The Complete Persepolis Reflective Statement My knowledge and understanding of the contextual and cultural considerations in Marjane Satrapi’s novel, The Complete Persepolis, enhanced greatly through the individual oral presentations my fellow classmates displayed. The main struggles I encountered were entwined with the subject of war within the time of the novel. The war impacted Marjane’s life significantly and shaped the person she became. One of my classmates helped me comprehend and grasp the concept of how the war was never wanted but rather gained. The oral presentations also helped me gain a better understanding of the gender roles during the time of the war and time of Marjane’s childhood. As Marjane grew older, the gender roles became …show more content…
They are different from motion lines, which also indicate a character’s emotion. The Persian flourishes within the panel further implement a serene emotion, as mentioned before. Another example of an emanata is shown in the section “The Key” (94-102), more specifically on page 96. The Iranian girls had returned to class from summer vacation. In this case an icon of a question mark is displayed on top of every head of the Iranian girls. A question mark, as most people know, indicates a direct question; a question mark icon represents questioning or a state of being confused. Not only does Satrapi present herself as expressing confusion but she presents the whole class as confused. Satrapi furthermore places a question into the reader’s mind about whether the confusion of the youth is even being noticed by the authority figures, and if this confusion is even morally correct. Another example of an emanata is an icon of an exclamation mark. When Satrapi meets her roommate for the first time (161), she comes to find out that she only speaks one language, French. Satrapi and her new roommate, Lucia, conclude that the communication between them is lost and it is a huge problematic issue (161/6). The exclamation mark above their heads represents what is currently a powerful thought in their minds; this thought is that they are going to have difficulties with their language differences. Emanatas are expressed throughout the book and help the reader to know what is going on in the author’s mind rather than just the words on the
A symbol can be used in any situation to represent a bigger idea. This symbol represent the good or evil in the object, idea, etc., and can reflect on how this object/person’s actions. Rudolfo Anaya places many different symbols throughout the text as a way to point out the significance of certain scenes and characters. Anaya places the symbols throughout the story as a way to develop the necessary ideas. In addition, he uses symbols to connect to important events and the development of characters such as Tony.
Fitzgerald’s use of Symbolism in The Great Gatsby Symbolism is an important part of literature that helps show a deeper meaning to what is written on the pages. In the book, The Great Gatsby by author F. Scott Fitzgerald, symbolism is used throughout each chapter which gives the reader greater insight of what the author is trying to disclose, and the meaning of key components to the story. Some of the symbols used throughout the novel are as simple as the colors the characters wear or the colors of their surroundings, others include the famous eyes of Dr. T. J. Eckleburg on a billboard looking over the Valley of Ashes, and the light in which Gatsby reaches towards in the night. These three symbols play a very important role in the book, and
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The symbols appear and function in this play because Tillie does her science project on marigolds and gamma rays. Tillie signs up to do a science fair and decides to do the effect of gamma rays on marigolds. In the play Tillie describes
Tim LaRocca Persepolis KPA In the book “Persepolis”, the author Marjane Satrapi, uses excellent diction to help the reader obtain knowledge and gain understanding of her main purpose in a specific passage or chapter of the book. Despite her specific word choice, it is challenging for readers to truly understand her main purpose only through literary terms and devices used throughout the book. Therefore, to help increase the readers ability to understand the main purpose of a certain specific passage, Satrapi uses an extensive amount of precise graphic elements. For example, in the passage “Kim Wilde”, Satrapi is able to express her main purpose that when governments tend to restrict the people too much, and become oppressive, the people tend to resist their law and rebel against the law by using the graphic elements of shading and facial expressions to express her purposes in and easier and clearer visual way.
Symbols are an important tool in literature, they develop the plot and make the reader think deeper about the meaning behind some of the key aspects of a novel. There are three main symbols in a Brave New World that not only give the novel a deeper meaning but convey the theme and tone. In a Brave New World the three main symbols are books and flowers, soma, and technology. These symbols are important in the novel’s development and convey the theme and tone.
