Persepolis Essay

a disagreement between the government and the people’s desires. Often, rebellions occur in a disorganized matter, where one thinks of just weapons and signs that try or attempt to send a message to the government’s actions. In Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis, she discusses how rebellions can come in any type of shape or form, such as the “Quiet Rebellion” that is not like any other type of rebellion. Marj lives with her parents in Iran where certain actions as drinking alcohol and smoking are…

Persepolis, a well-known graphic novel, is a very gritty and dark book telling the story about life in Iran after the Islamic revolution and the oppression that is being put on the public by the government. It shows the many demonstrations that were held by the people to protest about the government and the death that has been caused by the shah. For example, the shah, on page 14, had locked about 400 people in a movie theatre and had burned the theatre to the ground along with the people…

“Then came 1980: The year it became obligatory to wear the veil at school” (Satrapi, 3). Marjane Satrapi in the book Persepolis faces many difficulties in life during the Islamic Revolution. She is forced to lose her childhood innocence at a young age, face gender inequality like most if not all women in Iran at the time, and loses her faith in God due to the cruelty in the time of the revolution. At a young age children were separated by gender and the girls were forced to wear veils unlike the…

The graphic novel Persepolis was a very informing novel, that gave me a insight on what it was like to be a child growing up in a nation that was undergoing a war. The moment after I read the first page, I instantly became hooked because of the look of annoyance on the young face of Marji. At first, I was so confused, because I thought how could such a young child portray such a strong look of distaste on her face. However, as the novel progressed onward I finally understood; her nation was…

There were many different images that were portrayed in Persepolis, both written and in the pictures that she used in the story. Every image tells a different story, and when put together, they show the bigger picture. In Marjane Satrapi’s novel, she uses graphic images of the themes imperialism, social classes, and revolution to explain what happened in Iran during her childhood. Marjane Satrapi's use of graphic images within her entire book portrayed how imperialism has affected her life in…

The first few chapters of Persepolis discuss Marji’s participation in protests, her having to wear the veil and not understanding why, as well as how Reza Shah came into power. As we know the veil was not banned under Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, but it would become compulsory when the government was being consolidated and the ministry of Islamic guidance enforced an “Islamic code of public appearance.” Women were forced to cover themselves with either scarves, long coats or preferably the full chador…

Lalita Kondubhatla Professor Bowers Writing 01 12 December 2014 The importance of the Veil In the graphic autobiography, “Persepolis” by Marjane Satrapi takes place roughly ten years after the Islamic revolution which includes a lot of information regarding femininity during the Islamic revolution. As Satrapi describes from a ten-year old perspective, she talks about how shortly after the Islamic Revolution the girls are asked to wear the veils over their heads and cannot look a man in the…

Persepolis is a an autobiography about a young girl who is stuck in a time period of much political turmoil in her country, Iran. Marjane Satrapi, the author and main character, has several struggles, including internal and external ones. Satrapi decided to portray her childhood struggles in a unique way. A graphic novel was an ideal format for Satrapi because her pictures and speech bubbles work together to communicate with the audience. For example, on page 71 Satrapi placed an image that…

The main characters of Persepolis and We Need New Names experience similar hardships in their lives because they have to leave behind their culture out of need and learn to live and blend into another culture that is automatically hostile to them. Darling and Marjane both go through radical transformations as they grow. Both of them are heavily influenced by a need to fit in and they are both surrounded by racism and systems designed to disadvantage Immigrants. Marjane and Darling flee to…

Through her graphic novel, Persepolis, author Marjane Satrapi comments on the distribution of power in Iranian society, through the perspective of a coming of age story. The main character, Marjane, struggles to discover herself and her identity in a society which suppresses individuality, as a means to preserve the strength of higher powers. By examining the work through its graphical narration, seemingly insignificant “frames” and images become important motifs and symbols when discussing the…