In Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi tells a story through pictures and words of her difficult childhood in Iran and her trouble living in a life of strict ideals enforced by revolutionaries that she strongly opposes. In one of the most notable panels in Satrapi’s graphic novel, Marjane’s uncle, called uncle Anoosh, has been executed because he was convicted of being a Russian spy. She is in a time of grieving and is overwhelmed by the chaotic world that she has been brought into. At the same time, the town that she lived in, called Tehran, is being bombed by the Iraqis. In Satrapi’s complex panel, the picture is much greater in size than the captions, but the words carry the greater weight. Satrapi gave the panel the whole page since she thought the size of the picture was so important. When most people …show more content…
No matter how elegant or meaningful the picture may be, the reader will look at the scripting if the picture is not made noticeable. Satrapi is trying to change the way readers views this panel. Satrapi purposefully makes the picture huge to force the reader to recognize the importance of the picture. But, she does not forget to include an extremely meaningful and exceptionally significantly important script. The script talks about Marjane being overwhelmed and the constant danger she is subject to in Iran. Upon further analysis, one can conclude that the words carry a greater weight than the picture. But, the picture is able to add effect to the words because of its noticeability made possible by its size. The most striking and crucial panel in Persepolis can be described as an example of a parallel and additive combination of words and pictures, even though these two combinations are completely
In Marjane Satrapi’s memoir, Persepolis, the characteristics and qualities of revolution are portrayed through rhetorical devices such as visual text, similes, and pathos. Satrapi’s use of rhetorical devices enhances and supports her expression of the revolution in Iran. Persepolis was Marjane Satrapi’s way of allowing people to see how the revolution in Iran affected her family's lifestyle and her upbringing. This memoir also allows the readers to analyze how war changes the way of the people and government in a country.
Marjane Satrapi’s graphic novel, Persepolis, is a story based on her own childhood in Iran. The story consists of the struggles her family and friends are forced to deal with, changing Marji’s view of Iranian life and its people. The book starts during a revolution, the Iranian people are trying to overthrow the emperor and when they finally do, war breaks out between Iraq and Iran. During the war thousands of people’s lives were taken, women, children and men of all ages. During this Marji’s parents forced her to leave Iran because they know it is too dangerous for a child of her age to live in the middle of a war so severe and life threatening. During the time Marji did live in Iran, she heard many tales about the umpteen conflicts and struggles that lower class people were faced with. Marji saw her maid whom she loved and cared for, not being able to date her love, their neighbor, because she was embedded in a different social class. She experienced the harsh realities of divergence between men and women. Women were compelled to wear a veil in order to not “distract” men with their hair. Younger boys in the lower end of the class system were given a “golden” key to take to war, which was actually plastic; this key meant that if they were killed fighting for what they believed in, it would guarantee their entrance to heaven. In Iran, there were a variety of ways in which the people of Iran can be distinguished between social classes. Your social class affected you in every way there was during this horrible time in Iran.
...t was ignored by media. As media has such a large impact on westerner’s life it is important for the westerner to have the opportunity to form there own opinion of the east without interference. Satrapi uses graphic novels to show that the west had been misrepresented throughout media and allow them the opportunity to reconsider this perspective.
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi captures life in Iran during the 1980’s through a child's eyes. Marjane Satrapi grew up during a time when both the Islamic Revolution and the Iran/Iraq War took place. Personal experiences are expressed through themes including revolution, imperialism, nationalism, religion and loss of innocence and affect Marjane personally as she grows up.
Persepolis is a coming of age story written by Marjane Satrapi in 20001. Depicting a young girl growing up during the religious revolts in Iran. Throughout the story the main character loses her innocence. The author uses the appeals of genre, ethos, pathos, and logos, historical context, and illustration to depict the loss of innocence in the main character.
“Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return” by Marjane Satrapi is a memoir that depicts the troubled life of Marjane Satrapi. Marjane Satrapi, the author, was born in Rasht, Iran in the year 1969. She was born to a rich family in Iran and grew up in Tehran during the revolution and revolt against the Shah, the ruler at the time. She lived during the era where Islam was emerging in Iran and becoming the predominant religion. Marjane lacked academics for two years in Iran and suffered indeed from the bombings of Iraq. These horrific events impacted her and her parents, so as a result was sent to Austria for a better life. Her juxtaposed life in Austria and emergence of maturity is described in Marjane’s second installment of Persepolis.
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effect of an oppressive regime on the child Marjane Satrapi as depicted the graphic novel Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi.
