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Persepolis Photo Essay
Generally, all narratives or stories are told from the perspective of the person telling them, and this is the case with Marjane Satrapi’s story Persepolis. The perspective of the storyteller can be affected by multiple doings, and as for Marjane Satrapi’s perspective, it is affected by nationalism,or her love for her country, by social classes and her perspective is also affected by her religion and faith.

This picture represents what nationalism is, where people believe that their country is better because they live their. This has a play in this story because Marjane’s experience with nationalism has given her a biased view on all matters involving her country. She loves her country so much with all the war and she still aspires for the best for it and never abandons it. As one can recognize in this photo, she loves her country for the sole reason that she lives there and has a life there. How can she love something so much with that much corruption? The reason she is so proud of her ‘dirt’ is due to the fact that she was born on it which is the case for close to anyone native to their country. A part in the book where one can identify her nationalism is (Satrapi 153) “I couldn 't just go.” With all this war and all this destruction she still only strives to be in the country with her family. She at first would favor the idea to leave with her friends, however, by the end of the book she can’t bear to leave her family and her country. In

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