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Imperialism In Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis

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Persepolis doesn 't portray just one theme, but multiple. Including the themes such as revolution, imperialism, and nationalism. There were also other themes such as loss of innocence and danger. The main character isn’t just another girl who lived in Iran during the war. She was 10 years old when the war began, but unlike a common 10 year old, she cared about what was going on in her country. Marjane Satrapi began reading everything and anything that had to do with politics, and government. She would even talk to God about the Revolution. Since most adults believed that they knew what was coming, they didn’t listen to what she had to say about the war, although she was usually right. Marjane had so many different personal experiences with the Islamic Revolution, which is seen throughout the entire book and those experiences helped shape her into the strong, independent, and opinionated girl she became. In the image above, a representation of revolution is being shown. In the photo, a group …show more content…

In this picture a dog trainer is teaching a dog new skills. Much like imperialism, the trainer represents a country or leader taking over another country or overthrowing another leader. Persepolis has many distinct examples of imperialism, including the section in the book where the veil became a huge part of the Islamic culture. The veil to some represented the new regime and to others it said that they were not welcomed in society. The veil took over multiple women’s lives and was the deciding factor on whether they would leave their home wearing it or to stay inside. Marjane was affected by the wearing of the veil because she and her mother had to wear it, along with the rest for the women in Iran. Some women including the Satrapi women, wore the veil with a few strands sticking out which was expressing to society that they were not for the new regime, the women who didn’t show strands of their hair were all for the new

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