Iranian women

talks about how shortly after the Islamic Revolution the girls are asked to wear the veils over their heads and cannot look a man in the eye. The Islamic revolution was a revolution that had created major changes in terms of the Iranian culture and society. It enforced women to wear veils which was supposed to act like protection because not wearing one meant that the woman was promoting…

Persepolis is written and directed by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud takes the viewer through Marjane’s life from childhood into her adulthood. The movie takes place in Iran and in Austria. Throughout the movie, it shows how the Iranian and Islamic revolution impacted Marjanes’s life. She starts as a young child interested in politics, but is faced with a countless amount of hardships, as she grows older. The tensions in Iran cause her parents to send her to France to go to school, but…

strict rules based off the Islamic customs. After 8 years of imprisonment for being a revolutionary activist, a women named Ana talks about how Khomeini treated the people who were against his politics, and she states "In 1988 the Khomeini regime killed all the political prisoners, hanged all of them during two months. They actually killed all the…

Satrapi states her the views on the effects of Iranian Revolution on herself and others, including Americans. Many Muslim Americans fear to practice their religious views and beliefs due to some horrific acts that took place; which was…

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 influenced by that of the West. The main elements of this culture that were carried over consisted of wealth,…

shielded by childhood innocence, just to name a few, describe Marjane Satrapi character in Persepolis, a memoir describing the difficulties she faced adjusting to Islamic rule in Iran during the Iranian Revolution of 1979. Satrapi’s use of comics and dialogue effectively retells the hardships endured by the Iranian people during a process of revolution. Ultimately, Persepolis describes the clash of ideologies, modernism and fundamentalism, the way in which it reshaped Iran, and to what degree…

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 changes in…

Satrapi, writes to portray the role of women and their femininity during the New Regime. Persepolis is written during the Islamic Revolution of 1979 in Iran. The novel is written to illustrate how the Islamic Revolution leads to change culture and society in Iran. “In 1997 a revolution took place. It was later called The Islamic revolution.” (Satrapi 3) Satrapi writes how during the Islamic Revolution it was a difficult time for families, but mostly for the women. Persepolis shows how in 1979…

cultural differences that Betty(who was married with Iranian Mohmoody) had to deal with. The story of the film shows the different cultures and norms of Muslim Iranians. 1.In the movie we can see clearly the gender stereotypes that Iran had. In the scene that Betty goes to American Embassy finally the woman in embassy told to Betty that this is Iran once you get married the father of your child has the custody of her children. In our days women have this rights. In Iran even this right was…

Marjane Satrapi disproves preconceptions of Iranian culture through the use of illustrations in a graphic novel format. First written in French, Satrapi’s graphic novel is set in Iran during the Iranian Revolution, and tells the story of Satrapi’s childhood, through her childhood self, “Marji.” In the graphic novel Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi incorporates religious icons to suggest a loss of individuality leads to the invalidity of preconceptions of Iranian oppression. The incorporation of…