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The memoir is so powerful because of its ability to telling stories through not just words but also pictures, and how it was able to express certain emotions, in ways ordinary books could not. The simple illustrations and words make the evil very dire... Read More
Author describes loss, disillusionment, and fear as she deals with growing difficulty as a teenager. It is important to recognize patterns in the ways that foreign identities are portrayed and made “palatable” for western audiences.
Satrapi does an excellent job of narrating her story in a way that garners sympathy and attention from the reader. The drawings are simple yet convey the situation perfectly. Through the novel, she expresses the way she felt personally and also gives ... Read More
Cons
There are several, very *, curse words and an illustration that depicts a man's privates as he urinates on a prisoner. If the msm instructed people it was bad everyone would review how bad this is.
It is very descriptive of * and * in iran. It is very distressing to a young mind to be introduced to the atrocities of iranian crime and punishment" "i understand the need to make the * known and to stay real to the moment, but that took it too far.
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She makes the reader understand that the people who had to firsthand witness the islamic revolution are no different than ordin... Read More
These stories are told with simple and direct detail suffused with the sometimes limited sometimes profound reactions and insig... Read More
As her country continues to change with forced coverings for females and less tolerance of anything influenced by the west marj... Read More
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Persepolis is a whole new outtake on a world that we know little about
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- This product had a total of 4,150 reviews as of our last analysis date on Dec 28 2023.
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She later broke up with me because she suffered some kind of psychological break due to law school
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Though satrapi can’t be faulted for writing about personal experience in her own memoir i think it’s very interesting that the family marji’s we are supposed to relate to and care for above other mentioned characters are the most westernized
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I am pretty much speechless at the end of reading this
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Modern muslims can be as secular as christian or jewish people who really dont care about god or care to follow religion more than they have to in their society
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And how they let down the child who doesnt know what or whom to believe
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I wouldnt have read it but it was part of the hs curriculum
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Without technology or any electronic devices
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As a teenager she has an openly rebellious streak that puts her in troubles way more than once
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