Marjane Satrapi

Unlike Harry Potter and The Little Prince, Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi, took on a much more serious tone. Usually, I prefer reading non-fiction or realistic fictions, so I assumed that I would enjoy Persepolis more than the first two books that were read in ENG1100C. While I enjoyed reading about Marji’s childhood experience, I hated the comic/graphic novel format. To begin, I had little to no knowledge about the Islamic Revolution before reading this novel. At the most, I knew little…

are often what is desired and valued the most amongst people. However, in many parts of the world, people are oblivious to their privileges and are never satisfied or happy with what they are blessed with. In the graphic novel Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi, the opposite can be seen as regular citizens sacrifice much of the little they have in hopes of achieving happiness. The citizens of Iran lack the right to express themselves freely, as authorities are always present to enforce the…

Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis is a very eye-opening book. Marji’s progressive family has raised her to be independent and taught her that both genders are equal. However, with the rise of the Islamic regime that holds power for the majority of the book, Marji’s world is overthrown. She is veiled and separated from her friends. This is especially hard for Marji because of her upbringing and her early education at a secular French school where boys and girls were taught together. Because of the new…

prejudicial classifying that results in the corruption of the society the adolescent Satrapi is facing. In the novel, Marjane Satrapi often achieves a sense of compassionate wisdom as a result of observing class inequalities and experiencing social and cultural transformation caused by the revolution and consequential war. The purpose of this paper is to elaborate on the theme of war in the novel Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi to highlight the social inequalities in Iran. To discuss an…

What do you think of when you hear the name of the country Iran? The book Persepolis, written by 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…

Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi, is a graphic novel written about her life and the struggles and challenges she faces and how she overcomes them. Maus, written by Art Spiegelman, is a graphic novel telling the story of his father's experience through World War II. In both books, the role that government and soldiers takes is different yet similar. In Persepolis the government and soldiers are meant to keep people in order and suppress rebellious acts. In Maus the government and soldiers are there…

The characters in Persepolis feel the need to rebel since they believe it is the only way to escape the feeling of being controlled by someone else’s authority. In the novel, Marji smoked her first cigarette to rebel against her mother’s dictatorship, and to prove that she does not have all the power. On page 113, Marji yells to her mother, “Dictator! You are the guardian of the revolution of this house!” Marji compared her and her mother’s situation to the government and the people during the…

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 government thought of them and if they were being too rebellious. The novel Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi depicts some of the hardships that she faced while living through the drastic changes set in motion by the revolution. In Persepolis,…

lives. In this case, both of them tell a story of finding identity. In Persepolis written by Marjane Satrapi, Marji loses herself in the conflict of the war, she isn’t sure where she stands on her religious beliefs and often contradicts herself. You can tell she is weary when “She is safe in the arms of her friend”(Satrapi, 53) but then changes drastically when she tells God “Get out of my life”(Satrapi, 70). In the story “By any other name” written by Rama Rau, Santha is given a name that isn’t…

Obsolete and restrictive traditions and customs have damaging and devastating effects on the development of 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…