The relationship between the mind and body can be directly related to Kisa’s transformation in the beginning of the episode. When the episode first begins, Kisa is introduced as a tiger rather than a human, contrasting from other character’s first introductions. Because of her bullying, Kisa stopped attending school and ran away from home, later transforming into a tiger due to her high stress level. This is related to the idea of the mind and body being codependent on each other – her physical body changed along with her state of mind. She is also mute for a large part of the episode, which is a reaction to her classmate’s bullying. This is told by Hatsuharu Sohma (the cow), who says “once she stopped talking, she stopped going to school, …show more content…
Along with low self-esteem, Marjane reflects back on her history with drug abuse. On page 226 of Persepolis, Marjane illustrates the effects of her abuse on herself and her life. She started becoming constantly tired, showing this by a drawing of a teacher asking if she’s okay when she falls asleep in class. In Marjane’s mind, she replies “What do you want me to say, sir? That I’m the vegetable that I’ve refused to become? That I’m so disappointed in myself…that I hate myself?” (Satrapi). With this sentence, Marjane shows her growing depression by both ways of self-hate and drug dependence. This situation also be related to a study created to show the effects of youth in out-of-home care, made in the University of Rochester Medical Center. This study uses a large sample of U.S. children who were put into foster care to show how it can negatively affect children. According to this article, “those in foster care have higher rates of…drug abuse, unsafe sexual practices, suicide attempts…and school failure” (Conn). These attributes all imply depression. Along with drug abuse, a major aspect of the mentioned prior is suicidal ideation, which can also be seen in later in …show more content…
Kisa is able to heal through emotional support from people around her. Tohru Honda plays a large role in Kisa’s healing. After Kisa’s mother comes and scolds Kisa for causing trouble to those around her, Tohru in turn shows understanding and compassion. She says that Kisa simply didn’t want to be hated by someone she loved and grew scared. Tohru’s understanding is what causes Kisa to turn back into a human, crying while holding Tohru’s hand. The background music also changes from “Moonlight Sonata” to a softer, higher toned, and happier piano song. She later is shown sleeping in Tohru’s lap with Yuki and Tohru watching her fondly. Kisa then starts to cling to Tohru, and Tohru repeatedly shows her affection towards Kisa. Later, at about 17 minutes into the episode, Kisa receives a letter from her homeroom teacher asking her to come back to school. The teacher tells Kisa that she shouldn’t expect people to like her if she doesn’t like herself. Yuki and Hatsuharu show disgust towards this idea, Yuki saying “I think the way [to get better] is to have someone tell you that they like you so that you can first begin to like yourself” (Tachibana). This line shows both the Western emphasis on self-love with the Eastern emphasis on interpersonal relationships. Yuki and Hatsuharu then go on to tell Kisa that they love her, and she
Throughout history, many ancient cultures created stories involving great heroes and gods to explain certain aspects of their daily lives. These stories would form an important part of the culture’s religion and are referred to today as mythology. One great hero from ancient Greek mythology is Perseus. According to both ancient standards and today’s standards, Perseus would be seen as a great hero. The many actions that Perseus is said to have done in his adventures prove his heroism.
In two amazing poems, both poets make allusions to the myth of Persephone. The myth of Persephone tells of her kidnap by Hades, the God of the Underworld. She is then fated to spend one-third of the year in the underworld as Hades’ bride because she consumed pomegranate seeds. This myth appears frequently as a metaphor not only in “The Pomegranate” and “The Bistro Styx,” but in many others as well. In both poems, the myth of Persephone is used to symbolize the mother-daughter relationships.
Good people are sensitive and understanding towards the feelings of others. In order to connect with each other, people imagine themselves in the situations of others and try to understand what they are going through. Marji, from Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis, tries to imagine the life of her grandfather by sitting in the bath tub for a long time: “I wanted to know what it felt like to be in a cell filled with water,” (Satrapi 25). She recently found out about her grandfather’s imprisonment that occurred during her mother’s childhood, and
In the graphic novel, Persepolis, the main character, Marjane, faces many coming of age moments. Each one of these change her in a way that impacts her view on the world around her as her and her family strive for a better life amongst a war that hinders their ability to follow their beliefs. Marjane learns to forgive, experiences pain and suffering, and changes her opinions on God and her own views on religion forever. Marjane’s life has been filled with hard times, but also glorious moments as well.
Orientalism is a way of viewing the world as divided into two unequal halves: the Occident and the Orient. Occidental means Western Hemisphere, and Oriental means Eastern Hemisphere. These ideas of orientalism are challenged in Satrapi's Persepolis. A book about a young girl Marji who lived in Iran in the 1980’s, and therefore is placed in the beginning years of political and religious turmoil in Iran. Satrapi Juxtaposes the western view of Iran to Iran by showing similarities between America and Iran through Marji’s youth and adventures throughout the book.
Persepolis is a inspirational story written by Marjane Satrapi in the perspective of a young girl’s life during a powerful, historical moment in Iran. The Islamic Revolution was a life-changing moment that impacted her view on the world around her and her innocence shaping her into the woman she is today. Not many people understand what it feels like to feel pain, hurt and abandonment as a child from major and minor things. The author writes this story and decides for it to be a graphic novel to allow the not only young readers, but also for those who do not understand what happens everyday in the world they live in. Satrapi uses all rhetorical stances, ethos, pathos, and logos to show problems, purpose and emotions.
