Iranian Revolution

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. [First of all] awareness and acceptance in Marjane’s life are demonstrated in the nationalism in Iran at the time that this book took place. Marjane sees the strong opinions that are formed during this era,…

US CIA and British backed coup. Many Iranians were not happy with the outside involvement by the United States and the hypocrisy of self-determination and democracy. Anti-western resentment was building. During this brief time, Iran was in a state of uproar and disorder. Mohammad believed the traditional system of Iran needed major improvements that could lead to westernizing. He began this process by introducing a new reform program called the White Revolution. It was named white (pure) in…

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…

Marjane Satrapi was born in Iran in 1969 and grew up in Tehran during the Iranian Revolution. This would later play a major role in the creation of her graphic memoir. When she was 14 she had gotten expelled from her French-language school for hitting a principal whom asked her to stop wearing jewelry to school. She was then sent to a school in Vienna, Austria. She returned to Iran at age 18 from Austria to attend college. After a short marriage and divorce Satrapi moved to France and had her…

its 1979 revolution” (Wright). Iran’s government is hindered from becoming greater than it is because of the problems it faces. This forces Iran to be off par with many of the fastest growing countries in the world. The results of Iran’s inability to economically grow are poverty and socioeconomic instability in the nation. Iran must change to improve its government by fixing the problems that the country faces. The government of Iran faces current issues because of the Islamic Revolution,…

after the Islamic Revolution In the late 1970s Iran went through a political change that alternated the nation. The Shah (king) Mohammad Reza Pahlavi wanted to modernize and westernize Iran in a way similar to the United States.However, Ayatollah Khomeini ( Iran 's religious leader at this time ) did not agree with Shah Pahlavi and wanted to go by the Islamic customs.The differences between these two leaders caused Iran to go in a chaotic state and birthed the Islamic Revolution. In 1979…

history books found it best to resist the topic as a whole to avoid conflict. In Persepolis, Marji the main character tell her story from the perspective of a Iranian female living in a upper/middle class family; she is also against communism and fundamentalism. Marji had very strong opinions on the revolution. She stated “For a revolution to succeed, the entire population must support it.” (Satrapi 17). At a young age Marji found…

The Islamic Revolution (also known as the Iranian Revolution) has been acknowledged as one of the most consequential events of the twentieth century, initiating a period of Islamic revivalism and the struggles against ‘modernisation’ involving the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty, under Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlavi, and its eventual reinstatement of Ayatollah Khomeini, the leader of the revolution that introduced Muslim fundamentalism. Political repression by the regime of Mohammed Reza Shah,…

socio-economic failures of the Shah. His unwise use of power and his greed made Iran a country ripe for revolution. By 1979 the stage was set for Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who because of cunning historical and political maneuverings was able to use politics, religion, and a little bit of trickery to persuade the people of Iran to overthrow Mohammad Reza Shah. In the years leading up to the actual revolution in 1979, Shah Pahlavi had done a good job of making himself unpopular with the people…

two authors can be considered feminist of their time as both their stories discuss the lives of women in times of political oppression. Persepolis is the autobiography of Marjane Satrapi as she grows up in Iran during times of protest with the Iranian Revolution and the Iraq-Iran war. While, “Antigone” is the drama of a princess, Antigone, going against government rule to follow the religious law in Thebes, Ancient Greece. Marjane Satrapi and Antigone are both examples of modern feminist who…