Theme Of Love In Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis

Love is one of the strongest emotions humans experience. It can be dangerous and also very satisfying. The things people do for love are unimaginable. In Marjane Satrapi 's Persepolis, Marjane writes about the hardships and pain her family and friends endured because of their love for their country. "Never before had modern revolution of such depth taken place since the disintegration of the Islamic Empires of Ottoman, Persia and Mughal-India” (Amineh, Eisenstadt 30). The time of the Shaw was just ending and the new regime was taking place. Indeed hard times were present but love still persisted. Love ties down in Marjane 's life in many ways like the devotion to her country at such a young age and the love towards her friends and family.

She felt left out that her dad was not a "hero" like everyone 's dad. She thought her dad was a coward, but in reality she could not grasp that they were actually a well off family and her dad does do demonstrations but there is more to loose for him. His love for his family is stronger. Love is what ties it all together in Persepolis, it gives an urge to Marjane 's parents as well as her family to keep moving on; all actions are based on love. Raised with religion Marjane 's passion as a kid was to be a prophet. To her it was the best thing to be, going around delivering the word of the lord. A lot of children develop imaginary friends, and they take a upon a real life character almost to them. Well for Marjane, this character was God. As mentioned, she wanted to be a prophet, and God as her imaginary friend was going to help her get there. God encourages her to stand up for justice and love. Slower and slower it is perceived how she starts detaching from faith more each time. The moment she finds about the death of her uncle is when she knows she has lost God, and she finds herself lost in the universe. Which ultimately does not improve her relationship with her parents. At first she realizes how her parents are treating her like the government is treating their people. She even refers to her mom as being just or worse than the Islamic

When she finally met her uncle Anoosh that was involved with Russia, she thought he was the real hero. The fact that he had been captured and he gave nothing away was so intriguing. She loved her country and she knew it. It was definitely a very young patriotic thing to do, but in a normal childhood there should not have to be a worry about living where you live. That kids as young as five already know there is war. But essentially love conquers all. It should be able to break down barriers. Marjane shows us a secret way of love, one that is implied throughout the text. And that love is symbolic in a way because it is what keeps them all alive, even at the end. The parents of Marjane love her so much that they want her to have a good future. They know that her staying in Tehran was dangerous, her runny mouth her way of being just was not for Iran. They love her so much they let her go. To live in Europe and make a life for