The novel Persepolis, written by Marjane Satrapi, portrays a diverse amount of symbolism throughout the novel which contributes to the protagonist developing into a young women. The main character, Marji Satrapi flourishes at an early age in her life due to the setting of the novel. Satrapi acquires knowledge about different insights of the Iranian government which constitutes her self judgement. Satrapi reckons that the individuals that make up the population of Iran should all support the idea of the government before the ministry of Iran can commence a war. “For a revolution to succeed the entire population must support it" (Satrapi 17). Marji expresses that the revolution will vanish due to many individuals not supporting
Marji is depicted internally when she says refers to herself by saying “this is me.” Readers are able to use their imagination and the context of the scene to completely fulfill the face of the character in the panels. Satrapis illustrations do not incorporate much detail so this allows readers to fill in the story with their imagination. The cartooning in Persepolis 2 is simplistic and to the point. There is little distraction on the page and her layout of the panels is neat and read left to right. When looking at her work it is made clear that it is the reader’s job to fill in the illustration. Why would Satrapi do this? She presents her illustrations like this because doing so allows the reader to believe the characters more and get encompassed by the story. Moving forward, looking closely at the veils in the panel above, one can see that it is so much more than just an accessory appearing on the page. The veil attracts the audience to her features and expression allowing one to access her internal traits. The power of illustration and what you allow to show or keep to yourself is
In the graphic memoir, Persepolis, family is featured as one the main backbones of the Iranian community. The author, Marjane Satrapi, prioritizes family during the war, because while enduring the violent Iranian Revolution, the lives of others, especially the enemy, become an afterthought. When people like Marji lack the guidance and care that is necessary during such times of struggle, they will get lost on their path to becoming a mature adult. Family is the one thing in life that is unchangeable, and in the book itself, it is essential for every character to love and care for their own. Throughout Persepolis, the author Marjane Satrapi uses the thematic idea of family to represent the theme that the ones that care about you should always
In the story “The Shabbat” Marji’s Jewish neighbor’s home gets destroyed by a missile, at first Marji thought that her own house was bombed. But in reality, her neighbor home was the one that got hit. In this scene Marji is traumatized when she sees the arm of her dead friend Neda. She said, “ No scream in the world could have relieved my suffering and my anger”(142). Neda’s family were Jewish and getting hit by missile, it proves that not matter where you go, there will be always violent crimes related with religion. This scene represents one of the most important moments in Marjane’s life. The scars, grief and anger emotions that she felt, made her stop romanticize about religion. Indeed, the brutal image of her dead friend traumatized her, and those images made her to act more rebellious. According to Hillary Chute, the technique of using black and white colors in Persepolis clearly emphasizes the traumatic stage of Marjane. Hillary Chute States, “ Satrapi’s drawings and the infinitely complicated traumatic event, they depict: harassment, torture, execution, bonbings, mass murder”(99). The technique of using only black and white colors helped the drawings to illustrate its main goal, which was fundamentalist religion. The use of black and white colors in the drawing show the traumatic events that Satrapi acquired after witnessing violent
There are many times when problems in a country affect one's life. Persepolis by Majarne Satrapi recounts the coming-of-age of a girl during a period of war. Utilizing a graphic novel to illustrate, Marjane recalls the struggles of her family and herself living in warfare. For instance, in Persepolis, Marjane's external conflict result in her internal conflict.
Marjane Satrapi in her memoir, “The Complete Persepolis” enlightens readers with the reality of living in Iran, as she tells her journey through her life of becoming a woman during the Islamic Revolution. Iran similar to other countries has made different prescribed roles for their women and men based on their cultures religious and traditional set of laws. Society to them was a depiction of what their people were expected to look, and act like when in public. When trying to understand the importance of gender along with their roles in society, it’s crucial to acknowledge outside factors, for instance things like culture and social class. The characters throughout her memoir illustrate how their
Satrapi, Marjane. “Why I wrote Persepolis: a graphical novel memoir: writer Marjane Satrapi faced the challenges of life in post-revolutionary Iran. She used the graphic novel format to tell her unique story.” Marjane Satrapi. Writing!, Nov-Dec, 2003, Vol.. 26(3), p. 9(5) Cengage Learning Inc.
Persepolis, a graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi, is not a run-of-the-mill comic book. It is written with purpose. Satrapi wrote and illustrated this book to show Americans that their perspective of her home country, Iran, is askew. She believes Americans are too focused on the “fundamentalism, fanaticism, and terrorism” (Satrapi ii), of the nation and that they forget to notice the normality and humanness of it. Since these two perspectives have vast differences, Satrapi wants to change their minds.