Choose ONE of the following questions and answer it in essay form

1. Towards the end of the book, Marjane says about people’s fear of the Islamic Commission, “It’s only natural!When we’re afraid, we lose all sense of analysis and reflection.Our fear paralyzes us.Besides, fear has always been the driving force behind all dictators’ repression” (302).How do Marjane and her compatriots deal with fear in their daily lives?To what extent do you see fear as a controlling factor in your own country’s public life?
2. Marjane’s mother complains that the media in Iran lie to Iranians while the Western media lie about them (322), and yet just a couple of pages later everyone gets very excited at the clandestine arrival of satellite TV (324).What value does Satrapi place on Western media?
3. In the introduction to her book, Satrapi says that she wrote Persepolis in part so “that an entire nation should not be judged by the wrongdoings of a few extremists” (2).How does Satrapi herself seem to judge Iran as a nation by the end of her narrative?
4. What uses of irony does Satrapi make in Persepolis?
5. Why does Satrapi call her book Persepolis instead of something like Growing Up in Iran?
6. Marjane’s relationship to the veil is long and complicated.What, finally, does wearing the veil come to mean to her?
7. How does Satrapi use drawings specifically to develop characters, to portray the differences and/or connections between the inner and outer worlds of characters, or to make thematic connections?For example, what are some of the implications of the echoes between the two drawings on page 102 of the text?
8. What particular incidents in the story do you think are conveyed more effectively in pictures than they could have been in words alone?
9. What do you consider the main strengths of using images to tell this story?What are the main limitations of doing so?
10. What traditional novels that you’ve read do you think might be better in this graphic format?Why?

The name of the book is: The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

Make sure you have an introduction with a thesis, body paragraphs with clear topic sentences, and a conclusion where you summarize your key points.

Minimum Length: 3-5 pages

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