Marjane Satrapi

This graphic novel depicts Marjane growing up a girl amongst a somewhat oppressive and politically volatile Iran. As Marjane attempts to be a carefree girl growing up and experimenting with clothes and music, she is constantly restricted and warned against acting like a free woman. This reminded me of Kahlo’s leaping deer, as…

Within a picture there is more to be said than what you see. In the story Persepolis, written by Marjane Satrapi, the picture on page 42 this picture has a million of people in it and they are all laughing, smiling and throwing up the peace sign. However that is only what you see and there is more to the image. Every picture has an meaning and some may view it differently, yet this is not just for pictures it can apply for people also. This picture is a representation of people who were happy…

three had characters that realized something about what was going on around them. In Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet realize how horrible the hatred between their families really is, in Persepolis written by Marjane Satrapi, Marji realizes that parents do things to keep you safe and in Lord of the Flies written by William Golding, the older boys realize that there is no chance that the boys are going to be rescued off the island. In the first book, Romeo and…

Iran were the epitome of civil disobedience during the revolution. The people were protesting against their Shah’s right to stay in office. This was because the laws he put into place were deemed unfair to the people, by the people. In the text, Marjane stated that the people had to change their lifestyles because of the Shah. Females were forced to wear veils or else they would be punished and there could be no public displays of affection because it was against the new rules. The Shah arrested…

In the novel, Woman at Point Zero, by Nawal El Saadawi is about a prostitute who faced a life of childhood cruelty, neglect, violent relationship, and welcomes death to be free from pain/suffering. In the graphic novel, Chicken with Plums, by Marjane Satrapi, is about a musician who frantically searches to fix his instrument to recover his first lost love but settles for death. In the play, “M. Butterfly”, is about a French diplomat who falls in love with the submissive, traditional,…

Throughout the Middle East, there are a large number of countries that range from the wealthiest and educated, to the poorest and illiterate. For many people outside of the Middle East, the common assumption lies in the belief that prosperity and wealth are very progressive and liberal. However, this assumption is unfortunately not the case, because in countries such as Saudi Arabia; a very wealthy and educated state, tends to have very similar conservative and strict approach to woman’s rights…

Make Persepolis Great Again The book Persepolis is a graphic novel written by Marjane Satarapi which recounts her childhood and early years living in Iran with her family during an Islamic revolution. While reading this novel, one cannot help but feel a surge of emotions. These emotions range from but are not limited to shock, happiness anger and fear to name a few. Not only are these emotions not directly limited to just the main character but they are extended to her family, friends and the…

for all people to have equal rights and freedoms, it must be physically or secretly demanded by breaking small rules to rebel the government, giving speeches and making movements, and and working together to get their point across. In Iran, Marjane Satrapi writes about her experience with the secret demanding of equal…

I am Marjane Satrapi. A proud Iranian woman who would like to ask: Who are you fighting? Why are you fighting? What happened to you? These questions are what you have forgotten to ask yourselves as you fight. You have forgotten the purpose of this war and to what better days it was supposed to bring you. We are living in a time of financial and social crisis. People all around us are suffering. Parents are losing their jobs. Families are losing their homes. Companies are losing their profits…

in the novel. Comparatively, in Persepolis, after finding out that Ramine’s Dad killed communists, Marji and her friends decide that they want revenge “My idea was to put nails between our fingers like American brass knuckles and to attack Ramin” (Satrapi 49). This is a perfect example of how a person’s surroundings influences one’s actions for multiple reasons. Obviously, Marji is wearing American Brass Knuckles which shows how she wants to be cool like the Americans, but also, the violence…