Marjane Satrapi

throughout history showing the Eastern cultures as barbaric or uncivilized. Although our history classes show them in a different perspective the area is culturally rich and has deep roots of its ancestral past. In the graphic novel Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, the reader dives into the mystical world and the modernization, regime changes, and religious revival that has swept the ancient state of Persia into the new Iran. The novel reveals a different side of history where the natives share…

oppressed by the obligation of veiling. There was also an identity conflict among women, and whether or not the veil should be an obligation. One panel in Persepolis depicts women, both traditional and modern ideologies, arguing for and against the veil. Marjane was 10-years old in 1980, the time when wearing the veil at school was obligatory, as well segregation between boys and girls in the classroom (3-4). Within this context, Fatima Mernissi’s “Beyond the Veil” explains the dynamics of the…

ristotle once expressed, “It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.” Quotes like these inspire me to always have hope during struggling times. In the book, Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, a young protagonist, Marji, sees the light and hope for her family and the Iranian people during the war. The people of Iran persist to overcome the war and fight for their country with the hope that they will succeed. Continuous effort and optimism help me succeed in my unpleasant…

“Born with religion", Marji is a very faithful child in the graphic novel, Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi (Satrapi 6). Marji aspires to be the next prophet and “every night [she has] a big discussion with God (8). At the beginning of the novel, their relationship is very close. Marji feels “safe [in] the arms of my friend” (53), referring to God. In the graphic novel, God is colored in with white, since he is a light, holy being. In times of darkness, Marji seeks the light by going to God. To…

dystopian element. In the story control is humongous because it shows how Marjane from Persepolis starts to see what the government is hiding from the rest of the world. In Persepolis the main character sees how their government controls everything they do and the way they act “they were the guardians of the revolution, the women branch. This group had been added in 1982, to arrest women who were improperly veiled” (Satrapi. 132) this shows that the young girl isn’t able to do anything without…

Nicholas Allen His 122-005 April 21,2016 Paper 4 In the book The Massacre at El Mozote by Mark Danner and the movie Persepolis directed by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud, shows the way war impacts society and their civilians in many ways. First, the book shows how the war impacted families and the livelihood of the civilians in El Salvador. Secondly, the movie shows how humans rights and freedoms could be effected by war. Lastly, both the movie and the book show the significant…

tens-of-thousands of people, and affected the global landscape. The Iranians would never be the same. The deaths of so many, devastated mothers and fathers, and the images of war were forever implanted into the the minds of thousands of children. Marjane Satrapi, known as Marji, was one such child whose life was impacted by the monstrosity of war. Throughout Persepolis, Marji has to face the ordeals of the Revolution. She was surrounded by conflicting opinions of which made…

books is that a challenge book is an attempt to remove or restrict materials based upon the objections of a person or group. A banned book is the removal those materials. The two books that are banned that I found interesting was “Persepolis”, by Marjane Satrapi and “It’s Perfectly Normal”, by Robie Harris. The reason for “Persepolis being banned is because gambling and offensive language. I can see this being a problem because the offensive language can offend people and parents. The reason for…

Armstrong can be seen affecting the marriage rights of homosexuals in America and around the world. Apart from sexual orientation, gender itself is often subject to religious bias. Author Marjane Satrapi exemplifies the religious gender bias in her autobiographical cartoon. Satrapi exclaiming “‘I am the last prophet.’” (Satrapi 555), is quickly…

seen as in the Kite Runner, the character Assef who is the antagonist and has malevolent tendencies is a victor .A victim is someone who is negatively impacted by the conflict in the work. In The Kite Runner and Persepolis Khaled Hosseni and Marjane Satrapi present victors and victims by introducing the foil characters of Mehri, Marji, Hassan, and Assef, by using the theme of social classes which Hassan and Mehri are both victims of Assef, and the new regime whom are the victors, they are…