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.
During our class discussions, the issue of identity in Marjane Satrapi’s novel, Persepolis (2004), became a contentious issue. The question was asked whether Persepolis might be understood to being in-dialogue with western ways of seeing and did the effects of modernization influence the identity of Marjane’s protagonist in Persepolis. How does the novel involve the issue of identity? I will extend the argument and, through the exploration of Marji’s changing ideologies, I will attempt to prove that Marji is caught between the traditional eastern culture and western modernization.
Persepolis 2: The Story of Return is anchored around how Marji is affected by the social injustice that occurred during the Islamic Revolution. Growing up as “a westerner in Iran and an Iranian in the West,” (Satrapi 274) changes and molds her into the young woman she is at the end of her journey. In this second chapter of Satrapis life she moves away from the comfort of Iran and finds a life in Vienna. Marji desires to find her purpose and identity during her brief time here and faces many battles with language barriers, people and herself. Marjis past from Iran haunts her and instills the idea that she needs to make something of herself while in Austria. Finding that Austria took her down a darker path where the light was scarcer and the
The story of Perseus and Medusa begins when King Acrisius of Argos realizes that his daughter Danae is ripe for marriage. He dislikes this because he despises the idea of having a son-in-law. He decides to send a messenger to consult the oracle at Delphi, and the messenger returned with the prophecy that one day his grandson will kill him. Angry and fearful of this prophecy, he placed Danae in an impenetrable brass tower with a small slit serving as a window. Through this window, Zeus entered the tower as a blade of light and gave Danae a son, Perseus (Evslin and Hoffman 114). In another version, Acrisius locked up Danae in an underground prison made of bronze where Zeus entered as a shower of golden rain (Ancient History Encyclopedia). Still fearing the prophecy, Acrisius sent Danae and Perseus adrift at sea in a chest with the hope that they would meet misfortune. With the protection of the gods, Danae and Perseus drifted on to the shores of the island Seriphos, where a fisherman named Dictys found them and brought them to the King Polydectes. Polydectes immediately fell in love with Danae because of her beauty, and took her and her son under his care. Perseus grew into a strong and bold young man who was able to outdo every other man in their physical capabilities. Polydectes disapproved of this and viewed Perseus as an obstacle in his ultimate plan of marrying Danae against her will. Eager for any opportunity to remove Perseus, Polydectes sent Perseus on the impossible task of beheading the gorgon Medusa. He assumed
Religion, government, and social organization all played a part in Marji’s journey in Persepolis from childhood to adulthood. Religion caused many arguments between Marji and parents, friends, and teachers. The Iranian government affected Marji by making her more rebellious than she already was. Social organization was a big issue in her life, because she had a good relationship with her maid and was angry that she could not have the same opportunities. The revolution in Iran has changed Marjane Satrapi’s life, in ways good and
Throughout Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi displays the vital role that the women around her have in developing her character and becoming the woman she is today. Women such as her mother, her grandmother, her school teachers, the maid, the neighbors, and even the guardians of the revolution influenced Marjane and caused her to develop into an independent, educated, and ambitious woman. Throughout the novel, Marjane never completely conforms or lets go of her roots, this is strongly due to the women who have influenced her.
Namely, Marjane describes, “I thought that by coming back to Iran, everything would be fine. That I would forget the old way but my past caught up with me. My secret weighted me down.”(268). Due to the events in Austria, Marjane feels depressed and weighted down. This is internal conflict because it reveals the impact of suppressing her feelings has done to Marjane. Identically, Marjane states, “I had suddenly become ‘a married woman,’ I had conformed to society, while I always wanted to remain in the margins...It required too many compromises. I couldn’t accept it, but it was too late.” (317) This reveals the triumph that society has on Marjane; and how it is the opposite of what she wants. Finally, Marjane has been through a lot of tragics that influence her internal
Throughout Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi displays the vital role that the women around her have in developing her character and becoming the woman she is today. Women such as her mother, her grandmother, her school teachers, the maid, the neighbors, and even the guardians of the revolution influenced Marjane and caused her to develop into an independent, educated, and ambitious woman. Throughout the novel, Marjane never completely conforms or lets go of her roots, this is primarily due to the women who have influenced her. Marjane’s mother was one of the most influential people in her life, her mother taught her to be strong and independent. By introducing her mother through the story of her mother getting photographed at a demonstration, Marjane presents her mother as being independent and rebellious (Satrapi 5).
The Mind and the Physical Body Since the times of Plato and Aristotle, the argument of dualism and mutualism of the mind and body has been in existence. Dualism has been the driving force behind the existence of the mind/body problem and has been by far the majority view due largely to the influence of Descartes. In recent times, modern medicine has taken a shift towards mutualism. Outside stimuli, as perceived by the mind, affect the body either beneficially or adversely. While the body as an organism has the capacity to heal, evidence proves that the mind expedites recovery.