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Essay / Not just a childhood story - 1131
Turpen/ 1Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi is one of the most intriguing books not only for students of history, but also for anyone who can appreciate the historical time that unfolded in Islam throughout the late 1970s and 1980s. Through the eyes of a child, Marji shows the underlying issues related to war from a child's perspective, moral uncertainty and impacts on class differences. The War from a Child's Point of View in Persepolis is so unique compared to other literary works because it goes into detail. from a young Iranian woman who receives first-hand accounts not only of her experiences, but also from her parents and other members of her family and community. There is little information about the "actual events" that took place, making this more of a personal account of the historical era rather than other works of literature that would be factual and more detailed about the actual events themselves. same. Marji has a mind that many people may consider to be made of sponge-like material. She is constantly and constantly hungry for knowledge and absorbs information like water in a sponge. Much like a child whose mind absorbs information, children typically repeat information they tend to hear from their parents, as well as seemingly false or inaccurate stories from the media. At one point in the book, Uncle Anoosh defends Marji by saying that "she's just a child repeating what she hears." » She later learns, however, that the propaganda may not be entirely true. The problem is the idea of moral uncertainty. The book immediately gives a small overview. In the first page of the book we see......in the middle of the paper......a question about what they are supposed to believe or not. The class differences really gave insight into the citizens' supporters and opponents of the revolution that was happening. It was these class differences that provided soldiers for the battle and provided insight into the seriousness of the war and revolution in general. War from a child's perspective, moral uncertainty, and class differences, each of these underlying issues that Marji shows in the book had such an impact on the people of this historical era. It's a breath of fresh air to actually get a feel for how these everyday Turpen/6 issues have affected the general public instead of just knowing the events that happened loaded with factual information. Turpen/7BibliographySatrapi, Marjane. Persepolis. New York, NY: Pantheon Books, 2003.