Persepolis Character Analysis

Throughout the graphic novel Persepolis, the author Marjane Satrapi makes the main character Marji a typical little girl. Marji and her family live in Iran, and they are figuring out how to live under the rules of the new Shah. At first, Marji is introduced as a girl who loves her live, and who loves her God. As the novel goes on, Marji changes a lot and starts figuring out who she can and cannot be.

In the book “Persepolis”, as the main character, Marjane witnesses changes and events taking place in Iran, she begins to develop and forms thought as a teenager. However, it'll be inaccurate to conclude that she has grown up by the end of the novel, because she’s immaturely radical, foreclosure, and rebellious, which indicates she’s still in the process of transforming to a mature adult. Unlike other children who grew up in Iran, Marjane has a broad worldview on politic, religion and other aspects of life, however she perceives information without much thinking, which is understandable yet immature. She gains knowledge from her family and books, but she doesn’t understand all the concepts and its actual meaning.

Dean Acheson once gave the timeless advice of “always remember that the future comes one day at a time”. This quote highlights how truly important each and every day is and the significance of the time you use or waste. The way that you choose to use that time, the decisions you make, and the things that surround you change who you are and greatly affect your future. These are all aspects that were clearly shown throughout the graphic novel Persepolis. It is because of these aspects of life that Marji developed the characteristics that she did. As an Iranian citizen Marji was consumed by war for a long time. This is what

The ebb and flow of ideas about God and religion throughout the life of Marjane Satrapi, the author of the autobiographical novel Persepolis, is made very clear in her novel. As she is introduced to new thoughts and experiences, her ideas change. When her parents expose her to their communist ideas begins to value her relationship with god less. When things return back to normal she returns. It is not until a series of fairly traumatic events that she drifts completely away. Satrapi uses Illustrations of her and God as a metaphor for her current relationship with God. Later she uses her actions and words to depict this relationship.

Marjane’s outspoken personality helps her and hurts her in various ways. Marjane is around her family most of the time, so that affects her and makes her think more about what’s happening around her. She was affected by how her parents treated the maid, so she wanted to revolt against “the difference in social classes”. She has shown that in page 38 when she decided to demonstrate; this shows how her outspoken personality helps her to help others in a good way. Her outspoken personality also hurts her because of how she misinterprets some situations. For example, Marjane and her friends attempt to imitate the people around them by applying the physical violence that the people

The graphic novel Persepolis, written by Marjane Satrapi, explores the Islamic life and cultures during the Islamic Revolution in Iran. In this novel, Satrapi narrates her life as a young girl when this revolution took place. By narrating her life, Marjane Satrapi allows the reader to get an idea of what she went through. This story includes people fighting for freedom, for themselves individually and for their country. While some people do experience a small bit of freedom, there are people who do not have any freedom at all. This novel explores many forms of captivity and freedom that help enhance the theme and culture of the story.

In the beginning of the book Persepolis it depicts and retells the story of the author's loss of innocence and faith. As a child growing up, Marjane constantly claims god called her to be a prophet. She had an imaginary friend known as god and would talk to him and god would speak to her. “Yes, you are, celestial light, you are my choice, my last and my best choice.” (Satrapi, 8) Throughout her childhood, God encourages Marjane to become a predictor of the future. The readers begin to see her detach from her faith little by little as Marjane begins

She even decides that she wants to become a prophet when she grows up and develops a list of rules for her ideal society including that “everybody should have a car,” “all maids should eat at the table with the others,” and “no old person should have to suffer” (7). Marjane grows into a strong independent young woman who becomes rebellious because of her direct exposure to the harsh Iranian Revolution and her need to escape the repression. Marjane’s family members and her friend’s family members die every day for the country, but Marjane’s parents never explain to the young girl exactly what occurs outside of their home. Marjane begins to embody a personality that she believes is best for her to fit in with her family and friends in Iran.

Throughout Persepolis, Marji chooses to do many things that aren’t very logical, although in her own eyes, she thinks otherwise. This  reflects onto her personality, and shows how she has the tendency to rebel. From the beginning of the book to the very end, Marji has a very rebellious nature, and there are a variety of sources that she could’ve gotten this trait from.  Due to Marji’s rebellious nature, she makes a variety of illogical choices, involving religion, appearance, and her aptitude to always focus on herself.

In the graphic novel Persepolis the author Marjane Satrapi writes about her as a child living in a torn country. Throughout the graphic novel she mentions different ways in which the country is having trouble. When the Iranian revolution began several new regimes came about and affected everybody's way of life. Whether it was in the way they dressed or what they believed no one was left unaffected. With her use of imagery she brought to life in an artistic way how her story unfolded.

The Separation Between God and Freedom: An analysis of Marii’s coming of age in Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis In Satrapi’s graphic novel Persepolis, she develops the protagonist Marji maturing throughout the book. Satrapi revolves around the idea of theocracy in Iran, where political controversies also arises. In book I, Satrapi depicts the horror and chaos of the Iranian citizens fighting for the fall of the Shah, which leads to the Iranian Revolution; most specifically impacting gender equality, education and social class. At the start of Persepolis, Satrapi, as an adult depicts herself, Marji, as a young innocent character in the book. With that being said, readers are able to encounter the two different perspectives of the book, where

Persepolis is a coming of age story for Marji living in the middle of the Iranian war and adapting to the changes to both her culture and her personal life. Inequality between genders is heavily discussed within the story, as well as the struggles between the fundamentalist ideas and customs compared to the less extreme morals of some families: it is shown through the simplistic, but effective images by Satrapi.

The novel “Persepolis” shows many life changes during the Islamic Revolution told through the eyes of a young girl. “Persepolis” was based on Satrapi’s childhood experience in Iran. Throughout the span of the 1970’s to the early 1980’s, Satrapi experiences many changes in her life, not only with the government, or her education, but also with herself. Although she witnessed many violent acts right in front of her eyes, these experiences helped Marji (Satrapi) grow as a young child.

The story of Marjane opens during a fundamental time period of Iranian history, a period that consisted of the Islamic Revolution. As stated earlier on in the novel, this revolution was the force that caused the Shah to flee from Iran in the year of 1979. Like many others in Iran during this time, Marjane and her family found no interest in the Shah. During his reign, the Shah showed signs of diluting Iran's value of a constitutional monarch, and instead moved the country towards an absolute monarchy. Additionally, with the U.S peddling the Iranian oil supply, many Iranians felt betrayed by the Shah, as he became a so-called puppet for the U.S. Because of this, his popularity slowly plummeted, and an uprise began within the country. This uprise, is then shown through Marjane's perspective. Therefore, through

While reading the rest of “The Complete Persepolis” I found myself shocked by how fast the second part of the novel went especially for the fact that so much happened to her in the second part. One of the most interesting chapters I read was “The Vegetable” because of the drastic change that she made to her image. This was when she was around sixteen years old which, is around the time that most teens decide to change their appearance or something to make them stand out more to their peers. Satrapi went so far as to cut her hair extremely short “As if my natural deformity wasn’t enough, I tried a few new haircuts a little snip of the scissors on the left.” ( Satrapi 190) She went so far in the disguise that she started to hangout with a different crowd because she wanted to forget everything about her past. What I found that was interesting, was that even though she was hanging out with the "school's lackeys" Satrapi would still follow her own morals. When the other teens would go out and smoke a joint, she would think about her mother and father said about the vegetable boy. Even though she wasn't around her