Iranian Revolution

Wings of Eagles’ a novel which has the background of the Iranian revolution that toppled the Shah of Iran. The Iranian revolution remains an enigma even now and does not fail to arouse the curiosity of most people even though 3 decades have elapsed. The revolution against the Shah of Iran was channeled by the religious leadership…

all these sluts out there, we’re going to have to watch our husbands” (Satrapi 93) to describe the women food shopping. As well as the term whore, used by a women to describe another women it argues how discrimination could not only responsible by Iranian men. If women were describing each other in suc vulgar ways, what was so wrong with men doing it also? Author Hillary Chute argues that Satrapi wrote Persepolis by modeling a feminist methodology bias, since the author is narrating herself…

not understand why others lack the same opportunities and rights. Her confusion eventually prompts her to educate herself by reading as much as she can until she finally understood “that the reason for her shame [in her dad’s Cadillac] and for the revolution were the same: the difference between social class” (33). She felt ashamed to sit in her luxury car, while poverty forced others to walk miles upon miles simply to travel between home to school. In her readings, she learned that the…

Our Revolution If they would have just left us alone, this wouldn't have happened. I am Behnam Abedini. I’m 21, and I was a student at an Iranian school in Tehran . It all started in the year 1908. My grandfather constantly told me stories about the oil reserves that were found in the Persian Gulf. We had oil, but not enough money to extract and refine the oil. The big bucks British did though. They were given a lot of profit from this and had the freedom to extract all the Iranian oil that…

societies. Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi is an autobiographical tale that recounts her life as a young woman growing up in the aftermath of the Iranian Revolution. Although Marji’s family has always been secular, Marji must wear a veil and attend a religious, girls-only school as a result Iran’s fundamentalist regime. This is the first step that the Iranian regime takes towards limiting women. Marji is optimistic and intelligent, but does not understand the condition of her country and its…

suffered the first televised modern religious revolution the world had ever seen. It was a time where the leader thought more of his country that the people did themselves. The Islamic revolution was a subject of a popular uprising that took place in Iran for two years (1978-79); it mainly resulted in the overthrowing of the Shah monarchy. On April 1st Islam became the first the Islamic state, with Ayatollah Khomeini as its lifelong leader. The revolution in Iran was the result of many…

prior to the Islamic Revolution, the primary focus of media was content related to housekeeping, psychiatry, counseling, exercise, work and entertainment. The majority of which are more concerned with the personal and biological roles of women. In addition, due to Iran’s close relationship with many developed Western countries, most notably the United States of America, the country had become very dependent on the West in many fields. As a result of this dependence, Iranian culture was greatly…

female characters emphasize the oppressiveness of society both before and after the Iranian Revolution. These characters include Marji’s teachers, her family’s maid, and her neighbors. While many of the major female characters in the book manage to maintain their strong personalities and senses of individuality, societal norms brought forth in the book clearly view women as inferiors. Particularly after the Revolution, the…

In the 1970’s and 1980’s Iran underwent a revolution that would change the policies of the entire nation. The monarchy lead by Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi wanted to modernize and westernize Iran, whereas Ayatollah Khomeini wanted to get back to the roots of Islamic customs. The clash of ideals resulted in a revolution in Iran that put the Islamic Republic into power. Thousands of men and women were imprisoned for their political beliefs. Everyday people had to worry about what they wore, what the…

Rebellion in Persepolis Persepolis Reflection The Revolution sets the scene of the story. Since it’s taking place during the Islamic Revolution the readers get an inside to the life of an Iranian during the time period. There’s a significant opportunity for connection to another culture because of how relative Marjane to a normal teen. She likes popular western things that a teen would such as music, fashion, and she likes to express herself. Because of this, she is easy to relate to. The…