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Course: Introduction
1. Satrapi wanted to bring out the stereotype that exist in the western media that Iranians are extremist and as well agree with terrorism acts of the past.
2. She was motivated by friends she was working with at a studio to tell her stories on behalf of other Iranians, more so who had suffered in the war and to convince his readers that Iran as a whole should not be blamed because of the acts of some few extremist.
The Veil
1. The novel begins when the writer is ten in 1980, just after the Islamic revolution.
2. Education was negatively affected after abolition of non-religious French schools, the students were separated in terms of gender and the girls forced to wear the veil.
3. The veil symbolized …show more content…
Her maid did not eat with the family, her father had a Cadillac and her grandmothers knees ached and that no old person should suffer.
6. Zarathustrian were the principles of the first prophet in Iran. The three rules were; act well, speak well and behave well.
7. She tells her parents that she wants to be a doctor because she was impressed about it.
The Bicycle
1. Rezai, Dr. Fatemi and H Ashraf are revolutionist.
2. At first when young she beliefs she is a prophet of God but later as revolution progresses she feels anger and develops a negative attitude towards revolution and God.
3. The Cinema is burnt down and police guard the door preventing rescue. Rex used to show modern movies which was against government’s wish.
4. She believed that for any successful demonstration or revolution the entire population must participate.
The Water Cell
1. The illustrations shows how revolution begin as the people face the army in chaos and violence
2. According to Marji the King is chosen by God. Her rationale was that her teacher had told her so and it was written in front of their schoolbooks. Her father did not agree with this and tells her the story of how Reza Shah came overthrew the emperor of …show more content…
The image shows a Marji’s grandfather, the last emperor of Persia riding on an elephant. This represents royalty and freedom of the innocent people in the society.
5. Marji’s mother reveals the suffering that her grandfather went through for his political beliefs. It had past but such situations still happened within the society they were living in.
6. This is seen in Marji, her beliefs that God had given Shah an opportunity to be in leadership and this led to the torture of her grandfather.
Persepolis
1. Marji’s grandmother represent the past in Persia. From her response the past involved a holy and peaceful country.
2. The strengths are that it brings out the ideas of the writer in way that it gives the reader a wide variety of interpretations. The weakness is that it might be regarded as childish.
3. Shah gives himself as the “God-like” status. Ironically he oppresses the people instead of helping them.
4. Marjis father used to visit the protest every day after work and this made her mother nervous. Protests were not allowed and consequences were severe.
5. What surprises Marji is about the widow’s case at the hospital. The widow depicts that Iranians are random and subjective when they are considering a person to be a hero.
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