Symbolism In Persepolis

The veil is an entrapment by religion. The veil hides the creativity and freedom of people. Satrapi was forced to wear this in school and everywhere she went. But at home, she was able to express herself. She didn’t wear it. The veil represents a battle between something you have to wear versus something you really want to wear. In that time, it was really important of how women are oppressed in Iran. Satrapi represents women resisting the authority of the regime through their clothing and their bodies, and also represents them as individuals while still wearing their veils. If you didn’t have a veil on, the government looked at you as a

While wearing a metaphorical mask helps a woman hide the ugliness nobody wants to see, a literal mask conceals too much. Men want to see women, especially if they are the correct size with the correct amount of curves; if they reach the right size, arrogance or pride will take away from the physical attraction. The Middle East takes the right to flaunt their beauties away by participating in the custom that most know as veiling (the act of covering with a light gauze cloth). The practice alone seems unimaginable but even scarier, the girls seem apathetic towards the demeaning tradition. Much like India, they brainwash girls to believe in a repulsive custom. They choose to believe they help men resist the temptation of a woman’s body. In Behind the Veil by Elizabeth W. Fernea, a woman attempts to clarify the lack of self-respect: “If I wanted to take it all off (her ababbayah and veil), I would have long ago. It wouldn’t mean as much as it does to you.” (Behind the Veil, Robert Fernea). Covering up the problem does not present triumph, but among the wreckage and turmoil of this wretched tradition, hope remains. They have a stronger force on their side; America will save them from their

In the article A Look behind the Veil written by Elizabeth W. and Robert A. Fernea, both authors take a deeper look into the significance and the interpretations of the veil. They begin by explaining that every culture has objects that are seen by others as strange and interesting. The authors mention that each culture has objects that are valued in society and become significant. In which the case for Middle Eastern societies that object is the veil. The authors explain how the veil for westerners is seen as a sign of “slavery” rather than what those whom wear a veil see it as.

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi is a graphic memoir that reveals the life of a woman growing up in pre and post Iran, as well as her experiences in Western countries. In this book, Marjane utilizes historical events that affect her life during her upbringing in Iran. These include the oppression of the Shah, as well as the rise and effects of the regime. These events’ integration into the story showcase how they affect Marjane and the other citizens of her country. Additionally, these events are important for the context and understanding that they grant readers unfamiliar with the text.

3 The veil becomes a symbol for Marji and her time period. The veil symbolizes what the community is forcing on the women but Marji is against wearing them. The schools and government force these on the girls so that the girls have a more proper

Have you ever felt a personal connection with a character from a book? One of the most important features about an autobiography is the connection you make with the author. In the novel Persepolis, the themes of gender roles, loss of innocence, and social classes create an effective personal connection to Marjane Satrapi’s experience. At the beginning of the book, Marjane is young, around ten, and hasn’t had many life experiences. She has grown up by the end of the book, and has encountered lots of life’s challenges. Through Marjane’s grueling story, we form a deep, personal connection with her. The first theme is gender roles, which is a very important theme in Marjane Satrapi’s life. The image shown at left represents how women are

Titles come to represent not only the literal but also the symbolic significance in books and even everyday life. Persepolis, a graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi, is filled with many important titles pertaining to the main character, Marji’s, progression and life lessons throughout the book. Though a veil is seen as a piece of cloth that covers a woman’s face and Persepolis as a place in Iran, the symbolic meanings behind these words in Persepolis represent a much greater difference; the difference in times. Each of the chapter’s titles provide insight to better understand the novel and the type of girl Marji becomes by the end of the book. The symbolic meaning behind “The Veil” in Persepolis can be interpreted as standing for the abrupt change

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

In Persepolis, there are comic strips that point out the characters, and show their reactions throughout the book. There are words in each comic strip that state what the characters are saying, and/are thinking. I believe the main strengths to the usage of using imagery in this book are to identify characters and situations, and get a better understanding of the story. With imagery being a big importance to this book, it also has its limitations. Such as, not being able to get the correct type of reaction in the image, repeating the images, and also not being able to use color.

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,

Marjane Satrapi uses text and images as a medium for enacting her graphic novel memoir, Persepolis. Homelands play an important part in identity formation. A home is a place of origin, the origin of one’s self. Having pride or not having pride in it is either going to help further grow love or hatred for not only one’s home but also one’s self. This topic is important because we can see in Persepolis that Satrapi’s sense of identity, which is a main conflict in the novel, always ties her back to Iran.

The Veil is a symbol in the book Persepolis that symbolizes a fashion statement, like wearing jeggings or a fedora. However, neither jeggings nor a fedora are closely tied with religious fundamentalism. It is called in most countries a hijab, and its used for women to cover their hair and its meant to be a protection for them. The Veil represents a symbol of oppression of women which means the constriction of personal freedom that accompanies the revolution. It says in the book that “We didn't really like to wear the veil, especially since we didn't understand why we had to.” It also says, “Then came 1980: the year it became obligatory to wear the veil at school.” And it also says, “We found ourselves veiled and separated from our friends.” What Is happening in this story is that the veil is being forced to women to wear. In the first quote, they don’t know why they were wearing the veil, and they wanted to understand why. That means that they are forced to wear the veil everywhere. In the second quote, they were forced to even wear the veil at school and mostly everywhere they go. The veil was forced because they said it will be more as a protection for the girls. In the third quote, they found themselves vailed from their

The personal nature of the story from the perspective of Marjane is one of the overarching themes within the book Persepolis, and the sub themes that will be displayed are revolution, imperialism, nationalism, religion, and social class. These themes can be related back to the main theme because of how they share traits between the book and the image themselves.

Every person is unique. However, there are many similar parts that go into creating every person’s identity. Of course, there is the biology, the genetics. Then there are outside forces, the nurturing of a person. When trying to form an identity, there are numerous outside factors that contribute, such as gender, culture, and environment. For Marji, the protagonist of the Persepolis series, being an Iranian woman is absolutely a factor that featured prominently in the shaping of her personality. She was not allowed to experiment with her identity by her clothing or style,

In the graphic novel Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, pivotal issues of politics, warfare, religion, family, and femininity are vividly contented with through the humorous visual account of the main character’s process of hellacious coming of age, profound moral growth, and self-actualization. Influenced by a Westernized upbringing and inspired by her perceptions during the Islamic Revolution (1979) and the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988), the author achieves to elaborate a piece of valuable art that explores and appraises the voids and the connections between culturally different worlds. Although Satrapi’s masterpiece was published more than ten years ago, its themes and symbols retain paramount applicability in contemporaneous society, providing