Social Issues In Persepolis

Persepolis is written and directed by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud takes the viewer through Marjane’s life from childhood into her adulthood. The movie takes place in Iran and in Austria. Throughout the movie, it shows how the Iranian and Islamic revolution impacted Marjanes’s life. She starts as a young child interested in politics, but is faced with a countless amount of hardships, as she grows older. The tensions in Iran cause her parents to send her to France to go to school, but after struggling to survive, Marjane returns to Iran. In the film, the Satrapi family is depicted as an average modern family living in Iran. They are involved and active in politics. When they see the destruction Iran is going through, they are deeply saddened. The family is liberal, but the government oppresses them. Women are forced to wear the …show more content…
She moved multiple times and did not find a place where she fit in. She had several relationships, but they did not last for long. Marjane ended up being homeless and getting very sick. After this, she moved back to Iran. After returning home, Marjane becomes depressed and spends plenty of time watching television. But after finding the courage to live her life again, she began going out to parties and having relationships. When she is caught holding hands with a man in public, she has to pay a fine to avoid getting lashed. Marjane is still considered rebellious to the people in her society, but stands up for women and equality it her university. Furthermore, Marjane marries her boyfriend so she can avoid being targeted by the Iranian police, but divorces him shortly after. She continues to go to parties, but after running from the police one of her friends fell off a building and died. This resulted in her parents sending her out of Iran once again for her own safety. She goes to Paris and when she is asked where is from she proudly said Iran like her grandmother taught