Marjane Satrapi

In Maus II, and Persepolis, Artie and Marjane continuously struggle with their familial and cultural identity. Similar to most youth, they have a strong desire to understand their parents’ values and their ethnic identity. Yet, in contrast, they are trying to cope with severe political unrest that is causing horrific violence and supreme prejudice against their ethnicity and political ideology. They see their parents as “heroes”, but later are disillusioned by their parents’ imperfections.…

1980 and follows Marjane's experiences through the year 1984. Marjane is 10 years old when the novel begins and 14 when it ends. The novel takes place in Iran during The Islamic Revolution. Many citizens are protesting and fighting against the king and current government of the country. The government tries to restrict the peoples' rights in order limit their actions and create 'peace'. Plot: The novel starts off in 1980 when Marjane is 10 and the government just made it a law that women have…

Marjane Satrapi rejecting God, on page 70, is a major turning point in her book The Complete Persepolis. When she finds out her uncle Anoosh was executed, she starts to believe that God can’t help her or her country. She loses her faith and starts to take her own action. Marjane begins to rebel in her own ways instead of listening for God to direct her. She no longer trusted God to do what was right. Before this page, Marjane often looked up to God and spoke to him. After she tells him to get…

accomplished in that we have put in effort to reach a goal. When we lose we feel the feeling of sadness or maybe even anger. When we smell a smell, or taste a taste from a decade ago we are able to paint a picture of a certain place or item. Marjane Satrapi is able to do this through her words in her short story, The Shabbat. She is able to express her emotions she felt in childhood through her words as well as through images. Psychoanalytic Criticism started off in the early 1800's from a man…

by Achebe okonkwo struggles with his identity; and keeping his tribe together. When the missionaries built a church near the village it brought curiosity to the villagers making them want to know about the christian. But, in the memoir written by Satrapi the Islamic Revolution created huge changes to the Iran culture. They were forced to change their lives and…

Art Spiegelman’s Maus and Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis are both considered graphic novels by a multitude of critics, yet some critics think of them in a more specific sense. Common genres used for the two books are memoir and biography. Although Maus and Persepolis are both graphic novels and can be considered memoirs or biographies, they can be more specifically categorized with the genre creative nonfiction, because of the authors’ use of modern frameworks, round characters, and juxtaposition…

that matter. Persepolis, a graphical autobiography written by Marjane Satrapi, was about her childhood growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. Throughout the book, rebellion was seen in many different shapes and forms. Since Marjane grew up in the era of the Islamic Revolution, she was heavily influenced by protests. As she grew older, she was ambitious to change the government for the better. At the tender age of ten, Marjane wanted to take…

Persepolis is the picturesque diary of Marjane Satrapi, author of this book highlighting the details in the life of an Iranian. In the beginning of her story, a revolution is happening as the Iranians overthrow the emperor, however a war breaks out between Iraq and Iran following these events. In Iran, social differences between men, women and children appear to be affected by a war that was going on during Marji’s childhood. During this time, many people died so her parents force her to leave…

“In paradise there will be plenty of food, women, and houses made of gold and diamonds.” (Satrapi, 100). Subjecting to Muslim culture means submitting to Allah and being pure in he’s eyes. Once proving purity, the rewards will result in the gifts that only Allah can provide in heaven; Food, gold, and the seventy-two virgins. These are all representations of stability, property, and good fortune and clarity. The novel uses the golden key as a pathway to the greater riches in Allah’s paradise.…

Whilst heavily flawed and riddled with consequence, one benefit brought by globalization is the ability to read literature from around the world. One specific novel roots itself in the political and cultural landscape of Nigeria in a post-colonized society, with a violent and authoritarian tone carrying the protagonist through the difficulties of finding oneself. A Middle Eastern novel sets itself in Iran during the Islamic Revolution by comparison, uncertainty about what to believe in a hostile…