Examples Of Individualism In Persepolis

Nora is married to Torvald for over 6 years and they have a comfortable routine that they follow. One day Torvald takes ill and Nora takes action. In the 1870’s the man was the provider for the household. Though, with Torvald sick, Nora needs to find a way to help her husband no matter the cost. They take off to Italy and “Torvald couldn't have lived if he hadn't managed to get down there.” (180) Nora feels a sense of pride knowing that she is the one that saves her husband. Nora wishes she could tell her husband what she had done but she understands the repercussions it would have on their relationship. Torvald would feel the humiliating effect of having his wife being his protector. To Torvald, Nora is just an object that is to serve his every need. She is his entertainer, his squanderbird. Torvald believes that Nora is just his “....poor, helpless, bewildered little creature.” (226) Their marriage is only real on paper, there is no equality in their household. This is something that Nora comes to terms with. She understands that “I must stand on my own feet if I am to find out the truth about myself and about life.” (228) Nora is a person of strong will. She knows how to put on a mask when the time comes, and she plays her cards just right. Because Torvald treats her as more of a trophy wife, she does not tell him about how she was able to take him to Italy.

Torvald was ill and the only thing that could save him would be time spent away from the cold. Nora never tells Torvald about this loan because he doesn’t believe in borrowing. Toward the end of the play when Torvald finds out about the loan, his true colors come out and Nora finally gets to see what her husband is really like. This is what really causes Nora to leave her family and to try to find who she really is. This situation also causes Torvald to change a little as well. Near the end when Torvald finds out about the loan, he gets angry with Nora. Once he learns that she is going to leave him and the children, he begins to change his ways a little and starts treating her with a little more respect. He hopes this will make Nora stay, but she already has her mind set and finally has control for once in her life.

Nora is trapped in her own house, in her own society as being a woman and the role they have. "I shall not allow you to bring up the children; I dare not trust them to you" (line 242). Torvald says to be own wife, taking away her most prized possession and the ones she loves the most and since she's a woman and Torvald is the man of the house, he is allowed to do it. One of Nora's friends, Mrs. Linden just married a man who recently passed away just for the money because women in that time aren't allowed to own the money that the family brings in, thinking Mrs. Linden would get all the money she got nothing. Then she meets Mr. Krogstad again and she's willing to sell her body once again for money and a way of living. "What a difference! Someone to work for and live for--a home to bring comfort into" (line 84). The book is complete brilliance, it shows that women are imprisoned inside their homes how Mrs. Linden has willing played a large part in this role towards the end of the

Nora begins to take offence to the words of Torvald. He refers to her as his most “prized possession”, and continues to say that he often imagines her as though she is his mistress, and she is a temptress. Nora continues to get offended, telling Torvald she doesn’t want any of this. Nora begins

A young girl lives in Iran in the late 1970s, early 1980s and lives while the revolution is going on. She tells the story through her young self, and shows an accurate perspective of Iran in the 1980s. In her book, Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi’s perspective influences her representation of social classes, loss of innocence, and gender roles in Iran. Three themes that will be discussed is social classes, loss of innocence, and gender roles.

Nora proceeds to apologize and plays the role of the obedient wife. Nora has the right to spend extra money after what she has been through for the first few years of marriage. Nora and Torvald were very poor. Torvald also became sick and had to travel to Italy to recover. Nora secretly and illegally got a loan to pay for the trip to Italy. During the time setting of the play, women weren’t allowed to do certain things without their husband’s permission such as take out loans. Nora has been working extra hard to pay back her debt and the promotion that Torvald will receive will help Nora become debt free.

Perspective of Persepolis Marjane Satrapi’s perspective in Persepolis is unique because of her gender, social status, and the danger around her. She is a young girl from a royal family when the Islamic Revolution begins in Iran. She experiences many traumatic events in her childhood but is shielded by a lot by her parents. Because of these things, her perspective is slightly altered and not entirely accurate. Being a female in Iran before the Islamic Revolution was not that different than being a female in America, but after the Islamic Revolution, women were expected to wear hijabs, obey their husbands, and conform to traditional gender stereotypes.

When Torvald finds her hairpin stuck in the keyhole of the letter box, Nora tells him it must have been their children trying to get into it, not willing to admit that she had tried to break into his things. Although the truth about her is about to be discovered, Nora wants to preserve the last bits of dignity that she has left, finally worrying about herself before anyone else. This last lie however, leads up to her finally speaking the truth and expressing that she no longer feels that she loves Torvald. Her husband is furious at her, insulting her, and fails to see that every lie that she told was for his sake. Realizing that Torvald can’t see her side of things and will only find fault in what she did, she comes to her decision to leave her family. Nora states that she is not happy and never really was, her marriage to Torvald was as fakes as a doll house according to her. Rather than lie, she is completely honest now and states that she wants to become her own person and learn that which she doesn’t know despite what society might think.

