Yasmina Reza

Have you ever wondered why Iran is always in the news? In her book Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi accurately represents Iran by expressing the country's nationalistic enthusiasm, the oil manufactures determined how Iran was run for a long time, and Iran isn’t very safe, as it presents a new danger everyday. Marjane Satrapi accurately represents Iran by expressing the country's nationalistic enthusiasm. In the following picture, there is a group of Americans expressing their nationalistic…

Finding my way as an American It was during the Iran revolution, when my dad sent me and my brothers to America for education opportunity and to escape all the religious uprisings. The government and people in Iran were overthrowing the shah at the time and were trying to replace the dynasty with an Islamic Republic. My dad wanted me out of there as soon as possible, In order to stay safe and receive a good education. It was so sad to see my home country die out and put so many innocents that…

The purpose of this paper to identify and analyze the historic failed mission of Operation: Eagle Claw. The mission failed due to the lack of communication and the lack of sharing knowledge between government agencies and military branches. Eagle Claw failed for a variety of reasons, both during the planning and later during the execution. Before entering Iran, each of the government agencies worked independently with little to no cohesion amongst them and the mission was kept secret from key…

Head strong, justice oriented, and shielded by childhood innocence, just to name a few, describe Marjane Satrapi character in Persepolis, a memoir describing the difficulties she faced adjusting to Islamic rule in Iran during the Iranian Revolution of 1979. Satrapi’s use of comics and dialogue effectively retells the hardships endured by the Iranian people during a process of revolution. Ultimately, Persepolis describes the clash of ideologies, modernism and fundamentalism, the way in which it…

Top of Form The Iranian revolution was mainly caused because of the economic conditions the country faced rather than the Shahs friendship with Western countries. The country suffered from shortages, economic downturns, and high inflation while the Sha was in charge. There were many events that led up to overthrowing the Pahlavi dynasty. The first being the government monopoly on tobacco products which created a protest in 1891. Then came the Anglo oil company which was controlled by the British…

embassy known as ‘Operation Eagle Claw’ ” (Sarri, 1). On November 4, 1979, 3,000 Iranian students stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran and took more than sixty Americans hostage. In October 1979, President Carter allowed the exiled leader, Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, to enter the U.S. for treatment of advanced malignant lymphoma. Carter relented on humanitarian grounds. “He went around the room, and most of us said ‘Let him…

Rebellion in Persepolis Persepolis Reflection The Revolution sets the scene of the story. Since it’s taking place during the Islamic Revolution the readers get an inside to the life of an Iranian during the time period. There’s a significant opportunity for connection to another culture because of how relative Marjane to a normal teen. She likes popular western things that a teen would such as music, fashion, and she likes to express herself. Because of this, she is easy to relate to. The…

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…

Similar to the Ottoman Empire, the Safavid Empire experienced a rise and fall and began its reign with the Islamic religion. Members of the Safavid tribe were the founders of a sunni sufi religious brotherhood in Azerbaijan, which was popularly fought over by other empires including the Ottoman Empire. A major differentiating factor for the Safavids was that their making of Shiite Islam the state religion of Iran made it very different from its neighboring Sunni Muslim empires. This…

How To Get Green Grass 101 What if the grass isn’t greener on the other side? What does one do to move forward? In the memoir “Persepolis” Marj who is the main character, watched as her family opposed the current form of government. Her parents started to participate in demonstrations to dethrone the Shah, who was Mohammad Pahlavi, because of unfair distribution of wealth. Their actions encouraged Marj to participate in the demonstrations; although she didn’t quite know what she was…