Have you ever experienced anything that made you grow up faster than you should have? Have you ever been forced to do something that changed the way you live and think? Or have you ever tried to hide something you strongly believed in because other people's perspective about you might change? This happens a lot in today's society, but it also happened to Marjane Satrapi. Marjane tells her story through her novel, Persepolis, and it helps show how things in the world can drastically change someone’s perspective. The imperialism that took place in Marjane’s country, the religion that Marjane strongly believed in, and Marjane’s loss of innocence while she was very young, all affected her perspective throughout the graphic novel, Persepolis.
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This photograph consists of a burning candle and as it’s burning, the wax and the structure of the candle is diminishing (WordPress online). The burning candle depicts the loss of innocence throughout the story because when the candle is new or young, its tall and full. However, as life goes on and the candle gets used more, it gets smaller and melts away, just like someone's innocence as they get older. Likewise, Marjane experiences a loss of innocence throughout the graphic novel, Persepolis, which shifts her perspective. The first suggestion of a loss of innocence in the graphic novel is when Marjane learns about the torture. “My parents were so shocked, that they forgot to spare me this experience...I never imagined that you could use that appliance for torture” (Satrapi 51). Marjane’s perspective before she heard about the torture story was shown in the quote and the reader can see how it changed her. Since her parents forgot to ‘spare her this experience’, she received information that was a lot for a ten year old girl, like Marjane, to hear. Furthermore, she got a new perspective on the appliance, which in turn made her lose some of her childhood innocence. Another example of Marjane losing her innocence is when one of her best friends died. The novel states, “Something caught my attention. I saw a turquoise bracelet. It was Neda’s. Her aunt had given it to her for her fourteenth birthday...The bracelet was still attached to...I don't know what...No scream in the world could have relieved my suffering and my anger [said Marjane]” (Satrapi 142). As you can tell in the quote, Marjane was severely affected by this situation and caused her to change the way she thinks. For Marjane to see Neda, her best friend, stuck under a pile of debris, is heart wrenching, and it causes Marjane to again lose some of her innocence as she is growing up in the real world. This
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This photograph consists of a burning candle and as it’s burning, the wax and the structure of the candle is diminishing (WordPress online). The burning candle depicts the loss of innocence throughout the story because when the candle is new or young, its tall and full. However, as life goes on and the candle gets used more, it gets smaller and melts away, just like someone's innocence as they get older. Likewise, Marjane experiences a loss of innocence throughout the graphic novel, Persepolis, which shifts her perspective. The first suggestion of a loss of innocence in the graphic novel is when Marjane learns about the torture. “My parents were so shocked, that they forgot to spare me this experience...I never imagined that you could use that appliance for torture” (Satrapi 51). Marjane’s perspective before she heard about the torture story was shown in the quote and the reader can see how it changed her. Since her parents forgot to ‘spare her this experience’, she received information that was a lot for a ten year old girl, like Marjane, to hear. Furthermore, she got a new perspective on the appliance, which in turn made her lose some of her childhood innocence. Another example of Marjane losing her innocence is when one of her best friends died. The novel states, “Something caught my attention. I saw a turquoise bracelet. It was Neda’s. Her aunt had given it to her for her fourteenth birthday...The bracelet was still attached to...I don't know what...No scream in the world could have relieved my suffering and my anger [said Marjane]” (Satrapi 142). As you can tell in the quote, Marjane was severely affected by this situation and caused her to change the way she thinks. For Marjane to see Neda, her best friend, stuck under a pile of debris, is heart wrenching, and it causes Marjane to again lose some of her innocence as she is growing up in the real world. This