Persepolis Marji Ignorant

Marji was influenced by all this and she also starts to revolt and fight for her freedom. Being a female her feelings for women came out and no more she was able to see the disregard for women in the society. At this stage she finally started understanding the concept of war and the eager to achieve freedom. She also defines the concept of hero in her own way. According to her a hero is someone who revolts and gets punished. “My father was not a hero, if only he had been in prison” and “She should start learning to defend her rights as a woman right now!” these two quotes from Persepolis 1 reveals her concept of hero and her interest in the revolution. This is the reason why she also liked Anoosh who went to prison as a result of his revolt against the

Throughout the graphic novel Persepolis, the author Marjane Satrapi makes the main character Marji a typical little girl. Marji and her family live in Iran, and they are figuring out how to live under the rules of the new Shah. At first, Marji is introduced as a girl who loves her live, and who loves her God. As the novel goes on, Marji changes a lot and starts figuring out who she can and cannot be.

(1) Marji started off innocent and gullible to everything, specifically what God and her teacher, told her. (2) She came home claiming that she loved the Shah because he was chosen by God; however, her parents did not agree with her statement. (3) As Marji stated on (4) page 19 panel 5, “He did so! It is written on the first page of our schoolbook.” (5) This shows how trusting Marji was as a child; she believed everything she learned at school from her instructors. (6) Eventually, her father explained the truth about the Shah that occurred 50 years ago making Marji realize how society can be so deceitful.(7) Since she was young and easily manipulated, she was convinced by others that the Shah was chosen by God. (8) Therefore, exposing her to a glimpse of the evils she may acknowledge in the near future.

The book, Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood, was written by Marjane Satrapi; it is the story of her life in Iran from birth to fourteen years old. The perspective of Marjane, in her novel, affects the overall presentation of revolution, religion, and social classes. Consequently, with no background knowledge, we only have her perspective which affects our own opinion about the events of the book.

Throughout Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi displays the vital role that the women around her have in developing her character and becoming the woman she is today. Women such as her mother, her grandmother, her school teachers, the maid, the neighbors, and even the guardians of the revolution influenced Marjane and caused her to develop into an independent, educated, and ambitious woman. Throughout the novel, Marjane never completely conforms or lets go of her roots, this is primarily due to the women who have influenced her.

Marji’s hatred towards the new Islamic government due to the oppression her loved ones have had to endure, causes her to act out and rebel against the law. There are many instances of Marji’s defiance against the government and religion. One example of her rebellious nature is exemplified when she and her maid, Mehri, decide that “tomorrow [they] are going to demonstrate” (Satrapi, 38). She makes this decision after discovering the truth on social hierarchy and the government in Iran. She wants to support the Iranian citizens in fighting against the rules and religion to make Iran a free country again. Another example

Marjane Satrapi was a young independent girl, strongly reliant on her own decisions and logic. However, throughout the novel “Persepolis” she is greatly impacted by many different women in her life. These women helped her develop her character and built her to be stronger and wiser. Women such as her grandmother, the maid, her school teachers and her very compelling mother have helped her to evolve into an independent, ambitious and quite intelligent lady. Throughout this powerful novel displayed by comic strips, Marji never releases her roots and she stays true to herself. This is due to the influence these women had on her.

The book Persepolis shows the theme perspective throughout the book. “The Revolution is like a bicycle. When the wheels don’t turn, it falls” (Strapi 10). In this quote, Marji is talking to her friends about the revolution and how everyone needs to help if they want to move forward.

Marji's role in life changes drastically throughout the novel. In the beginning, as a young child, Marji believes that she is a prophet. As the story progresses and they the revolution continues, Marji begins to feel dismay towards the revolution and towards God. Later in the novel, Marji’s mother also feels sadness. Her former revolutionary spirit is gone and replaced with fear. When Marji’s principal calls the house to complain that Marji disrespected of the teachers, her mother in the past would have been proud, but this time around she fears for her daughter and goes on to explain the things that happen to girls in Iranian prison. Her mother had given up optimism and established that war

In the novel Persepolis, their religion is their way of life. The revolution exerted power and influence over so many people and this included several educated/middle class people like Satrapi and her parents. The people of Iran were restricted and lived in fear to be free and express themselves. Many people left after the revolution because they couldn’t or didn’t want their kids to be conformed to what society wanted them to be. Religion in Persepolis defines each and every character in the novel, from the way they dress to the way they speak. These laws were based on religion during the revolution. Religion in the story defined Margi at one point and how she viewed god, what they were allowed to wear, and how religion impacted the society. Despite the oppressive regime, the people tried to make the best out of the situation they lived in.

Throughout Persepolis, Marji chooses to do many things that aren’t very logical, although in her own eyes, she thinks otherwise. This  reflects onto her personality, and shows how she has the tendency to rebel. From the beginning of the book to the very end, Marji has a very rebellious nature, and there are a variety of sources that she could’ve gotten this trait from.  Due to Marji’s rebellious nature, she makes a variety of illogical choices, involving religion, appearance, and her aptitude to always focus on herself.

Her conversations with god and want to be a prophet is a feature of her childhood that gives her character dimension, the movie doesn’t explain this very well and her conversations with god as a child are cut. Another series of important events in Marji’s childhood is her relationship with Mehri. Not only is this important because it shows Marji’s growth and surroundings but it also points out some of the flaws in the class conflict occurring in Iran at the time. Mehri was given to Marji’s parents by her own parents because they couldn’t afford to take care of their many kids. Mehri helped take care of Marji and was, in a sense, like her old sister.

Taji says this because she also believes strongly in what she has taught her daughter and to her, Ramin is too young to fully understand the meaning behind his words. Although she criticizes Ramin’s parents for this, she does the same thing with Marji. Marji’s opinions on the revolution are shaped by the stories her father tells, what her teachers tell her in class, and what she hears from her friends. As Marji grows and gains her own experience and knowledge about the world, she is able to use it to form her own opinions about the Iranian Revolution. However, as a child, she is too young and inexperienced to form a well-thought opinion.

This shift in focus will cause the child to be less developed as an adult, because the identity was never fully formed. In Persepolis, Marji is continually surrounded by threats of death, war, helplessness, internal law, capture, and bombings. Her mind had been formed in such a way that her identity was never of utmost importance, life was only about surviving and fitting in. But, as mentioned in the above text, there are certain key aspects of one’s self that are challenged by the experience of trauma. The first is “one’s sense of being good enough”.

As Marji got older, it becomes more apparent that she was battling an inner conflict. When she spoke of her plans to her class of becoming a prophet, the children mocked her and the teacher called her parents in to say, “Your child is disturbed. She wants to become a prophet.” (8) Marji’s parents were a modern couple who fought against the new regime. Marji became conflicted when her parents asked her if she