Persepolis Essay

Cartoons and graphic novels are popular amongst children. They’re seen as simple stories that can be understood better through pictures. What about a graphic novel that uses cartoons to demonstrate a hard concept for young adults? In the book Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi, the author uses a simplistic art style and varying panels to emphasize the different emotions and struggle she experienced growing up during the Islamic Revolution. The author Marjane Satrapi, wanted to demonstrate and…

While discussing Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi, with my classmates during the interactive oral, I found the many forms of exile represented in the novel very interesting. For example, while traditional examples of exile were frequently represented (i.e. how Satrapi’s Uncle Anoosh exiled himself to Russia in order to escape the Shah’s army (57/3,4)), many non-traditional forms of exile where it is more abstract, and not necessarily a person sent from a place. One example of this form of exile is…

The novel Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi tells a story of a girl’s childhood during a revolution. To tell the story of Marjane’s childhood, Satrapi uses background, spacing and the speech bubbles with the text inside of them to demonstrate the change of her character where she becomes more mature. The two frames for my Persepolis essay were frames on the page 70, middle right and bottom left. Both of the frames happen in the middle of the novel. Before seeing those frames we learn that Marjane…

The various female characters in Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis exemplify multiple different roles of women in society. Marji’s family line, being her grandmother, her mother, and herself has a strong sense of individuality that personifies them as being equivalent to the men who live in their society, In contrast, minor female characters emphasize the oppressiveness of society both before and after the Iranian Revolution. These characters include Marji’s teachers, her family’s maid, and her…

“Persepolis” by Marjane Satrapi is a great graphic novel upon explaining the Islamic revolution from the eyes of a ten year old. The novel may not be completely accurate since the author was young yet you get to capture the feelings of the struggle of the Iranian people. Their freedom of speech, their peace was taken away. This novel really exposes the fact that if women didn’t wear their veil correctly they would be taken to jail and hold in custody. Marjane talks about how she “saw violence…

Marjane Satrapi’s coming of age graphic novel, Persepolis, tells the tale of her personal experience growing up and finding her identity during the Iranian Revolution. Satrapi demonstrates the effectiveness of graphic novels as historical documentation and expressing her struggles with identity. Satrapi proves that graphic novels are an extremely effective tool for historical documentation. The reason the pictures in Persepolis play an essential role in the explanation of the Iranian revolution…

Sakinah Worsham Mrs. Kearney Lit/Comp. 10 30 Nov. 2016 Persepolis Analysis In the graphic novel, Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi, there is an image that covers the top row on page 5. This image has a white background, which suggests that the image is set outside. On the left side of the image, there are four women draped in black “veils”. The two women in the front have their fists in the air and all of them have their heads slightly up. All of them have their eyes closed and they are…

which is also call lover or couple. And in this presentation the main topic ‘m focusing on is the love between family and lover. With these two topic I made connections with the two readings I’ve like the most in this semester - Persepolis and Antigone. In the book Persepolis and Antigone we can see a lot love between family. Especially in Antigone, we can see how love between family is important. It not only let Antigone and Ismene risk their life by helping/ defending for whom they love, but…

Persepolis, the movie, is more effective than Persepolis, the graphic novel, in enlightening a 21st – century, post 9/11 Wester audience “that an entire nation should not be judged by the wrongdoings of a few extremist” by utilizing dynamic features to create a connection between the audience and characters to highlight character individuality. Visual aspects, more specifically on-screen emotions, along with the presence of sound create a dynamic feeling for the audience, while the book’s panels…

during the Iranian Revolution. Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi and "Individualism and Freedom: Vital Pillars of True Communities" by Edward Younkins affect the readers' views on individual freedoms and collective national obligations by stating the importance of individual freedoms while undermining the strengths of collective national obligations. First of all, a source that convinces the reader of the importance of individual freedoms is Persepolis: The…