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Visual rhetoric is used as a tool to communicate and show the audience another way into the story and is used by many different authors. Like one particular author, Marjane Satrapi, who is an Iranian artist and writer; only child to an engineer and clothes designer. Satrapi grew up during the Iranian Revolution of 1979, when Iraq invaded Iran. Because of Satrapi's expierence she focused on letting the world know of her insight of what she had lived, and that is where her very successful book Persepolis came to be. Her specific use of visual rhetoric made the graphic novel more attractive to the reader's eyes.
Graphic images affect how any reader sees or reads an image. In a book where a character gets beat up, a bloody image will affect the reader more than an image where there is no blood. Marjane Satrapi’s use of graphic images in her book, Persepolis, affect how the reader sees social classes, loss of innocence and gender roles in Iranian culture. One might think a situation is not a big deal, but when a graphic image portrays the situation, a reader truly sees the importance of the situation. In the book, Persepolis, one major theme throughout is social classes.
They can convey these emotions and opinions without any words, the images illustrate the feelings of the characters, the use of words unnecessary. These images are used effectively to resemble more than words or phrases ever can. The use of these images is effectively presented in Marjane Satrapi’s exquisitely presented novel, Persepolis. These images are thoughtfully presented and drawn out in the novel to show Marjane’s loss of innocence, her experience with social classes, and the large impact of religion in Marjane’s life.
Marjane Satrapi’s memoir, Persepolis, portrays her childhood and extends to her early teenage years in Iran. Satrapi grew up during the Islamic Revolution and recounts several of the changes made to society during this time. She gives insight to her personal opinions of having to wear a veil, how children base their opinions off of what they hear and having to deal with friends leaving. Her illustrations aid in showing the emotions felt in certain situations and her young innocence shines a light on how confusing the circumstances could be. Satrapi demonstrates how memoirs can be successful in giving her own perspective as a young girl during this time period through her recollections and illustrations.
In the graphic novel, “Persepolis”, the cultural revolution Marjane Satrapi experiences in Iran is similar and different to the China’s Mao Zedong’s cultural revolution in many ways. Iran’s cultural revolution was similar to the China’s Revolution in that
In Persepolis, it is evident that there are some aspects of the Revolution that don’t make sense to Satrapi. Although she is born into a world that is unfamiliar to her, she is determined to find meaning. Satrapi entices her readers by making her characters and the situation more relatable. The authors incorporation of a child’s perspective, her relationship with God, and the use of a graphic novel are just a few of the ways in which the subject of Persepolis appeals to readers. In regards to an issue as conflicting and controversial as the Iranian Revolution, Marjane Satrapi uses many different stylistic techniques to help readers better appreciate her plight.
Numerous countries tend to become self-absorbed in their own worldly problems, often becoming ignorant of what occurs outside the country borders. In the hardships that arose during the Iran-Iraq War, many people’s live are affected by the difficulty to survive in the disastrous atmosphere. Marjane Satrapi’s graphic memoir Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood includes countless examples of learning what matters. War, corruption, and confusion abound in countries like Iran. This devastation goes unnoticed by many people, it does not mean it does not happen.
“After a long sleep of 2500 years, the revolution has finally awakened the people.” The graphic novel Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, is a memoir as well as a coming-of-age story that follows a young girl that experiences the triumph of the Islamic revolution, and the devastating effects of war with Iraq, and in the mist of it all has to go through the stage of adolescence. I chose the two panels on page 11, taking into account they demonstrate the themes religion, repression, politics and freedom and confinement, additionally I found the content of the panels immersive since there is an abundance of details applied to them. The importance of the panels to understanding the novel is how the Iranian revolution affected the people and how the
Ernesto “Che” Guevara, an international revolutionary figure, once said, “Passion is needed for any great work, and for the revolution, passion and audacity are required in big doses”. Deaddiction and bravery is required to take action for your believes and drastic actions may be taken. Persepolis is an illustrated autobiography childhood novel of Marjane Satrapi, in which the author tells her story of growing up during the Iranian Revolution that started in the late 1970’s and the challenges she faces with life and family. Satrapi’s story shows the power and importance and of the true meaning of family. It depicts that teaching the fundamental values of fairness and equality is very important in the formation of a young life.
The graphic novel, Persepolis that is written by Satrapi depicts the coming of age story of Marjane and her experiences during and after the Iranian war. Through Marjane’s experiences, the character frequently encounters the hardship and conflict of growing up. However, these hardships are major factors that shape Marjane as a character and establish the context of the novel. Within this novel, Satrapi uses graphic novel conventions and literary devices to convey the conflict of Marjane; with herself, with man (in the form of her teachers), and with the society that is revealed in Persepolis.
The graphic novel Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi is an animated ‘identity crisis’ showing how she has trouble reconciling the Eastern and Western values that she has been influenced by. By ‘identity crisis’ I mean Marjane is uncertain about who she is and where she belongs to. The Eastern values would include hierarchy, restraint, collectivism and deference, whereas the Western values would include equality, freedom of expression, individualism and self-assertion. A graphic novel can be defined as a book containing a long story told mostly in pictures but with some writing. I intend to investigate why Satrapi has chosen to use the graphic novel instead of using other styles to present Marjane attempts to reconcile the different values and find
