Persepolis
Persepolis Project
Persepolis is a graphic novel written by Marjane Satrapi. The book is written in a first person point of view, portraying Marjane’s interpretations of key aspects of her child hood and what she had to go through growing up in Iran. Unfortunately for Marjane she grew up in a very troublesome time, the Islamic revolution of 1979 and the continuous revolts that occurred after the revolution. And we see over the course of the book how this greatly affects her life and the decisions her parents have to make for her to ensure she is safe and properly educated. To get a better look at this, we must first look at the historical content of the revolution to get a more in depth knowledge of what her experiences were like.
The Pahlavi dynasty lasted for almost 16 years (1925-1979). In which Reza Shah began a quest to modernize Iran to secure his political leadership. Under his reign, the government asserted its authority over various tribes and provinces. During world war2 Iran had a great contribution in supplies to both Great Britain and the Soviet Union, who at the time were at war against Germany. As a result of this, the shah granted Britain permission to own various oil companies residing in Iran. This ruling earned the Shah great unpopularity amongst his country. To counteract this, the shah sought assistance from Germany to help Iran on its quest for modernization. However, both the British and Soviet governments saw this as a threat, and the British forced the Shah to step down in favor of his son Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, who ruled until 1979 ( The ruling shah in the book).
At the Tehran conference of 1943, it was ruled that Iran was to receive its independence and security of territory which was once owned by Great Britain.
Once Iran was through with its territorial and war affairs, it was time for the new Shah, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, to focus on his reign. The Shah was still quite new to the job and his opponents saw this as a
Persepolis is a graphic novel written by Marjane Satrapi. The book is written in a first person point of view, portraying Marjane’s interpretations of key aspects of her child hood and what she had to go through growing up in Iran. Unfortunately for Marjane she grew up in a very troublesome time, the Islamic revolution of 1979 and the continuous revolts that occurred after the revolution. And we see over the course of the book how this greatly affects her life and the decisions her parents have to make for her to ensure she is safe and properly educated. To get a better look at this, we must first look at the historical content of the revolution to get a more in depth knowledge of what her experiences were like.
The Pahlavi dynasty lasted for almost 16 years (1925-1979). In which Reza Shah began a quest to modernize Iran to secure his political leadership. Under his reign, the government asserted its authority over various tribes and provinces. During world war2 Iran had a great contribution in supplies to both Great Britain and the Soviet Union, who at the time were at war against Germany. As a result of this, the shah granted Britain permission to own various oil companies residing in Iran. This ruling earned the Shah great unpopularity amongst his country. To counteract this, the shah sought assistance from Germany to help Iran on its quest for modernization. However, both the British and Soviet governments saw this as a threat, and the British forced the Shah to step down in favor of his son Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, who ruled until 1979 ( The ruling shah in the book).
At the Tehran conference of 1943, it was ruled that Iran was to receive its independence and security of territory which was once owned by Great Britain.
Once Iran was through with its territorial and war affairs, it was time for the new Shah, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, to focus on his reign. The Shah was still quite new to the job and his opponents saw this as a