Sam Margulies
7/14/08
Eng 1101
The Texture of Retracing in Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis
The article talks about Marjane’s experiences growing up in the Islamic revolution. The article, written by Hillary Chute, was actually an overview of the Book Persepolis which was written by Marjane Satrapi. In the opening of the article, Hillary talks about the protagonists of the story being a child. This child is Marjane. She brings up the conflict of women in Iran being forced to wear veils over their head. It also talks about Marjane’s uncle, Anoosh, who was a Marxist. He was allowed one visitor before his execution and he requested to see Marjane. During his last conversation with Marjane, he tells her to never forget. That seems to be the main point of her entire book, because her message was that she never did forget. In the book she shows us the visual and discursive processes of “never forgetting”. She also shows us the historical traditions of Avant-garde by having all of the comics in the book presented in black and white. The book shows us that women where and still are harassed and tortured by male chauvinists through graphic comics throughout. By reading this book, I have gained more knowledge about how women are treated in many Middle-Eastern countries. And I will never ever forget. Just like Marjane.
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Sam does an excellent job of piecing together the article by Hillary Chute as she writes a summary of Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis. I agree strongly with Sam that it is very important that no one forgets about the Middle Eastern women who are mistreated daily. I also agree that the visuals in the graphic novel are very powerful and do allude to her goal of never letting herself forget. Also, Sam is right to point out the importance of the illustrations being in black and white. This is a very powerful symbol and is definitely noteworthy. I believe that texts like this are more appealing to some audiences and may lead to affirmative action in the Middle East.
Wow Leo..This just proves our love for each other. We have the same thoughts on middle eastern issues. I really like how you agree with me when i write about how i feel about how women are mistreated in the middle east. YOURE AWESOME BUCKO!
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