Marjane Satrapi

many different laws to form. Many people left the corrupt country, but others thought that there was a need to stay. Persepolis, is about a girl named Marjane who is experiencing the change of a dynasty. The government starts to undergo drastic changes which leaves the Satrapi family with a decision to make on whether to stay or go. Marjane Satrapi uses graphic images to represent the negative effect on social classes, gender roles, and religion in Iran during the 1980’s. In Iran, there was a major

Marjane Satrapi’s Depictions of How She Lost Her Innocence Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi is a graphic memoir in which she shares her experiences growing up in Iran through her illustrations and captions. The majority of the memoir consists of Satrapi 's childhood being spent observing the overthrowing of the Shah’s regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution, and the disastrous effects of the war with Iraq. She later spends her years in Vienna, but eventually, returns to her homeland as an adult

about God and religion throughout the life of Marjane Satrapi, the author of the autobiographical novel Persepolis, is made very clear in her novel. As she is introduced to new thoughts and experiences, her ideas change. When her parents expose her to their communist ideas begins to value her relationship with god less. When things return back to normal she returns. It is not until a series of fairly traumatic events that she drifts completely away. Satrapi uses Illustrations of her and God as a metaphor

essays, “The Estrangement” by Jamaica Kincaid, and “My Speech at West Point” by Marjane Satrapi in the book The Writer’s Presence, the writers make comment on their life experiences particularly about their bad judgment of others and the impact that has had on them. Kincaid’s essay is about the rough relationship she had with her mother and how her criticism of her changed after her experience as a mother. Similarly, Satrapi writes about the point in her life she began learning one she realizes that

up is inevitable and happens to everyone, but how that growing up occurs can be very different depending on your environment. Marjane Satrapi’s autobiographical graphic novel, Persepolis, is set in Iran before and during the Iranian Revolution of the late 1970’s and the war between Iran and Iraq. The graphic novel centers around the daughter of an Iranian family, Marjane, who is an energetic and jubilant young girl at the beginning of the story.The revolution and other factors force her to mature

In the graphic novel “The Shabbat” by Marjane Satrapi the protagonist Marji is shaped by the war that rages in her country. Marji has lost her childhood due to political issues, represented through the artstyle and actions and thoughts of Marji. Marji’s thoughts and words throughout the graphic novel give insight to the character she is developing into. After her neighborhood is hit by a missile Marji runs out of the store she was in. As she runs out of the store Marji thinks to herself “If someone

ersepolis written by Marjane Satrapi is the story of her childhood. Satrapi and her family can be described as liberal, they had a western-like attitude. At the time, 1979, Iran was undergoing a cultural revolution, which forces Satrapi to wear a veil at all times. “If you want to make a woman feel like a slut, just give her a headscarf” (Patterson). In 1979, the Shah, Mohammad Reza, was overthrown by Ayatollah Khomeini thereby sparking a civil war known as the Iranian Revolution. The Islamic law

Unbeknownst to some people, a graphic novel can be a very powerful vehicle for communicating a message of great seriousness and importance. In France in 2003, the Iranian-born writer and illustrator, Marjane Satrapi, published her internationally acclaimed autobiographical comic, “Persepolis.” The novel chronicles her childhood in Tehran from ages six to fourteen, years that were overshadowed by the displacement of the Shah’s regime, the Islamic Revolution, and war with Iraq. The French contemporary

In the comic “The Shabbat” by Marjane Satrapi, panels 11 and 41 have visual imagery that is profoundly moving. Even though the panels only consist of black and white, the narrative use of these colors helps to convey the emotions of the scene. Black is associated darkness, evil, and mystery which are mostly negative things. While white represents light, goodness, and purity, all positive things. Black and white are complete opposites of each other, black represents negative things, while white represents

who decided to tell her story of growing up during a war that was tearing the social structures of her country apart. The author Marjane Satrapi, gives the reader interesting commentary on how the government of Iran has brainwashed her peers, starting as early as elementary school, into becoming a sexist, manipulable, and religiously misguided generation. As told by Satrapi, for the first few years of her childhood, the citizens of Iran, as well as the government, were very liberal minded allowing for