Persepolis Essay

easier said than done. In Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return as well as Under a Cruel Star: A Life in Prague 1941-1968, both Marjane Satrapi and Heda Margolius Kovály experienced many hardships and had some highs and many lows. However, Marjane and Heda each showed the strong willpower of a woman in two very different living arrangements. Marjane and Heda wanted to fit in, longing to get the approval of family, friends, and significant others. For Marjane in Persepolis 2, she became exposed…

terms of murder blood money, witness testimony for trial, etc.) and required women to wear a mandatory veil in public under the threat of imprisonment. If they are not imprisoned, women are either fined or flogged. Marjane Satrapi’s graphic novel, Persepolis: The Story of Childhood, chronicles her life as she grows up in post-revolutionary Iran. Satrapi employs comparison and contrast to illustrate the discrepancies between women and the law during this pivotal time in Tehran’s history. To…

The women chant “Guns may shoot and knives may carve, but we won’t wear your silly scarves” in protest against the law that says women must cover their hair with the veil (Satrapi 76). The graphic novel Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi, is about the childhood of Marjane Satrapi, also known as Marji, and what it was like growing up in Iran after the Islamic Revolution in 1979. Marji is ten during the Islamic revolution and when she is forced to wear the veil. Her family shapes her opinion on how…

What do you think of when you hear the name of the country Iran? The book Persepolis, written by Marjane Satrapi is written about a ten-year-old girl named Marji living in Iran during the revolution. Although there are many apparent differences between us and Marji, the author was able to show that we and our ways of life are very similar. The Iranian revolution was a time of great turmoil and conflict, with a lot of violence, oppression, and fear. This may seem sound bad, but this is not far…

and how it affects characters discussed in class can be seen clearly within the novels Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, and Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi. The fictional novella Of Mice and Men - based in 1930’s California during the Depression - demonstrates the struggles of adversity through the characters Curley’s Wife and Crooks, and the non-fictional story of Persepolis – a story narrating the author’s childhood during the Islamic Revolution during the 1980’s in Iran – displays the theme…

As we may or may not know “Persepolis” is considered a graphic novel and it is written and drawn up by the author,Marjane Satrapi, herself. This form of writing by Marjane Satrapi does in fact enhance the understanding of the novel and the culture because the book is told from her childhood perspective and we can get a glimpse of what was her thoughts during this certain time period. Also, based on how on how the pictures were drawn one can get a certain feel for the book. In the 1980’s,…

The characters of the two novels Persepolis and The God of Small Things are portrayed in such a way that it is evident for the reader that their personalities are high influenced by other characters of the story. Persepolis, written by Marjane Satrapi is an autobiographical graphic novel while The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy is pure fiction though the setting is in the village she was born in. The significant thing that relates these novels is that both Arundhati and Marjane are women…

with each other, “The Watchmen” and the “Persepolis”. As you may have heard or watched the movie “The Watchmen”, its original comic is written by Alan Moore. The epic of a superheroes gang fighting against the war set in a background of late 20th century. On the other hand, Marjane Satrapi’s “Persepolis” uses a minimalist drawing illustrates her experience growing up in Iran during the Iranian Revolution. While reading the two graphic novels of “Persepolis” and “The Watchmen”, you’ll be…

Freedom vs. Oppression and Fundamentalism During the Iranian revolution, women had restricted roles in their society. Most Iranian women complied with these roles in fear of the severe consequences. In Marjane Satrapi’s graphic novel: Persepolis: Story of a childhood, Taji Satrapi serves as a symbol for women fighting against the oppressive laws instituted by the Iranian government after the departure Mohammad Reza Shah during the Iranian revolution. Taji’s actions not only impacted her society…

view. Within the book Persepolis, author Marjane Satrapi best describes her everyday life growing up during the reign of the Shah to the Islamic Revolution and her surrounding situations more effectively by representing her experience with imagery. Satrapi depicts abuse of power through visual rhetoric to educate the reader…