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character in Persepolis, a memoir describing the difficulties she faced adjusting to Islamic rule in Iran during the Iranian Revolution of 1979. Satrapi’s use of comics and dialogue effectively retells the hardships endured by the Iranian people during a process of revolution. Ultimately, Persepolis describes the clash of ideologies, modernism and fundamentalism, the way in which it reshaped Iran, and to what degree the emergence of new regulations, limitations on rights and freedoms,…

Persepolis Photo Essay In Marjane’s life, the shifting society around her and confusion within Iran have affected her social, political, and academic life. The trials and tribulations she’s experienced have shaped her into the person she is. As she grows and gets older, she learns more about the political issues within Iran. Marjane Satrapi portrays the process of awareness and acceptance within her book Persepolis through the themes of nationalism, the revolution, and the loss of innocence.…

In the book Persepolis, the story was about a ten years old girl call Majane. It's 1980 in Iran. During the Iranian Revolution, marjane as a little girl when though a lot of difficulty. Marjane's mother and father often attend political protests, kind of like a more violent African war, and support revolutionaries when they can, including many of Marjane's relatives, like Uncle Anoosh. I am from a small country in West Africa call Liberia. I will be expanding how Marjane’s life is similar…

The book Persepolis (2000) is memoir by Marjane(Marji) Satrapi and talks about her life challenges growing up in Iran during the 1980’s revolution of Islam. In the chapter The Sheep Marji learns that her hero, and beloved uncle, Anoosh has been executed as a Russian spy and she is heartbroken. The panel on page 71 is a depiction of her floating in space, all alone in her thoughts. When it seems like all hope is gone, you tend to feel lost and obsolete. This illustration of Marji explains the…

for the Iranian people who lived in poverty and believed the oil was rightfully theirs. Later, in 1963 came the Shia cleric Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who came out openly and stated that the Shah is on the path towards the destruction of Islam in Iran.…

classes, and gender roles all had a significant impact on Marjane Satrapi’s life which is displayed in her book, Persepolis. To symbolize the revolution, we selected an image that displays the phases of the moon, which represents the phases the people of Iran had to go through to get to a complete revolution. To represent the idea of social classes, we decided upon a diagram that shows the percentages of the different social classes which explains why Marjane’s life is the way it is. Lastly, we…

Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis is a very eye-opening book. Marji’s progressive family has raised her to be independent and taught her that both genders are equal. However, with the rise of the Islamic regime that holds power for the majority of the book, Marji’s world is overthrown. She is veiled and separated from her friends. This is especially hard for Marji because of her upbringing and her early education at a secular French school where boys and girls were taught together. Because of the new…

Who is the character marji. What makes marji different any other 10 years old girl? Marji a character from a book called persepolis; 10 years old girl that has the Brain of adult. Marji lives in Iran a place where there's no peace but war. A confused girl who's learning what's going in on with her country. As audience what got us the most intention of the book is the emotional feeling we have for mrji on what she is going through. By Finishing the first book of persepolis tough me marii,…

The battle between Alexander the Great and Darius of Persia is a battle of great victory for Alexander. Darius’s army was approximately two hundred thousand to two hundred and fifty thousand soldiers. Alexander’s army consisted of approximately forty thousand soldiers. The great difference between sizes could have been very discouraging for Alexander. Instead of being discouraged, he knew the capabilities of his army to work together as one unit. Alexander’s army working as one unit gave…

loss of part of Eastern Anatolia. As well, Tabriz was occupied by the Ottoman, but only for one week. 4 Unfortunately this did not matter, the battle of Chaldiran caused Shah Ismail to fall into a great depression. He retreated from the majority of affairs regarding the state and instigated him create a more equal balance of power between the Quzibash Emirs and the Persian-Tajik land owning nobility. 4 This heralded a significant political realignment within the Safavid Empire. Over the next ten…