Book Review of Persepolis The Author of the novel, Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood, is Marjane Satrapi. The theme in Persepolis is to be aware of where you came from and the history of your family and also the culture that you live by. The subject is linked to the title of the book because; the...
“Kindred” exemplifies how telling their story directly impacts us in an entirely different manner rather than if it were not their own voice. Satrapi presents us with a very serious issue yet uses irony to portray it. By turning her story into a comic, she changes the feelings of many readers, but...
diminishes as the characters are pulled away from the family initially. The music initially dying out gave me the impression that it was a time out. Mr. Satrapi was going to have a “moment” with his daughter and everything else was just going to have to wait. All that was picked up within viewing less than...
if I didn’t want that to happen, I should wear the veil” The forced veiling leaves Marjane in a state of fragmentation and struggle with her body. Satrapi reveals to her audience through the attack upon her mother the power that men exert over women’s moral status in Iran as they attempt to “guard” it...
clothes or objects likewise. For example, “We didn’t really like to wear the veil, especially since we didn’t understand why we had to”(419). Marjane Satrapi describes growing up with having to wear the veil, which mostly all Islamic women still do till this day. Many people love to express their inner selves...