows that a man very low in the social class was able to rise up just because he became a fundamentalist man in the religion. Marjane's perspective of being a former high class family, and also being a non fundamentalist family means that …show more content…
Danger in Iran is everywhere; there are bombs going off, violent protests, and even shootings that Marjane and others have to face everyday in Iran. Although in Iran, this danger is not always straightforward; danger that Marjane faces is sometimes rather sudden, and unexpected. The photo to the left is somewhat like the same danger Marjane faces daily. That is because the photo shows the hidden danger that mothers face when pregnant. This is similar to dangers in Persepolis, because both are rather hidden from the recipient, until they occur. In the story, danger is both unexpected and hidden. An example of this hidden, unexpected danger is when the bomb hit near the Satrapi household. Satrapi writes, “A crowd had gathered in front of my street! The bomb had hit my street.” (139). When this bombing occurred, it was completely unexpected, and throughout the war, that is how most danger was. So, this is just one example of danger that Satrapi writes about in Persepolis. In Marjane's young, rebellious perspective, danger to her is not as scary as it should be. So, Marjane’s perspective causes her to portray danger as unimportant, and not scary, because of her rebellious, young views. In sum, Marjane’s perspective causes her to not be as scared of danger as most people are.PRIMARY SOURCE The Shadow of Danger: A Prohibition-era poster shows a whiskey bottle casting
In Satrapi’s description of her life during …show more content…
Early in Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi and family are in a higher social class because they had earlier royalty in their family, and they are a wealthier family. However, throughout Persepolis, social classes change because of the new change in government (Fundamentalism). The photo at left by Getty Images portray the social classes in Iran. Like the picture shows there is a lot of people at the bottom of the classes, and with the new change in government to and Islamic regime, the people at the bottom of the pyramid are the people who are against the new regime. All of the people at the top of the pyramid are people who changed their ways and are now of the fundamentalist type. In the story, there is the aforementioned change in social classes, meaning people lower in the ranks were able to rise up because they were able to become a radical of the religion. An example of this in Persepolis is, “All that creepy window washer had to do to become director of the hospital was to grow a beard and put on a suit! The fate of my husband depends on a window washer! Now he’s so religious that he won’t look a woman in the eye!” (Satrapi 121). This happening in the story shows that a man very low in the social class was able to rise up just because he became a fundamentalist man in the religion. Marjane's perspective of being a former high class family, and also being a non fundamentalist family means that …show more content…
Danger in Iran is everywhere; there are bombs going off, violent protests, and even shootings that Marjane and others have to face everyday in Iran. Although in Iran, this danger is not always straightforward; danger that Marjane faces is sometimes rather sudden, and unexpected. The photo to the left is somewhat like the same danger Marjane faces daily. That is because the photo shows the hidden danger that mothers face when pregnant. This is similar to dangers in Persepolis, because both are rather hidden from the recipient, until they occur. In the story, danger is both unexpected and hidden. An example of this hidden, unexpected danger is when the bomb hit near the Satrapi household. Satrapi writes, “A crowd had gathered in front of my street! The bomb had hit my street.” (139). When this bombing occurred, it was completely unexpected, and throughout the war, that is how most danger was. So, this is just one example of danger that Satrapi writes about in Persepolis. In Marjane's young, rebellious perspective, danger to her is not as scary as it should be. So, Marjane’s perspective causes her to portray danger as unimportant, and not scary, because of her rebellious, young views. In sum, Marjane’s perspective causes her to not be as scared of danger as most people are.PRIMARY SOURCE The Shadow of Danger: A Prohibition-era poster shows a whiskey bottle casting