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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
In Persepolis, Marjane's father tells the neighbor boy, Hossein, that Mehri, the girl he's been exchanging letters with, is not his daughter, but the maid. As a result of her true identity being...
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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
I think it's fair to say that she had fewer self-doubts as a little girl in the militantly repressive Iran than she had in the unstructured, unrestrained West. It's tempting to say that one thing...
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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
In Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood, Marjane Satrapi challenges Western audiences' preconceived notions of Iran as a country of fundamentalists and terrorists in the introduction, through the...
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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
The Islamic Revolution changed nearly everything about ordinary life in Iran. From the requirement that the women and girls wear the veil (hijab) to the requirement for schools to be one sex and...
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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
The Islamic Revolution of 1979 began with the overthrow of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, and the end of Iran's monarchic system of government. The new system was an Islamic republic ruled by the...
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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
Persepolis is beautiful in its simple art style yet complex in its political ideas. With these elements in mind here are a few suggestions. 1. Make a play Have students turn sections of the...
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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
Persepolis, named after the ceremonial capital of the Persians in their golden era, is a history of Persia from its first occupation, to the establishment of the Empire of Persia--a time Marjari...
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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
Whether the character Hamlet is a tragic hero is pretty much indisputable. The chain of events that consume the young prince and all those around him can only be considered tragic, and Hamlet’s...
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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
In Marjane Satrapi’s graphic-format memoir, Persepolis, “Persepolis” should probably not be considered a tragic hero, as the use of that name for her title is intended as a metaphor for an...
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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
There is certain truth in this comment: the way in which the graphic novel focuses on the realities of life under a totalitarian and oppressive regime that insists on stripping away its citizens'...
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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
This graphic novel explores the realities of life under a repressive regime incredibly well. The relationship that Marjane has with her uncle exemplifies the way in which a regime can take away...
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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
Many of the panels in Marjane Satrapi's graphic novel Persepolis move readers from one panel to the next through interest or assumptions. Many of the panels leave the reader wondering what will...
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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
The conflict of Persepolis is the changes that are caused to the way of life of families, women and school children when the fundamentalist Islamic theocracy--government by religion and religious...
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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
Marji faces a unique set of prejudices. Even though she is from an affluent family, while she lived in Iran, she was subjected to prejudices against women by the Iranian mullahs: Your wife, who is...
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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
Although for most of this graphic novel, the protagonist stays within her native Iran, it is absolutely clear that Marjane has, to a certain extent, to go through the same process that immigrants...
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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
Marjane Satrapi's memoir Persepolis: The Story of a Chilhood is about her experiences growing up in Iran when the regime changed from the Shat to the Ayatollah. Women lost their freedom to dress...
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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
A discussion can be easily stimulated through raising some of this text's central themes and opening them up for debate. For example, as the title of this text suggests, this is above all the story...
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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
I think that the backdrop of the Islamic Revolution in the late 1970s and early 1980s is where one sees the collision between individual and community. For Marji, struggling to maintain her own...
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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
I would say that one of the primary points that Satrapi is making about Iran is how those in the power might be only seeking greater control over the people of the nation. Satrapi is clear about...
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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
This graphic novel follows the childhood of Marji as she grows up in Iran and experiences and lives through various historical events in Iran that massively impact her life and the life of her...
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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
Satrapi is writing a graphic memoir (a narrative recounted from memory). She's the artist and the author of the tale, balancing the words and images to present a visually-driven tale of her...
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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
In part 2 of Persepolis, Satrapi is trying to negotiate her way through school and this includes all of the challenges of school work and the pressure to do well to please her parents back home and...
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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
I cannot answer a question that asks how a book deepens YOUR perception. That has to come from you. However, there are some key points that you might consider when you are reflecting on this answer...
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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
Marjane Satrapi's parents stay behind in Terhan while they send their daughter to Vienna Austria to keep her safe from the continuing turmoil in Iran. We don't learn much about what is happening...