Changing Reality in "Persepolis"

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Marjane Satrapi's "Persepolis" is the story of the author's childhood, one spent in Iran during the Islamic Revolution of the late 1970's and early 80's. The book provides readers with a reminder of how naive children can be about the true reality of life and displays how ones' maturity on this subject grows with age. This paper examines the changing perception of reality that Marjane has throughout the novel.

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"By the end of the book, readers are provided with a more grownup, realistic image of Marjane, one that has a perception of reality that is more mature and closer to the views of Satrapi herself than of Marjane as a younger child. Satrapi's drawing techniques strengthen Marjane's final phase of her transition from a childish outlook on reality to a more mature view on the matter. For example, the frame that Satrapi draws after Marjane realizes that her neighbors, the Baba-Levy's, have been killed is entirely black. The caption reads, "No scream in the world could have relieved my suffering and my anger" (see Appendix, Fig. 6). This frame is representative of Marjane's final realization that reality is actually much different than it seemed to be when she was younger."

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