These items are mentioned on multiple occasions throughout the entire novel, this is to show that they are of great importance to the protagonists. Alice does this to allow her readers to discover the hidden symbols quickly, and easily. The first symbol to be introduced in the story is
There are uses of symbols in the novel. It includes leaves,the drum,and the peach. Ray uses the leaves to represent fire. And fire represents light and heat which symbolizes the soldiers huddling together. It says,“I see the hands stirring the leaves and opened his mouth to say something,but did not say it(Pg.170).This means they were starting up a fire and it matters that they have fire so they don’t die before the war.
The symbols in The Possibility of Evil by Shirley Jackson have figurative meanings to them that depict their role in the story. The flowers symbolize as a loved being for Miss Strangeworth since she takes care of them dearly and protects them from the wickedness in her town. The envelopes symbolize Miss Strangeworth wickedness spreading her cruelty and hurting other people. Miss Strangeworth pretends to be a kind person, but when no one is watching her she depicts the cruelty inside of her showing the possibility of evil inside of everybody. Artists and the writers make these symbols to provide lore and create an expansive world.
There are even more symbols in “The Hand” but these are the biggest ones seen in the story. This is a story a woman learning the flaws of the stranger that she married and how she learns to accept and maybe even love in the future. Manly Hall once said, “Symbolism is the language of the mysteries. By symbols, men have ever sought to communicate to each other those thoughts which transcend the limitations of language.” The author uses the symbols in their writing to tell a different story than what the words written on the page say to the reader.
The role of politics in Marjane Satrapi 's life is a critical one, as seen in her graphic novel Persepolis, which narrates her experiences as a young girl raised by revolutionaries during turbulent times in Iran. Particularly, Satrapi uses juxtaposition between her parents and children to highlight the hypocrisy and myopia of the upper class revolutionaries when it comes to the interpretation and implementation of their political ideology. Satrapi builds the foundation of her criticism through the superficial comprehension her child self exhibits regarding her parents '—and, by extension, upper class communists '—ideals, then warns about the dangers that such lack of understanding presents through child soldiers who are fed ideologies and then sent to war. However, while pointing out the shortcomings of the movement, Satrapi 's use of children as the vessels for comparison entails that there is room for the communist community to develop, like Marji does as she matures from child to teen, and encourage equality through the removal of social barriers created through binaristic thinking to truly promote communist ideals. The first point of juxtaposition is Marji herself, particularly her initial myopic thinking as a child.
Children are constantly learning about themselves and the world around them. As they grow up, their world expands from their home to peers and, eventually, to people and places they know about. Children should learn about themselves and develop a positive self-image if they have to be successful citizens in society. They must learn how different they are as well how alike they are in relation to others. Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis is the story of Satrapi’s childhood growing up in a tumultuous post-revolutionary Iran.
Throughout the story, there are symbols that significantly expressed the setting and the primary characters involved. Examples of the symbols could include: a heart as it represents Mrs. Mallard’s heart condition as well as her variant emotions; the window, whether it be opened or closed, could represent Mrs. Mallard’s freedom and life in a sense that she wanted to pass before she found new hope through the observance of the sky, and lastly, the chair which could represent Mrs. Mallard’s freedom and newfound independence after being oppressed within her relationship and society’s expectations of women in that period of time. References to the symbolism of the heart could be found throughout the story
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.
Effects on the Memoir Persepolis Marjane Satrapi’s novel Persepolis describes experiences during the Islamic Regime that leave people suffering, dying, and fighting for a better government. Marjane Satrapi uses a comic layout to illustrate what is difficult to say in words. Her panel design depicts images of her, her family, and friends as well as how people in the community are reacting to the different events of the revolution. The use of panel design assists the memoir by making Satrapi’s purpose of portraying information more successful. Throughout the novel Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi uses panel design to advance the reader 's’ knowledge of the many situations occurring in Iran that cause distress to many individuals rebelling against the regime.