Persepolis Essay

blame? Today, we honor the 400+ people who lost their lives in this incident. Growing up, I, Marjane Satrapi, experienced the unspeakable. Therefore, I want to open up about what I experienced during that time. Furthermore, my new graphic novel Persepolis was released recently and I wanted to use it as a way to take a closer look at my experience regarding this event. Additionally, I’d like to thank the BBC for allowing the publication of this article, as it was the only major news source I…

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to grow up in a revolution and live in fear of what’s going to happen next? Marjane Satrapi goes through this while she grows up in the Islamic Revolution.In her book Persepolis, Marjane goes through the process of accepting and being aware of her religion, her loss of innocence, and the danger going on throughout Iran. In the 1980’s Islam became very prominent in Iran. Due to everything becoming more religious, women had to wear veils. This image…

Within a picture there is more to be said than what you see. In the story Persepolis, written by Marjane Satrapi, the picture on page 42 this picture has a million of people in it and they are all laughing, smiling and throwing up the peace sign. However that is only what you see and there is more to the image. Every picture has an meaning and some may view it differently, yet this is not just for pictures it can apply for people also. This picture is a representation of people who were happy…

In the book Persepolis on page 102 there are two very detailed panels. Both pictures depict two similar yet very different scenarios. The first panel, shows a very moving and powerful image. You can see each child getting blown up, with the keys around their necks. The keys are supposed to be the key to paradise which makes the picture very dramatic because the children are being blown up. It shows how gruesome the war is and how it breaks down the children. The kids were “promised a better…

among one of the most important parts of a person's life and many people want their childhood to last a long time, but for others its cut shorter than they anticipated. In Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi shows us how a child can quickly become an adult when they experience major life events with stress and trauma. In the book Persepolis , a young pre-teen by the name of Marji is having her normal childhood as everyone else, but that is until the government of her country, Iran, gets overthrown by a…

Persepolis is a graphic novel that centers around the life of Marjane Satrapi. Satrapi’s memoir provides an insightful point of view on the Islamic Revolution in Iran. Marjane, a typical teenager, goes through the hardships of living through a war; her story shows the evolution of a young girl. The censorship of Persepolis is quite absurd; the graphic novel has the chance to relate to, encourage, and educate a child’s mind. Throughout the world many children go through hardships, in Satrapi’s…

Marjane Satrapi’s book Persepolis is a true story about Marjane growing up in Iran during times of war and revolution. In her book she portrays countless events she experienced while growing up during those harrowing times. However, her perspective on certain issues like gender roles, social class, and religion affected how Marjane portrayed certain events in Persepolis. This political cartoon depicts a bunk bed of the upper class at the top, the middle class in the middle, and the lower class…

Harper Lee’s To kill a Mockingbird and Satrapi’s Persepolis are sophisticated and multifaceted texts that contextualise how the external world can pose as an impact to an individual’s personal identity. Through depiction of the influence of parental figures and gender discrimination, the two books successfully acquaint the reader with the clash of the external world and an individual’s sense of self. Lee’s seminal novel Mockingbird explores aspects of parental influence and acts as a…

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…

Gallons of It Marjane Satrapi’s graphic novel Persepolis is based off her childhood that takes place during the Islamic Revolution in Iran, her home, and the Iran/Iraq war. Marjane and her family are against the tyranny of the regime, especially the rules of how women must be fully covered and all western products are banned. Her parents are activists against the Revolution. Marjane is having a hard dealing with this strife within her country, since she is only a child and she…