A different Iran
From news and movie Iran always gives me a prejudice which is a place full of violence and terrorists. However, after I read Persepolis which is a book written by a Iranian called Marjane Satrapi, I recognize this country and find out that people in Iran is similar to all of us around world. The people in Iran are kind and innocent. The reason that Iran give other people a abnormal thinking is because their government.
Therefore, I think writer is writing this book for people who’s similar to me that have a prejudice to Iran. She wants people from other country to treat Iranian equally and kindly. According to her experience in Vietnam we know that Iran people have been treat badly in other country. For example, When Marjane said she is an Iranian, other people don’t want to make friend with her and make bad comments on her. That let Marjane become self-abased and lie to others about her nationality, which makes a negative affect in Marjane’s life. Marjane start to smoking and abandon herself after that event. Therefore I think Marjane wants to transform an idea to her audience that there are no difference between Iranian and other people.
In my opinion, I think that writer achieve her purpose, because after I read this book all my stereotype about Iran has run out of my brain and I know that Iran people are nice and good. However, this is just my opinion about this book. I don’t know how others feel after they read this book. Also It is extremely hard for people to change their stereotype, because the definition of ward stereotype is “ a conventional or formulaic conception or image”, so it can not change in one day. Nonetheless, there are lots of people who have never read this book but also have these kind of stereotype, such as most of the people in China. Because of Persepolis is published in English and French, people in China won;t have interests on it and may not able to read them and this is normal for people all around the world.
To sum up, I think writer wants to change the stereotype on Iranian for people all around world. However, I don’t think she achieve this idea, because of the limits on language and people’s interests.


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