![]() ![]() What period in one’s life is filled with more wonder than that of childhood? Born in Iran and educated at the Lycee Francais, Satrapi is the granddaughter of one of Iran’s last emperors. The reader is sidelined by murky melancholic feelings of familiarity and disdain. There are a great range of emotions disseminated in this novel. The graphic novel entitled, Persepolis, is a political, historical, and extremely personal account of a girl’s growth into maturity. Usually, the stances remain subtle, but when driven by significant political, religious and intellectual movements, the lines become stronger and the reactions, harsher.īased on her own personal experience of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, Marjane Satrapi introduces us to the effects of cultural change through the eyes of a child. Many will choose to abide at a comfortable distance - not close enough for confrontation and yet succeeding in meeting the demands of objectivity. There are those who understand us, and those who exclude us. Age strengthens the need for personal opinions and values, and the desire to distinguish one’s self becomes greater. Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis: The story of a childhood This was few years before the revolution.” At the age of six I was already sure I was the last prophet. ![]() Deep down I was very religious but as a family we were very modern and avant-garde. ![]() “I really didn’t know what to think about the veil. ![]()
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