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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood Study Guide

by Marjane Satrapi

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood study guide contains a biography of Marjane Satrapi, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.

Persepolis begins with a short introduction. It is an abbreviated history of Iran from its first occupation by Indo-European nomads, to the establishment of the Persian Empire, to the 1979 Islamic revolution. The author writes that the purpose of her book is to show that Iran is not a country of fundamentalists and terrorists, and that characterizations of the country by the West are inaccurate.

As a ten-year old girl, the author is forced to wear a veil to school by those that called for a cultural revolution in Iran. There are many protests both for and against this cultural revolution. Her French non-religious school is abolished and boys and girls are separated for education. Her mother protests against the changes and her picture…

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Posted By mitchell e #291505 at Dec 16, 2012 5:25 PM

image analysis?

the question i need to answer is " choose a panel or series of panels from the section and comment on the effect of the images. How does the author use illustrations to add meaning to the text? Consider satrapi's use of techniques like pattern, shading, contrast, scale, etc". Does anyone know of any panels in the book that show 2 or more of the techniques listed? if so tell me the page number and techniques used.

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