Marjane Satrapi

better through pictures. What about a graphic novel that uses cartoons to demonstrate a hard concept for young adults? In the book Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi, the author uses a simplistic art style and varying panels to emphasize the different emotions and struggle she experienced growing up during the Islamic Revolution. The author Marjane Satrapi, wanted to demonstrate and spread her story in a way that would be easier to understand. She utilises a simple, cartoonish, and abstract art…

you, the only way to live life is the way everyone else does around you. Even when your knowledge of the world expands, your thoughts and ideals are are still rooted in your beginnings, and they can shape who you are for the rest of your life. Marjane Satrapi, author and director of “Persepolis”, was shaped by her environment as a child. On a smaller scale by her family, and on a larger scale by the society of her birthplace of Iran itself. Despite her surroundings though, she also garnered a…

In the book Persepolis Marjane had to go through a lot of hard things at a really young age. She had to face many difficult circumstances that marked her childhood life. The death of her uncle, the way she was forced to use a veil, the different social economic status, and the war that was going on in Iran. In the book we would see that Marjane was in a country where she would see violence almost daily. Marjane innocence was destroyed by many experiences that she went through as a child, as the…

Photo Essay In “Persepolis” , Marjane Satrapi, the author/ main character describes her personal experiences during the Iranian Revolution, which happened when she was only a little girl. In doing so, she accurately represents nationalism, revolution, and political awareness. NATIONALISM, REVOLUTION AND POLITICAL AWARENESS Nationalism. Persepolis is a book that dives much deeper into a childhood conflict than any other book. Throughout the entire story, Marjane is extremely nationalistic. She…

Marjane had just started school but she didn't it was the trimester already. The trimester of a school year is usually when the students have found associates or friends that they would be with for the year. Being that she came so late into the school year, it would be quite difficult to quickly find friends to hang with. Even though she had this challenge of establishing a schoolmate circle, she made it through better then most people. The fact that Marjane rapidly found a group shows that her…

Prescribed Question: 2. Which social groups are marginalized, excluded or silenced within the text? Title of the text for analysis: Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi 2000 Part of the course to which the task refers: My critical response will (Objectives) 1. Show which is the role of social groups minorities and how they established as them. 2. The tools used by the author to show the marginalization of groups. 3. The tools used to marginalize social groups. 4. The inner reasons of the…

graphic novel, Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood, Marjane Satrapi displays her illusions and ideas as a child and how they differ from her reality. As a child, she believed that she had one on one conversations with God, and she also thought that she was going to be the next, and last prophet. Once her childhood ideals destruct, it creates the development of her future conceptions and ideals of mentality. At the beginning of the book, Satrapi had conversations with God each night. He would…

consequences. In Marjane Satrapi’s graphic novel: Persepolis: Story of a childhood, Taji Satrapi serves as a symbol for women fighting against the oppressive laws instituted by the Iranian government after the departure Mohammad Reza Shah during the Iranian revolution. Taji’s actions not only impacted her society but her daughter Marjane who looked up to her mother. A woman’s image is highly important in Iran. Particularly the use the covering of their faces and hair. On page 5 in the novel,…

lived through this war is Marjane. Throughout Marjane Satrapi's graphic novel Persepolis, Marjane experiences many dramatic moments in her life including falling into depression, becoming homeless, and attempting suicide, all of which lead her to revive her sense of identity and encourage her to keep moving…

all anti Israel and they hate everything American. Our presumptions are abusive to Iran and Iranian people. It causes America and other Western countries to stereotype millions of people solely based on their race. In “The Complete Persepolis”, Satrapi sets out to inform us of the truth and eradicate the false accusations about Iranian people. She does so by telling us the story of ordinary Iranian citizens (her own family) in their ordinary lives. Thus proving they are not so different from…