Novel Analysis Of Persepolis By Marjane Satrapi

Persepolis is a very unique graphic novel written by Marjane Satrapi. The book mainly depicts her childhood growing up and the struggles she went through. She was originally born in Iran and growing up, there was a lot of war and hardships. She experienced a lot of death in her family, learning different things from them all. Once her parents decide to send her to Vienne, France; her life completely changes.

The book, The Complete Persepolis is a book that was written by Marjane Satrapi and is a 341-page comic book that is a memoir of Satrapi’s childhood and of her growing up during the Islamic Revolution. It was a time period that was very devastating for families, because so many families were ruined with all the violence going on. Constantly, where Marjane lived, was being bombed over and over, which created an environment so devastating that all the people could only focus on one thing and that is survival. Marjane was put in a tough spot, unlike most kids her age because of instead of her family moving out of Iran for safety, it was her that had to move for her safety. Not only does it affect her but it affects her family with the idea of

Persepolis is an autobiography written by Marjane Satrapi. Written might be considered a wrong word, it would be more appropriate to say drawn rather than written as it is a graphic novel. In this book Marjane tells the heartbreaking story of growing up in Iran during the war between Iran and Iraq. She tells the story of growing up during this war and follows her through her complete childhood. She wrote the book in 2000 when she was 30 years old. It was such a huge success she wrote the book Persepolis 2 in 2004. The books were originally written in French, but were later translated. Noticeably it is listed as number five on the list of best nonfiction books of the decade. The story she tells allows the reader a rather original point of view on these harsh times. This book had, and still has, a huge impact on its readers, due to what is expressed in this story. This interest is only enlarged by

The graphic novel Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi was written in the graphic medium to appeal to a wider audience. Literary critic, Manuela Constantino, proposes that “the combination of a visual representation and a child’s point of view makes the story easily accessible and therefore attracts a wide range of readers.” (Constantino, 2008: 2) Another plausible reason for Satrapi's choice to do the novel in this medium is the apparent popularity graphic novels enjoyed at the point of the memoir’s publication. Writing the novel graphically, brings the Middle Eastern novel closer to its Western readers. As Constantino wrote; Satrapi emphasizes “the universal qualities of

Marjane Satrapi’s early experiences have helped to form a unique perspective acknowledged throughout Persepolis. Throughout the novel, Satrapi uses graphic images to allow her readers to visualize various dramatic events that she (once) witnessed. Informal diction and simple graphics force her audience to perceive Persepolis from the same child-like perspective the author (once) had. More so, special attention is drawn to contrasting colors as a symbol of (internal) conflict. The clash between black and white graphics represents a much deeper meaning regarding Satrapi’s faith and understanding. Such a symbol of conflict enables the readers to empathize

Persepolis the Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi’s at first impression looks like an unsophisticated comic book; however the book is much more intricate than it looks. It appears like the author Satrapi uses a graphic novel style to add to the stories and supplement profound thoughts what words probably cannot express in novels: layers of visual intuitions. However, does the use of graphic novel help Satrapi propel her idea? In the comic book it seems like she really has propelled her idea.

The graphics in this book are very descriptive. Many violent scenes occur though out the book. For example, the theatre incident, where everyone in the theatre was locked inside while the building was burning down. This event caused many people link Iran to protest for the innocent people’s lives. Many of the unnecessary violence throughout the book caused anger and an uncomfortable feeling in me. Persepolis was banned from Chicago classrooms, reason being for the violent content that the reader encounters throughout the book. Even though this novel is a good source that also gives knowledge to the students about the Iran and Iraq war the Chicago education system believes that the content is inappropriate.

