Persepolis Theme Essay
Fatima Balde
English Mr. Martinez
Persepolis , Marjane Satrapi
Growing up in a time of war is a struggle. Especially in a place where rights and liberty is limited. Without these two things, its outcome can be unexpected and chaotic.
In the graphic novel and historical memoir Persepolis, written by Marjane Satrapi, it uses the tome rebellious to convey the abandonment of faith. Both play major roles throughout the story. The novel Persepolis is constructed up with various tones and key themes. One of the dominant tones used is rebellious. Many parts of the story comes off with a sense of rebellion. This becomes greatly evidential when the headstrong Marjane faces the difficulties and life of living in the time of war and in a religious, fundamentalist country.
Young Marjane states, “ We didn’t really like to wear the veil, especially since we didnt understand why we had to.” In the book, the illustration to the statement made by young
Marji shows her and a couple of students fooling around with the veil instead of wearing it. This connects to the idea that the tone is rebellious since she breaks the rule of wearing the veil along with the other students. It shows that she did not even bother to stop herself or the others. Later on, in the novel, preteen Marji portrays another act of rebellion along so with her mother. They both attend an opposition demonstration against the fundamentalism
of wearing the veil. Marji’s mother exclaims, “ She , (marji), should start learning to defend her rights as a woman right now !” Going to the demonstration will help her learn to defend her rights by protesting. Earlier in the book, Marji’s mother was physically abused by the authorities because she did not have on the veil, so perhaps it also contributed to the reason why Marji’s mother was so driven that they went. This connects to the idea of the tone being rebellious because both Marji and her mother rebels and
English Mr. Martinez
Persepolis , Marjane Satrapi
Growing up in a time of war is a struggle. Especially in a place where rights and liberty is limited. Without these two things, its outcome can be unexpected and chaotic.
In the graphic novel and historical memoir Persepolis, written by Marjane Satrapi, it uses the tome rebellious to convey the abandonment of faith. Both play major roles throughout the story. The novel Persepolis is constructed up with various tones and key themes. One of the dominant tones used is rebellious. Many parts of the story comes off with a sense of rebellion. This becomes greatly evidential when the headstrong Marjane faces the difficulties and life of living in the time of war and in a religious, fundamentalist country.
Young Marjane states, “ We didn’t really like to wear the veil, especially since we didnt understand why we had to.” In the book, the illustration to the statement made by young
Marji shows her and a couple of students fooling around with the veil instead of wearing it. This connects to the idea that the tone is rebellious since she breaks the rule of wearing the veil along with the other students. It shows that she did not even bother to stop herself or the others. Later on, in the novel, preteen Marji portrays another act of rebellion along so with her mother. They both attend an opposition demonstration against the fundamentalism
of wearing the veil. Marji’s mother exclaims, “ She , (marji), should start learning to defend her rights as a woman right now !” Going to the demonstration will help her learn to defend her rights by protesting. Earlier in the book, Marji’s mother was physically abused by the authorities because she did not have on the veil, so perhaps it also contributed to the reason why Marji’s mother was so driven that they went. This connects to the idea of the tone being rebellious because both Marji and her mother rebels and