Iranian peoples

have all seen our parents fight and they never get punished for it. The conflict of parent and child, and many other conflicts, are seen in Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi. This graphic novel tells of Satrapi’s tween years, where she lived through the Iranian Revolution and struggled against both her parents, the government, and herself. Satrapi describes this revolution through her childhood point of view in order to show that there is juxtaposition in all forms of conflict, because no conflict…

Marjane Satrapi is written about a ten-year-old girl named Marji living in Iran during the revolution. Although there are many apparent differences between us and Marji, the author was able to show that we and our ways of life are very similar. The Iranian revolution was a time of great turmoil and conflict, with a lot of violence, oppression, and fear. This may seem sound bad, but this is not far from how the united states were during the during the civil rights movement. Not only America, but…

In the autobiographical graphic novel Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, the main character’s mother, Taji, is an assertive and modern woman. Taji Satrapi is able to stick up for herself and her values in the face of the Iranian Revolution. She takes on the role of a mother and teaches her daughter Marjane valuable life lessons. Taji demonstrates how to stick up for human rights and be her own person. She wants Marjane to have the freedom to be herself. Yet, the revolution forces Mrs.Satrapi to be…

Marjane Satrapi is a talented Iranian author well known for her autobiographical graphic novel “The Complete Persepolis”. With this novel, Satrapi shows her journey as a young child thrown into the fire of war, as a teenager trying to find her own identity in a foreign country and as a young adult who feels guilty for fleeing her country in the midst of a revolution. Marjane Satrapi’s brave, assertive and strong willed personality had a lot to do with her parents, grandparents, and uncle being…

Ali Shari’ati is considered to be one of the most significant ideologues of the 1979 revolution in Iran- the events that overturned the Pahlavi monarchy and ushered in the Islamic Republic. Despite his death in 1977, just months before protesters spilled onto the streets of Tehran, Shari’ati’s lectures and published writings are said to have defined the tenor of the uprising. In some of his most influential lectures, delivered during the late 1960s and early 1970s, Shari’ati attempted to fuse…

establish the rule of the oppressed: to eradicate poverty, exploitation, and excessive wealth. However, Satrapi recognized the constraints she was living under. Under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, she rebelled against the restrictions placed on young people, especially girls, and against the censorship of Western culture. Through Persepolis, Satrapi claims her own historicity in Iran, while at the same time works to “destabilize standard narratives of history” (Chute 92). Satrapi confirms this…

things against the law, you are not doing it for your kids. When Satraphi and Mehri were caught, demonstrating they were both slapped. In the United States, there isn’t demonstrating. We avoid those issues by having a democratic government. Us as people have a part in the elections for the president we feel will run the best country rather than Satraphi’ s country where…

Chapter : 5 Assassination of Indira Gandhi and Riots against Sikhs Indira Gandhi ordered Indian Army to storm Golden Temple to flush out Jarnail Singh Bhinderanwale and his followers from the temple. Although Operation Blue Star was successful in getting rid of Bhinderanwale but it initiated resentment among the Sikhs against Indira Gandhi. The Times of India published excerpts of an Interview which Mrs. Gandhi gave to BBC reporter on 20th June 1984 with a headline ‘Action against terrorists,…

Max struggled through their life unlike other people. Mary’s a small little girl who lived in Australia and Max in his middle ages lived in New York. They both were sad, had no friends, and did the same routine everyday in their household. Their goal was to have a friend; Mary writes a letter to Max and it changed both of their lives. Mary and Max talked back and forth through letters, they communicated about their life and problems from the way people were treating them. Although Max and Mary…

Nationalism is pride and devotion to one's country or culture. In 1929, political changes in Latin America were sparked after the Great Depression in America caused people to lose faith in their liberal government. in 1907, Reza Khan, a Persian officer and then future ruler, tried to modernize the country by turning to Western methods, as well as making Persia an independent state. In 1925, Jiang Jieshi tired to remove the Chinese communists and warlords from China. A form of political…