Symbols In Persepolis

In 1.1.6 of Persepolis, author Marjane Satrapi uses graphic weight to convey the contrast between western and Iranian belief systems. The frame is divided equally into two sections with Marjane standing in the middle. The left side represents western ideals and has a black background with mathematical objects while the right side, representing Iranian traditions, has a white background with a garden design. On the left, Marjane is seen wearing a white shirt and on the right, she wears a black cloak and a veil. The opposing graphic weight of the frame symbolises the contrast between the two belief systems. In Marjane's mind, Western culture emphasises math and science and is therefore more modern. On the other hand,

In America, the Islamic Revolution means absolutely nothing to a ten year old child, but in Iran it’s like a plague that’s draped across their entire world as they know it. Most Iranian children are unlike the children of the United States, which have no restrictions on dress or schools, even freedom. Iranian children live in a country controlled by their government that prohibits simple pleasures and freedoms because this government forbids Iranian families the ability to control their own lives. Iranian’s live in a country that demands they have obedience to their religious culture at all times or pay the consequences.

Satrapi’s Persepolis is her autobiography in the form of a graphic novel set in Iran in the 1980’s. The story is about the author, Marjane Satrapi, in her pre-teen years. The book starts during the Islamic Revolution. The revolution is successful and the shah is thrown out of power and is replaced by the Islamic Regime. The Islamic Regime forces women to cover up and wear veils. Later in the story, Iran and Iraq start a war against each other causing non-stop violence, protests, and bombing. One of the most prominent panels in the book is the final scene in the story. In the final panel, Marjane is about to leave to Austria, to get away from the violence, but before she leaves she has to see her parents one last time. She turns around and immediately

The country of Iran was corrupted by the shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and iranians including Marjane and her parents wanted to overthrow the monarchy along with people that wants to get rid of him for the future of Iran. Satrapi tells about her childhood and how she developed as a solid character in the graphic novel along with the overthrow of the shah. Her parent’s political perspective of their religion, her vision of the legacy in Iran, and the importance of what she believe what can impact her country productively, shaped her to become a rebel or a revolutionist during the Islamic Revolution. In the early stage of Marjane’s life, she is ten years old and her school have been restricted to wear the veil which they had to wear during the time of the revolution. We see that Marjane doesn’t care much or understand about wearing the veil and she states, “We didn’t really like to wear the veil, especially since we didn’t understand why we had to” (Satrapi 1).

Persepolis was an animated biography directed and written by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud. The movie was based on a true story about Marjane going through terrible events while she was growing up in Iraq. When she was a child, there was a long war that caused so many deaths. During the war, innocent people were being held as prisoners and being tortured because they were communists. Her uncle, who was in prison for nine years, was one of the prisoners. He got arrested again, then he was executed.

To understand and obey any law forcing individuals to change their way of life causes resistance. In the graphic novel Persepolis, although she effectively remembers those who suffered, Marjane Satrapi excels in showing Iranians as very ordinary but interesting people. Satrapi illustrates their normalcy through everyday activities and their responses to the situation they face within their country. Although Persepolis is a graphic novel, it portrays issues of politics through the innocence and lightheartedness of a child. Satrapi acknowledges those who were forced to leave their homes, as well as, remembering loved ones who have died and suffered.

Persepolis is a memoir about Marjane Satrapi growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution of 1979 and the effects it had on her and her family. At the start of the Islamic Revolution Marjane was 10 years old and like any other normal 10 year old child, this stage of her life was full of uncertainty and misunderstanding. However, due to Marjane living in Iran during the revolution, the constant changing of personal opinions in not only her family but in the people around her, largely attributed to the confusion that she experienced. Prior to the revolution, the Iranian government oppressed the public in religious and political aspects and the public blindly accepted the treatment they received due to the large amount of people who were naive and closed minded.

Persepolis is a graphic novel that tells a story of a family during the Iranian Revolution in 1979. The book describes what the people of Iran went through as they overthrew the Shah. The book focuses in Marjane’s family and their life within the revolution. The book has many themes throughout the graphic novel. But the theme that sticks out to me the most is rebellion.

