abundance of restrictions placed upon its citizens. In Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis, Satrapi documents her life and what it was like to live in such a place from childhood to adulthood, giving the reader a direct look at life inside Iran. While the Iranian government made it a point to restrict many freedoms and desperately oppose westernization, there were other places that were open to change and allowed freedom for its people, the main one being America. The contrast between America and Iran is perhaps
Cultural Awareness: Iranian Culture Individuals from various cultures can easily distinguish differences in traits by making comparisons to their own. These differences make up the fundamentals of a society’s way of life. The rules that most individuals abide by comprise the framework of a culture. Culture is the shared beliefs and social norms of a country or area that are different from other places. In the country of Iran, an abundance of diversity defines their culture. Using the United
than just a poor Mexican-American. Funny and Farsi is a memoir that recounts Dumas’ life as an Iranian American. Cordero is the daughter of immigrants, while Dumas is an immigrant herself; because of this, they both must deal with many
Iranian Family Life Iran’s people tend to be associated with many cultural misconceptions as to how they live and what they believe. These misconceptions include: Iranians are all Muslim extremists, women are suppressed, marriages are forced among people, and that children are taught from a small age to be terrorists. These are just a few of the many stigmas about Iranians. Yes, some of these are true in small parts of the country, but now many of them are rare in the modern era. Given these points
For Most Americans, the story starts with the Iranian hostage crisis, but they do not always think about what led up to this point.. The events that lead up, which included the United Sates overthrowing Iran democracy and installing a pro United States dictator, made it almost impossible that the Iranians would not fight back with extreme measures. The Iranian Hostage Crisis was a diplomatic crisis between Iran and the United States Fifty-two Americans were held hostage for 444 days (November 4
Firoozeh Dumas’ home country of Iran was, both prior and during the Iranian Revolution, vastly different than the capitalistic and also increasingly xenophobic United States, which had both its benefits and drawbacks. During each period of time that Dumas lived in the U.S. she faced hatred on the basis of her nationality and religion, most notably during the Shah’s visit to Washington, D.C. where her entire family and other Iranian families were threatened and many even violently beaten (113). Although
In 2000 an Iranian woman named Marjane Satrapi released her graphic novel Persepolis onto the world. Unlike previous graphical novels Persepolis gave readers an inside look at what growing up in Iran during the 1979 revolution was like. Most people in Western civilizations have come to perceive Iran in a negative fashion, mostly from media portrayal in our post 9/11 society. However, Satrapi being born and raised in Iran knows that the media’s version of Iran is in fact not the country she called
and contrasted is Iran versus other countries. America is a good example. American government, religion, and lifestyle differs greatly from Iranian government, religion, and lifestyle. American government is considered to be Capitalist.
“The Iranian Revolution” by Veronica Majerol is about the relationship between the U.S and Iran. Although Iran and America were strong allies, they still went into a battle, which began with an Iran revolution and 66 Americans being taken hostage. The king of Iran in 1941 made a lot of changes to Iran’s economics, and gave peasants land and gave some rights to women which in America’s eyes took a good toll on Iran. However to the Middle-class in Iran didn’t think the same, they were getting tired
petroleum did not go to the Iranians but the foreigners, especially the British. In the early 1920s, Through the establishment of the ''Anglo-Iranian Oil Company'', which the British government account for a large shares, the Britain gained the vast majority of Iran's oil revenue. At that time, many of us believed that once Iran nationlized the company, problems would be solved. The democratically elected leader Mossadegh deeply advocated the nationalization of the Iranian petrol. Seeing their interests
When they hear the words Iran or Islam most Americans probably think of terrorism or 9/11. They associate Iran with what they have seen in the news lately, as it pertains to violence in the Middle East. In best-selling graphic novel Persepolis, author Marjane Satrapi attempts to show us that not all Iranians are extremists and that they don't all want to hurt other cultures. Her goal is to show that they rather, simply want to live their lives and enjoy time spent with family and friends. Having
ten year old child, but in Iran it’s like a plague that’s draped across their entire world as they know it. Most Iranian children are unlike the children of the United States, which have no restrictions on dress or schools, even freedom. Iranian children live in a country controlled by their government that prohibits simple pleasures and freedoms because this government forbids Iranian families the ability to control their own lives. Iranian’s live in a country that demands they have obedience to
apparent irony in the protagonist’s support of revolution and left-wing ideologies like communism. Marji’s family is a fairly affluent family, seeing that they live lives of relative comfort and luxury. Seeing that the family is a part of the class of Iranian society that has money, it is strange that the family calls for a destruction of the current society that they live in. It seems that the family does this for ideological reasons, as they disapprove of the Shah’s autocratic regime, although their
Juxtaposes the western view of Iran to Iran by showing similarities between America and Iran through Marji’s youth and adventures throughout the book. The most significant similarity that Satrapi shows in persepolis is the similarities of Iran and American schooling. He does this through the main character Marji. The western view that the author challenges is the view that the
treatment which is enforced because of strict religious convictions. Nafisi compares the oppression happening during a tense period of revolution with various works of fiction that mirrors what is becoming life in Iran. The tyrannical treatment of Iranian people can be analyzed by uncovering themes found throughout Nafisi's book. There are many examples throughout the text that specifically focus on the overbearing treatment of women. During the country's revolution there is a shift to extremely conservative
was a little girl in Iran during the iranian revolution starring in 1979, when everything started to change for her starting with “the veil.” Satrapi was ineffective in showing that the middle eastern stereotypes does not reflect the majority of iranian people through single story's meaning, talks about one person's point of view. Marjane Satrapi was a different kind of little girl than the rest of them in Iran at the time she went through a 80’s american rebel stage, and a stage of wanting to
Censorship exists as a common practice through all forms of media. Those who pursue unapproved media risk facing actions taken by the Iranian government that are considered to violate human rights. The government of Iran is repeatedly in focus of human rights organizations but does not appear to take judgment from these organizations into account. The most important and controversial
A revolution is a mass movement that intends to violently transform the old government into a new political system. The Iranian Revolution, which began in 1979 after years of climax, was an uprising against the Shah’s autocratic rule resulting in much religious and political change. Shah Muhammad Reza Pahlavi made efforts to remove Islamic values and create a secular rule and “westernize” Iran through his White Revolution. In addition, his tight dictatorial rule and attempts at military expansion
Muhammad Reza Shah’s regime was no longer in power and the Iranian Revolution was in full effect, but what caused this rapid shift of power? In the years leading up to the revolution, the Shah implemented the White Revolution in attempts to modernize Iran. The White Revolution was an attempt to turn Iran into an economic power, however; it went against many of the core beliefs of Islam. The White revolution of the 1960’s and 1970’s caused the Iranian revolution because it marginalized
CIA: The CIA is an American Intelligence Agency. Its purpose is to protect America from potential threats. (www.cia.gov) The CIA planned the escape of the six embassy employees. The film is largely based around the role of the CIA, slightly exaggerating the role they played in the crisis. American Embassy in Tehran: The purpose of the American Embassy in Tehran was to represent America in Iran. The embassy was considered American soil. The embassy was taken over by Iranian students in 1979, and