Persepolis, an autobiographical graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi follows her life from a childhood of witnessing the Islamic Revolution and the Iraqi invasion; to the strong adult she is today. As a child she witnessed the government drastically shift ideologies, and in turn experienced suffering and loss. After successfully taking over Iran in 1980, the Islamic Regime had to make sure the new regulations were followed. This was done by eliminating those with opposed beliefs, often in severe ways
Persepolis is a unique story partly because it is told in the form of a graphic novel. There are many elements of it that are very similar to a regular novel, so it remains to be asked why Marjane Satrapi chose this particular medium to tell her story. When we think of graphic novels, we think of comic books and something that is perhaps a bit more frivolous than the average novel. Even though there have been many critically acclaimed graphic novels that tell intricate well-crafted stories, writing
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
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
The Death of Individualism in Persepolis In Marjane Satrapi’s graphic memoir, Persepolis, the reader is presented with the ideal of oppression through examples that are composed of actions made by both progressive and fundamental individuals. These examples vary from the strictness of the fundamentalists’ point of view and the individualistic beliefs that lie within the progressive perspective. Although Satrapi disagrees with the regime, this does not mean she is wholeheartedly against the Iranian
In the past seven months of school, we, as a class, read three different novels that focused on the many aspects of culture around the world. My novel, Persepolis, written by Marjane Satrapi, may seem like, at first glance, a revolutionary narrative about Iran and how similar it is from everywhere else. Satrapi’s goal in her novel was to defend Iran and try to make readers understand that Iran really, is not too different. It is important to note that it is extremely debatable to say that most people