Persepolis is an autobiography by the author Marjane Satrapi that tells us and teaches us all about her childhood up to her early adult years. This autobiography all takes place in Iran before and during the Islamic Revolution. Marjane Satrapi writes about her own coming of age experience throughout her novel. Satrapi shares about her experiences living in Iran during the Islamic Revolution that took place during 1979 as a young girl. Satrapi also talks about living her life a certain way and having to live life by certain rules, and if you break these rules they put your life in danger. In the novels, Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi and Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White follows the theme coming of age, this shows how the main characters in the novel learn from life experiences and traumatizing events that help one become stronger.

‘Persepolis’ is a autobiography and a graphic novel written by Marjane Satrapi revolving around Marjane's childhood and teen years during her time in Iran. The story begins in iran at the time of 1979 when the government is overthrown. Iran faces a political crisis and is in war with its neighboring country iraq. The protagonist of the story , Marjane Satrapi, grows up in a high social class where here innocence of being a child is mixed with the serious issues of war, politics and poverty. Her time in Iran teaches her a lot about the world, however the war gets too serious so her parents move her to

Benjamin Cardozo, an American jurist, said “Freedom of expression is the matrix, the indispensable condition, of nearly every other form of freedom.” In The Complete Persepolis, it is clearly seen that when a standard is set for women’s attire, restrictions of other freedoms come along with it. Throughout the book, the author, Marjane Satrapi, recounts her life in Iran after the Islamic Revolution of 1979, and the difficulties she encountered. She struggled with restricted freedoms, strict religious rule, and a sense of statelessness. In the opening illustrations, she describes her childhood and her transition from a secular school to one that was religious and separated by gender. At this time it had become law for a woman to wear the veil, or head scarf when in public. Satrapi talks of how she “didn’t like to wear the veil, especially since [she] didn’t understand why [she] had to”(Satrapi 3). The wearing of the veil is part of the Islamic faith that became enforced by the government and the Guardians of the Revolution, after the Islamic Revolution. Satrapi relates the story of her life and give the reader much insight into the life of an Iranian woman. The Complete Persepolis serves as a narrative of Iranian history from the eyes of a common citizen, and through these narratives the link between “women” and “religion”, along with its construction and political significance, is exemplified.

Marjane grows up during the 1979 Iranian Revolution, which is known as the Islamic Revolution. Under the Revolution, stern Islamic law is applied to all sectors of society. Before this time, Marjane is ten years old, attending a French non-religious school where boys and girls attend classes together. In the early 1980’s strict Islamic law begins to impact daily life. Under Islamic law, westernized schools close down, and boys and girl separated are from each other in schools. The girls are forced to wear veils and to confirm to strict Islamic behavioral guidelines: “Everywhere in the street there were demonstrations for and against the veil” (5). Although Marjane and her family are religious, they are also a modern family. Marjane’s family history has a big influence on her and her feelings about her culture. Marjane’s family experience conflict

The graphic novel Persepolis focuses on child revel, Marjane Satrapi, as she documents the changes that occur in her life during the Iranian Revolution and the Iraq-Iran War. The novel opens after the Iranian Revolution, which resulted in the overthrow of the American-backed Shah, and describes the changes caused by the rise of the religious (politicized Islam) government. For example, any traces of Western influence in Iran is removed, such as the bilingual, non-religious school that Marjane attended. Moreover, the Islamic government begins imposing religious laws such as the requirement of all women to wear veils. Due to these changes, however, Marjane`s parents become weary by the new fundamentalist government, even though

Twentieth century holds many enormous changes within all sections of life, graphic novels as a branch of literature was a part of those changes. It employs visual and verbal terminology to shape the story. One of the popular novels among graphic novels is Persepolis which is about the story of the writer's childhood- Marjane Satrapi. The narrative graphically and textually tells about the events including removing Reza Shah from power and replacing him by his son, ending western power over Iran, and fighting between Iran and Iraq which happened during 1979 – 1988. Throughout these years Iranian people have gone through plenty of fluctuations and changes which are analyzed in numerous ways by foreign people as in one of her interview Marjane states that "From the time I came to France in 1994, I was always telling stories about life in Iran to my friends. We'd see pieces about Iran on television, but they didn't represent my experience at all." (Pantheon) Therefore, Marjane tries to explain the Iranian true situation to everyone. Within her graphic novel,

The book “Persepolis” by Marjane Satrapi is an autobiographical graphic novel, in which the author illustrates her childhood and early adult years. When the reader takes a first look at the book, he can realize that it tells a real and authentic story from different aspects. 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 the war with Iraq.