The East and West are alike and different in many ways. In the cartoon novel the Iranian artist seems to portray that the East and West have many similarities among them. She believes more in culturalistic resemblances between the Orient and Occident than the differences that puts them apart. This relationship shapes the narrative throught the text.It can be found in the beggining of the novel, the veil is one of the most prominent objects that represents the Iranian culture. The graphic illustrations used in this chapter showed the importance and impact of the veil at the time, it became part of a social values and showed political ideology present in Iran. In addition, it is seen that western culture is present when Marji takes possession
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“One half of her is veiled against a background of Persian artwork (signifying Eastern tradition), and the other half of her is unveiled against a background of the instruments of science and technology (signifying Western modernity)” (Naghibi/O’Malley, 231-232). This proves the readers with a specific factors for Marji’s life. Symbolized by the veil is the radical otherness in her life an unveiled as her “modern” self. If looked at carefully, one can see that this split is reflected in a level of form. This image is known to show that “The contrapuntal relationship between east and west shapes the narrative throughout the text.” (Naghibi/O’Malley, 231). Both sides are in her life, she isn’t one or the other but equally western and eastern. This, however, shows her change and growth from childhood to adulthood because as Maji evolves she begins to idolize the western culture such as Kim Wilde and Michael Jackson and her family was very modernized as well. All though, Maji mentions in the novel “Deep down I was very religious” (Satrapi,6). This shows her interest in eastern culture. Her idolizing of the western culture as she grows up can be seen as both positive and negative. This is because her interest of western culture causes her to be in trouble with the law from the world she is from but at the same time it can be positive because it shows that she can still be modernized but religious as the same time because that 's who she is as a
“One half of her is veiled against a background of Persian artwork (signifying Eastern tradition), and the other half of her is unveiled against a background of the instruments of science and technology (signifying Western modernity)” (Naghibi/O’Malley, 231-232). This proves the readers with a specific factors for Marji’s life. Symbolized by the veil is the radical otherness in her life an unveiled as her “modern” self. If looked at carefully, one can see that this split is reflected in a level of form. This image is known to show that “The contrapuntal relationship between east and west shapes the narrative throughout the text.” (Naghibi/O’Malley, 231). Both sides are in her life, she isn’t one or the other but equally western and eastern. This, however, shows her change and growth from childhood to adulthood because as Maji evolves she begins to idolize the western culture such as Kim Wilde and Michael Jackson and her family was very modernized as well. All though, Maji mentions in the novel “Deep down I was very religious” (Satrapi,6). This shows her interest in eastern culture. Her idolizing of the western culture as she grows up can be seen as both positive and negative. This is because her interest of western culture causes her to be in trouble with the law from the world she is from but at the same time it can be positive because it shows that she can still be modernized but religious as the same time because that 's who she is as a