Essays on Persepolis

The journey from childhood into adulthood is experienced by every human being. It revolves around a change, whether it’s a physical, mental, or environmental one. A coming of age proves to be something that comes to define a person and their life. People, places, and...

The graphic novel ‘Persepolis’ written by Marjane Satrapi, follows the author and the retelling of her experiences and feelings during the time of the Islamic Revolution which took place in Iran during 1980. The book explores many themes and notions such as feminism, gender roles,...

“The problem with the history of censorship is that it looks so simple.” Censorship is government or some other leader(s) controlling what we as society see, hear, and/or talk about. Persepolis is a great example about a book that some say needs to be censored....

In the book Persepolis, time has a very important role. Before I get to the role of time, I’d like to introduce, or give the reader a background about Persepolis. Persepolis is a book about Marjane Satrapi. She is known as Marji by close family...

The reading of graphic novel was not easy at all for me for I have never read like this book yet I tried to read but never passed more than ten pages for I thought I may not be having interest to read. As the...

In Persepolis, a story of a childhood in Iran, there is a prevalence of Western ideology and culture in a country where it is prohibited. Throughout the graphic novel, the author incorporates many examples of Western culture and ideology which represents particular ideas, themes and...

Novels are a convenient way for an author to express his or her viewpoint on contentious situations, or to provide an underlying message through the clever use of storytelling. Society has been shaped to what it is now through decades of stereotyping and racism. Two...