Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis: An Analysis

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Marjane Satrapi’s book, Persepolis, is written from the point of view of a ten year old girl growing up during the Iranian revolution and the rule of Ayatollah Khomeini. Both were a tough thing to go through. The Iranian revolution was violent and chaotic. Ayatollah Khomeini was a very strict ruler with ideas Marjane and her family did not agree with. Because Marjane was so young her perception of revolution, nationalism, social classes, imperialism, and religion is slightly different than what it would have been if she was older. This image is showing a demonstration in Iran during the 1978-1979 revolution (The Atlantic). Iran at this time had been ruled by a king/dictator called the Shah ( Afary). The majority of the Iranian population were tired of the Shaws rule. Therefor they started the revolution to overthrow the Shah and put in place a democracy (Afary). In the book, Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, Marjane is growing up during this revolution. Her parents often demonstrated against the government. Marjane describes the revolution as violent and dangerous: though, she perceives the revolution as marvelous and something she wants to be apart of. …show more content…
Social classes are shown in Persepolis through the Satrapi’s family maid. Merhi fell in love with the boy next door, but once the boy found out she was from a poorer family he refused to marry her (Satrapi). Marjane's father explains that no one is allowed to marry outside their social classes (Satrapi). Marjane perceives social classes has wrong. On page thirty-seven she says “But it is it her fault that she was born where she was born (Satrapi)?” Marjane also shows her opinion on social classes on page six saying one of the reasons she wants to become a prophet is because her family's maid does not sit with them for meals
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