in “Persepolis”, were used to develop the themes that are evidenced during the story. To understand the several themes of “Persepolis” it is necessary to study the XXXXX, and how those elements developed throughout the story. The themes portrayed by Marjane Satrapi are XXXXX. Marjane Satrapi wrote this graphic novel as a way to criticize the government during the Iranian Revolution. That is why the themes of “Persepolis” are often political or religious themes. The first theme in Persepolis is the
which fear was your closest companion. This is the basic concept explored by Marjane Satrapi in her autobiographical graphic fiction “Persepolis”. Satrapi focuses on her own struggles growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution and Iran’s war with Iraq. Both of these events help establish the setting and create an intensely high cultural climate. “Persepolis” is centered on Iran’s cultural distinctions and offers a symbolic glimpse into American freedom. When compared, Iran and the United States
an image. In a book where a character gets beat up, a bloody image will affect the reader more than an image where there is no blood. Marjane Satrapi’s use of graphic images in her book, “Persepolis”, affect how the reader sees social classes, loss of innocence and gender roles in Iranian culture. One might think a situation is not a big deal, but when a graphic image portrays the situation, a reader truly sees the importance of the situation. In the book, “Persepolis”, one major theme throughout
boundaries with one prominent work, not a fantasy of women superheroes saving the world, but a quiet memoir that makes the loudest sound of all. Persepolis, a series of two beautifully drawn graphic novels is perhaps the most eminent book to combine a multiplicity of issues into one passionate length of art. Originally published between 2000 and 2003, Persepolis follows Satrapi as she carefully traces important features of her troubled childhood that occurred with the Iranian Revolution of 1979. Following
that Middle East represents, which leads the world to think upon a terrible misconception, that all Muslims are evil and will not hesitate to bomb whenever the time calls for. This misconception is what Marjane Satrapi tries to counter in her book, Persepolis. She wants the world to know that not all Muslims are evil and that only a few groups are responsible for all this terror. Satrapi displays her life within these pages to make sure her audience knows who she is, where she came from, and what her
The outcome of any Leninist-Marxist revolution is seldom in the interest of the ordinary citizens, the only accomplishment is the mere changing of the oppressors. The graphic novel Persepolis by author Marjane Satrapi is a poignant story of the Iranian revolution from the perspective of a precocious little girl, the author. The novel showcases the transformation of a nation, going from a relatively progressive culture to becoming a deeply religious and intolerant society. On a lighter note, the parallels
Persepolis 2 is a graphic memoir by Marjane Satrapi. This book shows key moments in Iranian history from her own perspective as an Iranian and a westerner. Marjane is a girl who is headstrong, independent, and outspoken. Persepolis 2 starts off right after her parents send Marjane to Vienna, where she ends up in a boarding house run by nuns. Marjane felt out-of-place at school since she transferred in the middle of the school year. She finds herself in a state of liminality. This was a phase in
The story told through the drawings in Persepolis is Satrapi’s childhood in Iran during a time of repressive government. Kim Wilde is the title of the book’s seventeenth section. In this section, Marji, the main character of the novel, stays home in Iran while her parents visit Turkey. She asks her parents to bring her back a few things from Turkey, one of those things being a poster
In Persepolis by Satrapi, Hands by Xiao and Maus by Spiegelman, the concept of equal treatment of each individual in our society is challenged. Each author challenges this concept by presenting characters that categorized by a veil, black hands or a gold star. This concept of equal treatment is challenged because focusing on characteristics of one’s individuality and categorizing them as abnormal, breeds the unequal treatment of only certain individuals within these stories. Each author proves through
Persepolis: From Life To Novel To Film It can be very hard to move from place to place. Especially when you are young, of a different culture, and the culture is not accepted in the destination in which you plan to travel. Although one may have cultural pride because they were old enough to understand the hardships their country was facing, they may not want to conform into the new society in which they are being faced with when they migrate. Even though there are similarities between all people