Marjane Satrapi

An amusing and moving memoir of Marjane, an innocent ten-year-old Iranian girl who protested against the Islamic Revolution written by Marjane Satrapi. At first, Marjane wanted to become a prophet, therefore she began speaking to God in her dreams. During this time, the Shah is defeated, and a new Islamic government takes power. Her school becomes an all-girls school, and she is enforced to wear a veil. Gradually, Marjane and her parents understand that the government is becoming too forceful.…

Story of a Return as well as Under a Cruel Star: A Life in Prague 1941-1968, both Marjane Satrapi and Heda Margolius Kovály experienced many hardships and had some highs and many lows. However, Marjane and Heda each showed the strong willpower of a woman in two very different living arrangements. Marjane and Heda wanted to fit in, longing to get the approval of family, friends, and significant others. For Marjane in Persepolis 2, she became exposed to the outside world after her departure…

Marjane Satrapi was returning home to Tehran from years of living in Vienna, Austria. She'd become very different from the Satrapi in Tehran; basically a makeover with ups and downs. The frames in this chapter represent the transition of past Marjane and present Marijane. What she'd come home to was intensively contrasting to the rooms he once recognized; her tapes were gone, the furniture seemed to be smaller than normal, everything appeared to have a twist to it. Marjane soon realized upon her…

these actions done by Satrapi did show her individuality. “I put my 1983 Nikes on...and my denim jacket with the michael jackson button, and of course, my headscarf” (Satrapi 131) was the outfit of choice Marji left her house in. Knowing the strict committees were prowling the streets and the Islamic army was up and down the sidewalks, she was determined to go and buy cassette tapes of michael jackson and Kim Wilde, both very western as well as forbidden artists at this time. Satrapi chose to…

In the graphic novel Persepolis, the author Marjane Satrapi used many deep and interesting symbols throughout the book to illustrate many turning points in Satrapi’s life in Iran. She was born in Rasht, Iran, on November 22 1969, however she grew up in Tehran in an ordinary middle-class family. She went to school in a private French school which gave her opportunity to be more open-minded than strict Iranians. She lived a peaceful childhood life under the Shah’s power until she was around 11…

“Always keep your dignity and be true to yourself” (150), is the advice given to Marjane Satrapi, author of the graphic novel, Persepolis, by her grandmother, prior to her departure from Iran for Vienna as a conflicted adolescent, raised in a tumultuous and war-torn environment. This statement has a profound impact on Marjane, the protagonist herself, at different stages in her life and recurs throughout the book, whether she is adhering to the advice or sharply contradicting it. The theme of…

People are affected by culture everyday of their life; sometimes in a good way and sometimes in a bad way. A girl named Marjane Satrapi in the autobiography Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi was impacted by a cultural revolution. Turning her life turn upside down. Over the course of a few years she had turned from a child to a young teen, experiencing the violence of war and eventually moving to Austria without her family. She was impacted greatly by the government, social organization, and changing…

Persepolis is a graphic novel that centers around the life of Marjane Satrapi. Satrapi’s memoir provides an insightful point of view on the Islamic Revolution in Iran. Marjane, a typical teenager, goes through the hardships of living through a war; her story shows the evolution of a young girl. The censorship of Persepolis is quite absurd; the graphic novel has the chance to relate to, encourage, and educate a child’s mind. Throughout the world many children go through hardships, in Satrapi’s…

Persepolis Photo Essay Photography is an art of observation, it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them. In the book Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi, the author, represents Iran through her young adolescent eyes. Marjane precisely portrays Iran throughout the book. Through certain images we may receive an enhanced representation of Iran by the revolution, imperialism, nationalism, social classes and religion. This photograph captures a group of…

In the graphic novel Persepolis, written by Marjane Satrapi, every black-and-white drawing contains a figurative or underlying meaning on what each represents. Specifically on page 10 of the novel, there is a drawing on the 3rd row of cluttered subjects piled up, looking gravely. These people are the center of the illustration, and next to the group of more than 22 people, is a five-wheeled bicycle that is meant for multiple people to ride on. All of the people are melancholy and some even have…