At the end of the day, the reason Persepolis needs to be in a classroom is because it is utilized by teachers to educate their students. Satrapi wrote and drew a complex and beautiful new breed of literature. Many readers will scoff at silly comic books, but Persepolis demonstrates the difference between Marvel and Satrapi: Persepolis is no comic book, it is an episodic memoir aided by illustration.While the Avengers fight in brightly colored flashy pages of action, Satrapi guides her readers through an intelligent and meaningful journey of traditional black-and-white. The book acts as a secret educational tool, single handedly teaching students skills to decipher images and graphics. In a modern world of powerpoint and data charts, it is important for any student to be skilled at analysing visual aids. Besides acting as an exemplar of key elements of literature, the bildungsroman contains interwoven symbolism and never ending themes. Each chapter reveals a new idea: “The Veil” paints the conflict of materialism vs. traditionalism,“The F-14s” discusses the nature of war, “The Letter” shows the sad divides of economic status, and the examples never end. From reading and discussing Persepolis, a student practices deciphering symbolism while being exposed to ideals of freedom and war. Persepolis is an amazing educational tool that would benefit any student and

The main purpose for Satrapi to write this book was to transform the reader into Marji, that is what makes Persepolis so touching and encouraging. The drawing’s make the reader infer about the next stage into Marji’s life, every single illustration represents some form of feeling, or emotion. Satrapi uses various different literary devices in Persepolis such as strong use of diction, creative imagery, uncountable smiles, a lot of foreshadowing, and very strong personification with specific examples. Satrapi’s writing is very straightforward and uncomplicated, this is because it is an autobiography and if it gets confusing, people can make inaccurate predictions and these rumors might spread like fire. Also, Persepolis does have a cliffhanger ending, because it doesn’t thoroughly explain what happened after she went to Paris and how she eventually became an author and wrote this book and what difficulties and tough stages of life did she go through before she wrote this

Persepolis, by Majane Satrapi, conveys its message more effectively by being a graphic novel as opposed to being a pictureless narrative. The drawings create a visual example to further display the emotions within the story. Comparatively, narratives only give details, which requires the reader to imagine the scene in their head. Graphic novels are also mostly dialogue paired with a simple commentary, which gives you a straightforeword idea of whats going on, instead of complicating it with excessive details in a narrative. An example of the effectiveness commentary and dialogue has is when Marjane decides to join the protesters “When I finally understood the reasons for the revolution I made my decision. ‘Tomorrow we are going to demonstrate.’”(satrapi,

Satrapi’s graphic memoir, Persepolis focuses hugely on the loss of innocence of Marjane, which she illustrates by using several techniques such as the sizes of figures and the contrast of shades, as well as the of details, or lack thereof she includes in her drawings.

The title of the graphic novel I choose to read during the summer is called Persepolis. Persepolis follows the life of Marjane Satrapi as she lives in revolutionary Iran. The plot of the story is Marjane’s growth and development as a free minded woman in a close minded country that is trying to restrict her freedom to be proud as a woman. Marjane’s life is best portrayed through the use of splash panels and pages, captions, and open panels.

Persepolis is a graphic novel written by Marjane Satrapi. The novel is Satrapi’s memoir about growing in Iran during the Islamic Revolution and the second Iran and Iraq war. She tells us the struggles of being a female in Iran. Satrapi shows us her life within the pages of this novel to show us who she really is, where she really comes from, and what her country is really like. She corrects the misconceptions and stereotypes made about her culture from the western world.

Persepolis is structured as a graphic novel because Marjane Satrapi was able to use graphic weight, emanata and the organization of panels, to benefit her story. On the page that I chose to take a deeper analysis of Marji’s uncle Anoosh is allowed his last visit with Marji before he is sent to execution. Marji goes to visit him, and they both know that he is being put to death but Anoosh is the only one who speaks and tries to tell Marji that it's going to be okay because he was fighting for something that he really believed in. Satrapi’s choice to write this book as a graphic novel proves to be very beneficial especially on this page.

In the graphic novel Persepolis, written by Marjane Satrapi, the author tells her personal life story of growing up in Iran during the breakout of the Iraq and Iran War. Her use of black and white comic strips makes her story come to life in an entertaining and attention-grabbing way. Marjane growing up can be examined by using Erik Erikson’s theory of the eight stages of life. Persepolis shows how a young girl can overcome and turn into a woman that has self-love and finds who she is meant to be in life.