Iranian culture

Essay #3 “Overthrow” Stephen Scarlett 900201133 Stephen Kinzer does an excellent job with explaining the process of the United States of overthrowing foreign governments when conflicts were emerged. In the 1800’s, America had a new radical idea which marked the era that that United States assumed they had the right to intervene anywhere in the entire world. Not only did The United States assume they had the right to intervene but also overthrowing governments. The first time intervention and…

temporary wives as they wanted” (Haugen 213). In an Iranian marriage, the men make the decisions while the women normally do not have a say in many things. Even to travel outside the country, the wife must have been given permission by the husband since an ID is not required. Not only does the permission needed by the husband play a major role in why this is an issue, but also the superiority men have over women. As an example of male superiority, if an Iranian man were to have a child from any…

the obstacles the film throws at Affleck’s character Tony Mendez, who is impersonating a movie production manager, and the six American embassy escapees posing as the film’s production crew were, in fact, made up. This modern interpretation of the Iranian hostage crisis contains a fair amount of exaggeration in typical Hollywood style.…

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…

into the current Iranian political atmosphere. However, the good thing about this is that they have benefitted from the free education and national literacy campaigns to produce a well-educated generation that is highly politically motivated. Through his interviews, the author discovers the feelings and motivations behind this youth movement. This group of non-secular, mostly middle and upper class millennials strive to attack the fabric of the morality that the from which the Iranian regime…

“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…

Marjane Satrapi uses images of martyrs cradled in the arms of veiled women throughout the graphic novel to convey not only the importance of martyrdom in the cultural identity of Iran during the war, but also in the broader context of Iranian history and daily life under the new oppressive Muslim government. On page 250 panel 4, Satrapi uses the angle at which the image is viewed, and the size of the panel itself, to give the feeling of importance within that image. The frame of reference in…

Marjane Satrapi writes her autobiography, Persepolis with an omnipotent style. Every once and a while she lets it be known that she is both the author and the main character with quips and commentary on a situation. She especially takes advantage of this in foreshadowing how her relationship with Reza. One of the times she does this really stands out to me, “Apparently, her best friend wanted to go out with Reza… Unfortunately, we don’t always get what we want” (Satrapi 278). In this short…

The life in Iran during Reza Shah’s tenure was full of inequity, harshness and cruelty. This period affected not only the local population, but also the Armenian community. Both “Persepolis” and “The Armenian Community of Tabriz” are bright examples of how indigenous people and unwelcomed non-natives suffered from the decisions that government made. As Satrapi brings up in “Persepolis”, her early childhood was spent in an easygoing way. She was brought up in a well-to-do family. She had mother,…

The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi tells the story of Marjane’s life as she grows up in Iran during the Iranian revolution. In the beginning, Marjane is young and naive, not fully understanding the impact of the war. Throughout the graphic novel, she experiences a series of major life events, including moving to Austria and losing her beloved Uncle Anoosh. By the end of the graphic novel, however, these events have strengthened her, creating a strong, independent woman who knows the…