MMarjane Satrapi’s graphic novel “Persepolis” is a fascinating autobiography centered on her childhood and adolescence during the Iranian Revolution. As a young girl, Marji (Marjane Satrapi) recollects her understandings during a time of political and religious warfare, which enables the reader to benefit and absorb knowledge through her personal experiences. Due to the wisdom imparted on Marji by her family and life experiences that she endured, as well as those reported by family members, she acquired an appreciation for the importance of history and therefore essentially embraced the need to retell history, which is exhibited powerfully throughout the book. Although it seems evident, history assists in shaping our future. Throughout time, …show more content…
This is made apparent in Chapter One, where Marji informs us that from the age of six, she’s been convinced that she was the last prophet. Additionally, Marji also displays her activist spirit that she, no doubt, inherited from her parents. Marji’s responsive nature allowed her to recognize the injustice that took place in the world that she lived in and even more importantly use that insight to deliver a book which captures all of the discrimination, class conflict, violence, uncertainty, oppression, rebellion, and religious struggles of that …show more content…
Especially if one is not well-informed of the Iranian Revolution. I, myself, learned that Iranian Revolution resulted from a group of Iranians citizen’s (Islamic Regime) dissatisfaction with the way in which the Shah Muhammed Reza governed. In particular, his negotiations with western nations. It is important for Marjane Satrapi to retell her story because she is unhappy with the way in which her country is perceived by others. The mixture of facts and her personal influence was powerful because although her family was forced to abide by the laws of the nation, their personal beliefs were opposing consequently making her more cognizant of her surroundings. Not only was Marji an intelligent girl with wishes to be a prophet, she also had the spirit of an activist. This was important because her maturity and grasp of the violence and oppression that was inflicted on the citizens of Iran allowed her to around her enabled her to recall events from her past so tastefully. I believe that this books serves as a triple purpose book as it captures the attention of all audiences, provides a brief history lesson, and assist Marji in spreading the history of Iran and shaping the worlds perspective of Iran reader by