Nora's second, and strongest, break from society's rules was shown by her decision to leave Torvald and her children.  Society demanded that she take a place under her husband.  This is shown in the way Torvald spoke down to her saying things like "worries that you couldn't possibly help me with" (Ibsen Page #), and "Nora, Nora, just like a woman" (Ibsen page #).  She is almost considered to be property of his: "Mayn't I look at my dearest treasure?  At all the beauty that belongs to no one but me - that's all my very own" (Ibsen page #)?  By walking out she takes a position equal to her husband and destroys the very foundation of society's expectations of a wife and mother.  Nora also breaks society's expectations of staying in a marriage since divorce was frowned upon during that era.  Her decision represented a break from all expectations placed upon a woman by society. Throughout the play Nora is looked down upon and treated as a possession by her husband. She is

Is that in the beginning of the Persepolis, the wearing of the veil on the childhood, makes them to differentiate their dress conducts between the boys. They realized that the boy does not have any dress rule. Since then the girl started to fights for their freedom and rights. They started to say that they don’t know the reason of wearing of a veil. In Maryjane life education brought wisdom and knowledge, especially when she was reading the “The Mandarins by Simone. “Sitting down to urinate was more simple than standing up. “as an Iranian woman, before learning how to urinate like a man, I needed to learn how to become a liberated and emancipated woman (satrapie 175). She had the freedom in the Vienna to whatever she wants. Marjane was leave Iran to

Although Nora is secretive about the crime she committed, which is forging her father’s name in order to borrow money; she does it to save her husband. During Act I when Nora is speaking to Mrs. Linde about someday revealing to Torvald about the secret loan Nora exclaims: “One day I might, yes. Many years from now, when I’ve lost my looks a little. Don’t laugh. I mean, of course, a time will come when Torvald is not as devoted to me, not quite so happy when I dance for him, and dress for him, and play with him.” (Act I, pg. 12). This quotation shows that even early on in the play Nora understands the reality of her marriage, and her existence to Torvald. Therefore, Act I is merely an introduction to the overall overarching theme of independence. Act I shows the obedient side of Nora, until later scenes when she reveals her independence. Torvald attempts to oppress his wife, but his actions do not stop Nora’s independent thoughts from forming.

Beginning to read the book Persepolis, i couldn’t be more interested in learning about the Iranian lives. There are times where I see women wearing veils around the United States, and I’ve always wondered why these certain “people” wore the veils. The answer couldn’t become more clearer while reading Persepolis. I loved how the book was written in first perspective so I could know what the character, Marjane, was thinking and experiencing in her life adventure. What really had me mesmerized while reading this book was Marjane's relationship with God. Marjane’s faith with God begins strong and as a part of her daily life. Shea prays every night, and also receives messages from God in return. This to me was interesting, including when Marjane says, “at the age of six I was already sure I was the last prophet.” (Satrapi, 6) I thought from her being so little and already experiencing God in such of a powerful way sounded special and rare to me. Reading throughout the book though was upsetting because that close bond she once had with God soon disappeared when political violence had struck where she was living, which was the City of Iran. Her faith in God disappears throughout her years of growing up. More time passes without God's presence or mention, until he reappears one night to comfort Marjane after her friends Laly's father, Slamak, is released from prison. Slamak then tells stories to Marjane’s family about the deadly torture he and his friends experienced while being in prison. This then leaves Marjane unsteady by the thoughts of physical torture. She then goes to the arms of God for comfort while she was in her time of fear. From reading this, it mesmerized me because God was always there for Marjane. Even though she gave up on him, he never gave up on her.

Here, Nora pulls together the tragic circumstances. She sees that she was never truly happy in the house, just content. Her father kept her as a child would a doll, and Torvald continued this when they were married. They formed her opinions for her, set expectations to which she was supposed to adhere, and wrote a vague script of how she was supposed to act. She was like a puppet, with no thoughts or actions of her own. When she finally realizes the injustice being done to her, she decides to free herself.

In the graphic novel, Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi creates a visual representation of what life was like in Iran, being a girl growing up there during the Islamic Revolution. Transitioning from a child to an adult, Marjane comes to many realizations about her life. She sees how women are marginalized and looked down upon by people, especially Islamic men. Growing up in a communist household, she has insight on how people were silenced by the government for not following Islam.

Later in the play things start getting complicated for Nora. Her husband Torvald had become Mr. Krogstad boss at work, and Torvald wanted to fire Mr. Krogstad. This is when Mr. Krogstad starts to blackmail Nora. He wants Nora to stop Torvald from firing him. If she does not, Mr. Krogstad was going to tell Torvald her secret. This should have been the perfect time for Nora to tell the truth to her husband, but she believed that telling Torvald the truth will ruin their relationship. Nora says to her friend Mrs. Linde “Torvald, with all his masculine pride – how painfully humiliating for him if he ever found out he was in debt to me. That would ruin our relationship. Our beautiful, happy home would never be the same” (Iben 802)