Persepolis Essay

By describing her life story of growing up in Iran and emigrating to Europe, and by telling it in graphic novel form, Marjane Satrapi has become an ambassador for her country. She has become a spokeswoman for greater freedom and a voice of war. Her use of graphic novels to tell an autobiographical story with political features to it makes her messages approachable while still remaining strongly affecting and bring serious attention to the topics. Marjane Satrapi was born on November 22, 1969 in…

Introduction Some historians believe that Alexander the Great lived a life of excess while others believed that he lived a life of moderation, but which life did he really live? Compared to other rulers of his time, Alexander the Great is considered by many to be an excessive king because of his rash decisions with his power (T). Because Alexander was born in an area where alcohol was common and accepted, he abused it when in power which resulted in extreme destruction of cities and deaths…

Rarely it is seen that a person is making decisions, solemnly based on what they believe in. The decision that they make is very much influenced by external factors surrounding them. The novels To Kill A Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee; Persepolis, written by Marjane Satrapi and Romeo and Juliet written by Shakespeare all demonstrate how many decisions made by the characters in the novels were influenced by something or someone surrounding them. External factors such cultural norms, family…

is an attempt to remove or restrict materials based upon the objections of a person or group. A banned book is the removal those materials. The two books that are banned that I found interesting was “Persepolis”, by Marjane Satrapi and “It’s Perfectly Normal”, by Robie Harris. The reason for “Persepolis being banned is because gambling and offensive language. I can see this being a problem because the offensive language can offend people and parents. The reason for “It’s Perfectly Normal” being…

rights is to help fight for it and take the pain as shown many times in the past. Some events when the idea that freedom needs to be fought for are in Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream”, Ahdaf Soueif’s “Cairo:My City, Our Revolution”, and in Persepolis 2 by Martane Setrapi. For all of these examples, they were never given the rights from the beginning but they had to work towards and fight to earn their way to it. In order for all people to have equal rights and freedoms, it must be…

In all of my life, I been stereotyped or I have stereotyped someone or something we use it almost every day. First of all, what is stereotype and second why do we use it? According to Mahzarin R. Banaji and Anthony G. Greenwald who are Professors of psychology and authors of “On Stereotypes” claim that stereotypes is a form of categorizing, “Once formed, categories are the basis for normal prejudgment. We cannot possibly avoid this process. Orderly living depends on it” (613). In other words,…

Alexander the Great was very important in Western Civilization, he conquered more land than any other king in this time. His reign as the King of Macedonia was important because he was able to lay down the foundations for the Hellenistic era. Alexander was the son of Phillip of Macedonia and king of Macedonia. His father, who had died wanted revenge on Persia and Alexander continued with his father’s plan to seek revenge against the Persians. Alexander on the other hand wanted total conquest,…

entered the English language eventually some of these examples are shawl, bazaar, asparagus, and many others. “One of the main sources of the empire's revenue was trade, along with agriculture and tribute.”(Achaemenid Empire). The architecture that Persepolis reflected was Darius's own perception as the leader that masses of people whom he given a new identity. “Achaemenid architecture and art that was found consists of one distinctive and eclectic.”(Achaemenian Dynasty.) The Achaemenids…

choose who they want to be with. These women should naturally have to freedom to do what men can since we're all human beings. Lines 29-30 shows the inequality between men and women where women have to sit at the back of the bus. The fifth box in “Persepolis 2” shows that Muslim woman had to go to the committee for wearing something as simple as red…

In both Destiny Disrupted and Persepolis the history of Islam is told but from two different perspectives; a historical text and also from personal accounts. In Destiny Disrupted Tamim Ansary tell the history of Islam through the perspective of a male who grew up in as Muslim Afghanistan that belonged to the upper class. He states in the introduction of Destiny Disrupted “Growing up as a muslim afghanistan, I was exposed early on to a narrative of the world's history quite different from the…