Persepolis: An interesting book about Iran
Persepolis, written by Marjane Aatrapi is a book talking about things happened in Iran in a form of comics. According to Wikipedia it is a autobiography about Marjane’s life in Iran “It was published by L'Association in four volumes, from 2000 to 2007.”(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persepolis_(comics)#Publication_history)Also the story has been recompose to film and bring to the screen at 2007. I really like to read this book, mostly because the form of comics attract my eyes and I have finished the book since I got it. Therefore I think Persepolis is a very interesting book that uses form of comics to tell the truth of Iranian history from a view of little girl.
In the story, which is the first volume of the book called the story of a childhood, told us what happened in Iran when Marjane is 6 years old and 14 years old. She experience the overthrow of the King, the Islamic revolution, and the war between Irag and Iran. Also she felt the sadness from the pass of her uncle. From that time she give up her dream to be a prophet, because she felt betray. The God she believed and loved didn’t help her when she face the difficulties. Instead of the God Marjane’s grandmother became the one who teach Marjane about the world and how to live as a person.
One of the reasons that I really like this book is because it told me the truth of the Iranian, what I used to know is that Iran is a place full of terrorists oil and wars. However, from this book I recognition Iran and noticed that most of people in Iran is same as us. They want freedom and parties. There want fashion clothes and listen to the rock music. For example, from 130 to 131 Marjane wear fashion clothes and buy music disc from the small retailer. Unfortunately, She has been catch by the religious people. Therefore it subvert my views of Iran and I am really interested about that.
Second, it really attract my eyes by using the form of comics to write a book, and talk about it from a view of little girl. It helps me to understand better as a international student, and I never felt boring about this book. Also reading from a view of little is quite fun. Such as in page 52, Marjane imagine how people look like when they have been cut into pieces, it look like her doll. A cruel things, but let people feel satire when talking by a little girl.
To sum up. Persepolis is very interesting book written with comics and talking about Iranian history in a view of little girl. I really suggest people to read it, they will see a different Iran which they never know.
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