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Persepolis Photo Essay In Marjane’s life, the shifting society around her and confusion within Iran have affected her social, political, and academic life. The trials and tribulations she’s experienced have shaped her into the person she is. As she grows and gets older, she learns more about the political issues within Iran. Marjane Satrapi portrays the process of awareness and acceptance within her book Persepolis through the themes of nationalism, the revolution, and the loss of innocence.…

In the book Persepolis, the story was about a ten years old girl call Majane. It's 1980 in Iran. During the Iranian Revolution, marjane as a little girl when though a lot of difficulty. Marjane's mother and father often attend political protests, kind of like a more violent African war, and support revolutionaries when they can, including many of Marjane's relatives, like Uncle Anoosh. I am from a small country in West Africa call Liberia. I will be expanding how Marjane’s life is similar…

The book Persepolis (2000) is memoir by Marjane(Marji) Satrapi and talks about her life challenges growing up in Iran during the 1980’s revolution of Islam. In the chapter The Sheep Marji learns that her hero, and beloved uncle, Anoosh has been executed as a Russian spy and she is heartbroken. The panel on page 71 is a depiction of her floating in space, all alone in her thoughts. When it seems like all hope is gone, you tend to feel lost and obsolete. This illustration of Marji explains the…

The Iranian Revolution, social classes, and gender roles all had a significant impact on Marjane Satrapi’s life which is displayed in her book, Persepolis. To symbolize the revolution, we selected an image that displays the phases of the moon, which represents the phases the people of Iran had to go through to get to a complete revolution. To represent the idea of social classes, we decided upon a diagram that shows the percentages of the different social classes which explains why Marjane’s…

Marjane Satrapi’s book Persepolis is a true story about Marjane growing up in Iran during times of war and revolution. In her book she portrays countless events she experienced while growing up during those harrowing times. However, her perspective on certain issues like gender roles, social class, and religion affected how Marjane portrayed certain events in Persepolis. This political cartoon depicts a bunk bed of the upper class at the top, the middle class in the middle, and the lower class…

Persepolis is a an autobiography about a young girl who is stuck in a time period of much political turmoil in her country, Iran. Marjane Satrapi, the author and main character, has several struggles, including internal and external ones. Satrapi decided to portray her childhood struggles in a unique way. A graphic novel was an ideal format for Satrapi because her pictures and speech bubbles work together to communicate with the audience. For example, on page 71 Satrapi placed an image that…

Imagine living in Iran in 1970. It was a time of great boom and great bust. There was much wealth to be had from oil production, and at times things were very prosperous. This prosperity was overshadowed though, by the many socio-economic failures of the Shah. His unwise use of power and his greed made Iran a country ripe for revolution. By 1979 the stage was set for Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who because of cunning historical and political maneuverings was able to use politics, religion, and…

The representation of religion in the film Persepolis Persepolis: The story of a child hood is movie made from a graphic novel and autobiography by Marjane Satrapi. The story is told from a first person perspective by young author Marji. She had witnesses the entire Islamic Revolution; including the fall of the pro-western Shah republic in 1979, the rise of Islamic fundamentalism and the Iran-Iraq War in 1980; throughout her childhood. The author had painted us a vivid portrait of Iran during…

Satrapi is unable to call any place but Iran home. A home to most people, including Satrapi, is a place where one is born and raised. With that said, both Austria and France simply cannot compare to Iran. This is because no matter how long Satrapi lives in either country, or how much she studies and learns about the cultures, she will never have the same memories or experiences that a native has. Through both the interviews with Bookslut and Asia Society, as well as her graphic novel Persepolis,…

Marjane Satrapi, the author of «Persepolis», was born in 1969 in Iran, in an aristocratic family, belonging to the Qajar dynasty, whose members ruled Iran between 1781 and 1925. Despite their origins, Satrapi's parents shared the ideas of communism, and her uncle had even been executed for his political beliefs. (Tulli) "Persepolis" is a story of Marjane Satrapi growing up in her native Iran. The events in the book take place in the period from 1979 until the end of the 80’s. The overthrowing…