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Animal Farm: Timeless Propaganda Upon Animal Farm’s first publication in 1945, it quickly became a success and is now regarded as one of the best allegories of Soviet totalitarianism ever written. All of its characters provided a representation of Soviet Russia’s political figures, with its main character, Napoleon, illustrating Joseph Stalin and a corrupt totalitarian rule. The book parodies Stalin’s rise to power and his eventual total control of nearly every aspect of personal and private

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

Ernesto “Che” Guevara, an international revolutionary figure, once said, “Passion is needed for any great work, and for the revolution, passion and audacity are required in big doses”. Persepolis is an illustrated autobiography childhood novel of Marjane Satrapi, in which the author tells her story of growing up during the Iranian Revolution that started in the late 1970’s and the challenges she faces with life and family. Satrapi’s story shows the power and importance and of the true meaning of

The title of the graphic novel I choose to read during the summer is called Persepolis. Persepolis follows the life of Marjane Satrapi as she lives in revolutionary Iran. The plot of the story is Marjane’s growth and development as a free minded woman in a close minded country that is trying to restrict her freedom to be proud as a woman. Marjane’s life is best portrayed through the use of splash panels and pages, captions, and open panels. Splash panels are used to highlight a major event in the

Shirin Neshat, presented a TEDtalk on December 2010. Here she discusses her life as an artist living in exile. Neshat was born 26th of March 1957; she is an Iranian woman who has been separated from her family for 12 years. She became the voice for her country, and other Iranian women artists living in exile. She expresses herself through her art, using both painting and photography. All of her pieces give you examples of the complex, social, religious and political realities that shape her as an

Persepolis was set in Iran, during the Islamic Revolution in the 1979. A reason why this graphic novel was created was so the narrator could talk about her experience on how it was to live in a community that constantly tried oppressing people. Islamic Revolution not only brought pain and sadness in a community but it ruined the personality of the citizens. The purpose of the Islamic Revolution was an attempt to alter the beliefs of other forcefully with the threat of getting killed or getting tortured

On the “viciousness of the SAVAK” see Cmiel (1999: 1234). Richard Cottam (1979: 6) notes that the period of the last Shah’s reign “were the years of seeming stability in Iran. The coercive control apparatus, especially SAVAK (the security and information agency), convinced the Iranian people that it was omnipresent, omniscient, and entirely ruthless. It was generally accepted in opposition circles that the number of political prisoners was in the range of 50,000-100,000, and there were detailed and

relations with foreign power as well as modernizing Iran as quickly as possible. Although he was a clever and influential leader, he was known for his monocratic rule, corrupt government, forced westernization, and betraying his own people by use of the Savak. Mohammed Reza was thrown from power because he relied more on manipulation than on leadership. Numerous factors played a roll in the downfall of Reza

going against the shah. Then they forced him out of Iran. One of the reasons why they forced the shah out of Iran was because he was modernizing Iran without preserving Iran’s culture. Another reason was that he had a brutal secret police called the SAVAK, which harassed and killed people. Another reason was the wealth inequality between social classes. He may have benefited Iran’s economy, but he was unfair to the Iranians. One reason why they forced the shah out of Iran was because he was modernizing

Not only did the White Revolution marginalize the ulama, but it also marginalized and undercut the business of the bizaari’s. The bizaari’s were not only the merchant who had shops in the bazaar, but also the people who carried on retail and trade of a traditional type. In 1970’s Iran was in the midst of an economic crisis and in order to attempt to combat the crisis, the Shah openly voiced his goal of eliminating bazaars. He wanted to replace them with cooperatives, banks, department stores, and