Iranian Revolution

them to camps or other areas. In both books the government succeed at capturing the Jews or suppressing the people, they do this by installing fear into the people. The soldiers/guardians of the revolution are also similar because they target certain people. In Persepolis, the guardians of the revolution mainly target women. Women have the strictest laws put in place on them. They can’t show their hair, show off any curves, or do anything that can cause men to get aroused. In Maus, soldiers…

pivotal for learning, self-discovery, and development. It is difficult to maneuver through this time under "average" circumstances. However in The Complete Persepolis, the author Marjane Satrapi recounts her childhood spent in Iran during the Iranian Revolution, her teen years spent in Austria in asylum from the Iran-Iraq War, and her return to Iran after gaining global perspective. Throughout the graphic novel Marjane is required to adapt to her ever-changing environment. Through her experience…

actions. The creation of this unjust regime was right after the Iranian Revolution which caused there to be an overthrow of the pro-western Shah of Iran. So, Islamic people rebelled against the religious beliefs of the regime. The authors also mentioned the effects of the rebellion were that they were given punishments for rebelling and that they were almost caught by militia. To begin with, In the passage “Cairo: my city, my revolution”, the author’s perspective of the rebellion was that they…

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…

This push towards the modern world would see the Shah going far beyond his constitutional powers and take on responsibilities and decisions that would exclude the input of other social interests such as those of the Shiite people, the Shi 'a clergy and the working class who saw modernization as an opposition to their way of life. This opposition to the Shah and his reforms came strongest from the Shi 'a clergy and in particular a priest name Ruhollah Khomeini who saw Mohammad Reza Shah as a pawn…

Islamic revolution, the Iran-Iraq war - all these events, distant and obscure to us, become almost personal through the eyes of a first-hand witness - a child at first, then a teenager, and ultimately - a young woman. In the last part of the book Satrapi made her choice - to emigrate out of the country, to be able to choose her own way of life and her future.…

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 responsible and put her duties as a mother above her modern values. The revolution in Iran changed Taji’s parenting style and impelled her to…

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…

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 is simple. Marji, the young Satrapi, was internally…

During my time at Sandia National Laboratories, I interned under the department of WMD Threats and Aerosol Science. I saw men and women using their scientific and engineering backgrounds to study and understand systems that can be used to counteract chemical and biological weapons of mass destruction. It was incredible to see and work on various projects that allowed for counter-terrorism. One of the biggest projects I worked on was our "Spray Knockdown System" it is a massive, almost…