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Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi, is comical view of Satrapi’s life of growing up during the Islamic Revolution. The changes in Satrapi’s life give reader an opportunity for deeper understanding. Three symbols present in Persepolis are musical posters, the veil, and her bed represent aspects of her life. All these symbols affect the author internally and externally. In the end, the author not only learns about her country, but all the things she had to sacrifice in order for freedom.

Marjane Satrapi’s memoir Persepolis is considered a “coming of age” story based on her experiences growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. This graphic novel explores the life she lead in Tehran which encompassed the overthrow of the Shah’s regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution and the devastating effects of war with Iraq. Undergoing life with such a chaotic environment, it took Satrapi courage to act and live as her “authentic self” and explore what it meant to her to be authentic. Similar to Aristotle, May and Medinas Persepolis examines the concept of courage, through the view of innocence; through Satrapi’s childhood.

Marjane Satrapi‘s graphic novel Persepolis is an autobiography that depicts her childhood up to her early adult years in Iran during and after the Islamic revolution. Throughout the novel Satrapi incorporates character development, religion, and the conflict of freedom vs. confinement in order to develop a greater appreciation between two opposing eastern and western cultures.

The first part of Persepolis adventures into the life of Marjane Satrapi during pre and post-revolutionary Iran alongside the Iran/Iraq war, as well as the political and social changes that accompanied the war. Due to the intense content of the book it was surprising that Satrapi wrote in such a blunt and direct manner. Satrapi shows her direct and to-the-point style when she draws and talks about the torture of those people taken to prison during the revolution (54). The drawing is showing how graphic and brutal the tortures were, and that alone creates an emotional response for the reader without any additional sympathetic words. Regarding what the book includes about the revolution; many aspects were enlightening, but also gloomy. Most of

Persepolis is an autobiography of Marjane Satrapi’s childhood in her native Iran. She writes about being a child in Iran through the Iranian revolution and the Iran-Iraq war. As Satrapi recounts stories of her youth, one can observe that the Iran-Iraq war and the Iranian revolution are the central events driving the entire story. When the revolution and war happens, the dynamics of the book change completely. War creates a sense of unity and nationalism. Marjane shows a large contrast between her life before and after the war. The war forces her and her family to adapt in ways that they would have previously never thought possible. This process of adapting to her environment proves to be very insightful for readers as it gives a very provides a previously unseen perspective. Her community and family prove to be essential in dealing with the atrocities as they adapt to their environment during the war.

Persepolis is a graphic novel written by Marjane Satrapi It takes place in the capital of Iran, Tehran. The story begins in 1979 when the Islamic Revolution starts, and the Shah gets overthrown. Once the shah is gone, Iran is ruled by the regime. Soon, Iran became mostly fundamentalist, and if you protested against the law, you were either killed or thrown in jail. The main character is the author, this is a novel about her life story growing up in Iran. I chose page number 142, it shows some of the horrors MJ had to live through. The main horror the page shows is her neighbors house in pieces, and she learns that her friend was in the house during the time of the bombing.

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi is an autobiography graphic novel. The book is about a young girl named Marjane Satrapi growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. In the book, many stories and struggles are presented, such as the Islamic revolution, issues with school, the war between Iran and Iraq, and Satrapi’s struggle with growing up. The strongest theme from all of these situations in the novel is rebellion. Rebellion is constantly seen, in many different shapes and forms, all throughout this book.

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi is a graphic novel illustrating Satrapi, as a young girl growing up in Iran during the 1980’s. Satrapi shares her story while growing up in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution and the war with Iraq. From ages six to fourteen she shows and tells about the changes she endured during the revolution and war. The changes included her beliefs, social life and family.

Persepolis is an autobiographical graphic novel, visually portraying the life of Marjane Satrapi and her experiences growing up in turmoils times. The novel recounts the stages in her life as she grows older, this follows her life going from a child growing up in the new Islamic regime that governed Iran to moving to Austria and France and being a teenager in the western world. Marjane's documentation of her life also allows for an exclusive insight into what life is like a religious and authoritarian rule of one supreme leader, which is quite a difficult concept for the free and democratic West to understand.

Upon completing the first part of The Complete Persepolis, I have found myself to be enlightened to the significant historical movement of the Islamic Revolution. This period of history, portrayed by an engrossing storyline and modern graphic illustrations of Marjane Satrapi's childhood, introduced me to many diverse aspects of Iranian lifestyle that wouldn't have been depicted through biographies or informational articles. As I delved further into the book, I became increasingly invested in Marjane's family and their views opposing the revolution, along with their efforts to dispel the characterizations of their country's fundamentalism and terrorism.

Persepolis Photo Analysis Some say pictures say a thousand words, but how accurate do those picture show what really happens? In the book Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, Iran is represented from the perspective of a young teenager whom does surprisingly well. Satrapi accurately depicts the revolution, imperialism, nationalism, social class, and even what rule religion was playing at this time in Iran.

The graphic novel, Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi illustrates her challenges and struggles that she faced during her childhood through her eyes as a child. Marjane’s life is changed by forces that she cannot control in revolutionary Iran. She struggles with the alternative self that she wants to be in. The panels presented help bring the pictures to life with the eventual recognition of the Iranian culture that words cannot do by themselves. Marjane turns to humor and rebellion in an effort to cope with the pain and harsh realities of the world around her.

During the 1970‘s, Iran faced a period of turmoil as Islamic fundamentalists sought to overthrow the government. This shift in leadership forced both traditional and modern Iranians to change their lifestyles and keep their opposition of the new regime suppressed. Westernization is seen as a form of rebellion in the graphic novel Persepolis, which follows the childhood of Marjane Satrapi, a young girl who struggles with oppression by the Islamic Regime during the Iranian Revolution.

Persepolis by author Marjane Satrapi is a nonfiction graphic novel set in Tehran, Iran in the 1980s. It is a story of a child, Marjane Satrapi growing up and going through the Islamic Revolution, Cultural Revolution and war between Iran and Iran.

Moreover, Marjane Satrapi’s graphic novel, Persepolis, is the autobiography of her childhood during the Iranian revolution. Satrapi uses the power of graphic images from the novel to create a character that her audience can identify with to be able to deconstruct the stereotypes and boundaries between the Eastern and Western regions within her coming of age story. Ultimately, in the first panel of Persepolis, Satrapi addresses the content through its depiction of Iranian children. The frame focuses first on young Marjane and then expands to capturing her entire class. By telling the story through the eyes and thoughts of a young girl, in the middle of Iran’s revolution and crisis, it serves as a way