Many high school students are required to read a book for class. Most students do not enjoy these books, but they are forced to read them. Students are forced to read these books over their academic career because the books teach students the lessons they need to learn in that time period. In the book Persepolis it teaches students about religion, politics, and how Marji, the main character grows up in Iraq. Persepolis is a good reading experience for high schoolers because it is a graphic novel, has a sophisticated theme and it represents how characters can grow over the period of a book.
First off, in the book Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, she wrote it in a memoir but also a graphic novel. Satrapi has chosen this format to tell a story because the picture could give more detail than the text could. On page 32 Marji's parents started laughing and when Marji started laughing they got angry, it did not say that in the text but they had a mad expression on their face. It shows more detail in
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Marji acted like a very religious kid even though her parents did not act religious. The Islamic revolution began and compulsory enforced Marji to wear a veil, on page three last column it says “We didn't like to wear the veil, especially because we didn't know why”, but she did not have a choice because if she did not wear the veil she would be executed. This talks about the Islamic religion and how Marji did not like or comprehend it. Marji had an imaginary friend that she considered as God and on page 17 in the last column Marji lies down on her bed and she says “ God where are you?”. This shows that Marji does talk to this imaginary friend she calls God. In the book Persepolis it shows many places that display the theme which represents