Persepolis Individuality

Adolescence is an age where children began to find themselves or, in some cases, lose themselves, an idea clearly developed by Satrapi in her graphic novel “Persepolis”. Satrapi explores the challenges and difficulties experienced by a sheltered and naive girl during the tumultuous and uncertain years of the Iranian revolution and attempts to solve the oppression she witnesses by the Islamicist government. This is important to the whole text as it identifies the religious conservatism and Islamisation of the state causes distress and confusion in Marjane who consequently had to redefine herself, given that her freedom and personal liberties were denied them in schools, public places, and even her own home.

In Marjane Satrapi’s graphic novel, Persepolis, the effects of revolution and women’s suffrage shapes Satrapi’s individualism and the way she writes Persepolis. However, these effects could also be the reasoning for conformity throughout the nation and her graphic novel. Satrapi uses symbols such as veiling, her rebellious actions as a teen and culture to show originality. Veiling could of meant various things to women in Iran in the 1970s, some would say Satrapi does not show any significance to the veils and only uses them to show the cultural aspect of women. As well for the symbols of the cigarette, music taste, and clothing Satrapi choses to mention in Persepolis; that the author was only showing the “western” side of Iran in her graphic

Everyone has gone through a phase in which they felt different from everybody, in which they felt detached from the general public. In Persepolis, a young girl named Marji living in the harsh environments of war and religious conflict struggles to distinguish herself from the homogenous and automaton population. The book explores areas in Marji’s childhood as well as part of her teenage years and presents events that ultimately influence and shape Marji’s character. The book also has a variety of main ideas, which the author brings to life through dialogue and illustrations. Marjane Satrapi shows the reader Marji’s rebellious nature throughout Persepolis and her desire to break apart from the general body and be one for herself. As a result,

People grow up in different way, affected by many different things as they grow and mature, during the process people change perspectives and ideals. In the book "Persepolis" by Marjane Satrapi, a middle eastern girl who is coming of age, finds that her environment changes her as the country that she is in goes through an unstable violent state. With the rise of multiple changes, Marji’s family must learn how to adjust to the changing times. While Marji becomes a bystander to the persecution, violence ,and revolution, the main theme of the book is stay true to one’s self and forming one’s true identity through their own will. Marjane Satrapi shows how the quirky, but simple and straightforward communist child in a changing world to a grown young adult who is confused about herself and the world around her.

How do you identify yourself? What do you use to really identity to others who you are? So people use terms like mother, father, friend or find it in religion or materlisitic things. In the witty and heartbreaking graphic autobiography, Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi uses a childlike tone to address an internal struggle within a mind in identity crisis. Marjane’s childlike point of view cannot comprehend God’s role in the domestic turmoil of her country. Marjane was “born with religion”(6) and treats her relationship with God as if it was a friendship. God comes to Marjane in times of solitude to discuss how she finds her identity in being the last prophet, the troubles within her family, and how she feels about her world as a child in the

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.

intrinsic motivation comes from within you as to extrinsic comes from external energy. i believe intrinsic motivation is better then extrinsic because to be intrinsic you have to be confidence about yourself push yourself to be motivated its natural energy as to extrinsic, you are motivated cause of other reason example your motivated cause mom or dad told you you have to or they'll buy you a car if your motivated to finish school. i also believe intrinsic motivation will get you a long way because sometime you won't have that extrinsic energy to motivate yourself as to intrinsic it come from your heart. To have extrinsic motivation i don't think it will work best because you are always looking for so reward and sometime you don't get a

The book “Persepolis” by Marjane Satrapi is interested in being realistic in many different ways. To begin my essay, I want to point out that when we take a first look at the book we can realize that it is a real and authentic story. This autobiographical novel, illustrates the author’s childhood and the early adult years. Satrapi tells the story of her life in Tehran, the overthrow of the Shah’s regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution, and the devastating effects of war with Iraq.

The novel “Persepolis” shows many life changes during the Islamic Revolution told through the eyes of a young girl. “Persepolis” was based on Satrapi’s childhood experience in Iran. Throughout the span of the 1970’s to the early 1980’s, Satrapi experiences many changes in her life, not only with the government, or her education, but also with herself. Although she witnessed many violent acts right in front of her eyes, these experiences helped Marji (Satrapi) grow as a young child.

Extrinsic motivation it is the motivation brought about by what a person is getting from a certain task, rather than interest in the task. An example of extrinsic motivation is when a student who is not particularly interested in math works hard in order to attain a good grade, and in a working person’s life, it could be working on a task that is not necessarily interesting to him/her, but that is giving a good amount of financial reward. A good example of intrinsic motivation is working as a volunteer in a children’s home because taking care of children is of personal interest and satisfaction, to the person, despite getting no reward.

Extrinsic motivation refers to the performance of an action to obtain an outcome (Study.com, n. d.). Unlike intrinsic motivation where one performs an action for its own sake, extrinsic motivation is to obtain external reward and is influenced by external factors. This type of motivation is also highly

In the graphic autobiography, The Complete Persepolis, the theme of identity is displayed throughout the novel, from the opening chapter, up until the last. The autobiography depicts the life of Marjane Satrapi from childhood to adult years, during and proceeding the Islamic Revolution. Throughout the novel, Satrapi overcomes many personal and physical obstacles, but none more prominent than her discovering her identity. As a child, Satrapi was forced to grow up faster than the average child because of the unfortunate circumstances that were happening in her country, which greatly impacted her self-esteem and self-identity. Even when entering adolescence and into adulthood, Satrapi still greatly struggled with finding her identity. Though Satrapi has grew up, moved across various settings, and attempted to adapt to different cultures, her struggle to find her self-identity has been a long, conflicting journey, making identity one of the main themes of Persepolis.

In Marjane Satrapi’s novel “Persepolis”, the story of a young girl and a nation are both at the forefront. The main character, Marjane, is growing up in the midst of the Islamic revolution in Iran and experiences both the cultural and societal disarray that follows. Despite Marjane modern lifestyle and beliefs she experiences internal dissonance regarding her past ideas, her current ideals, and the reality of her nation. Similarly, Iran also faces a lack of identity surrounding the revolution. The idea of Iran as a singular and separate nation is questioned and such disarray leads to a radical change in ideals and daily life. Even after the revolution, Iran is faced with inner disputes and conflicting ideas within the society. In this way, both Marjane and the nation of Iran experiences a lack of identity and inner turmoil in light of the revolution. Satrapi’s childhood figure embodies not only the conflicting ideas within an individual living in Revolution-era Iran, but also the internal dissonance within Iranian society during this time.

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.

In the graphic novel “Persepolis”, Marjane Satrapi tells an autobiographical story of growing up in both revolutionary Iran and Austria. As in all coming-of-age stories, the protagonist is faced with challenges which force them to grow up, all the while struggling to find their identity. Satrapi’s story however, is complicated by the drastically contrasting and changing cultures around her and thus her character’s search of identity is not only confined to the typical pains of adolescence, but also includes the confusion of being exposed to conflicting views and cultural gaps. Many of these struggles are shown through recounting stories involving minor characters Marjane encounters, and it is through these interactions that Satrapi vividly illustrates the difficulties and growth she experiences on her journey of self-discovery between the rapidly changing political environment of Iran and the drastically different Western culture in Austria.