Aiden Holczer Student - Heritagehs - E2 - Spepes Writing 2 - Persepolis

Aiden Holczer Ms. Wilson English II 3/27/2019 Instructions: 1. Write a well-constructed SPEPES paragraph in response to the prompt below. You must CITE EVIDENCE​ from the text to support your response. Be sure to include the title(s) and author(s) in your answer. You may use your annotations. Prompt: ​So far in ​Persepolis​, we have seen how Marjane, her family, and the people of Iran have been affected by the Iranian Cultural Revolution, the Iraqi invasion of Iran, and other social influences and experiences. In the text, how do social influences and experiences shape the protagonist's attitude towards herself? (Type your response in the space below). In the graphic novel Persepolis, the main character; Marjane Satrapi's Attitude towards herself is shaped by societal influences for better and for worse. So far throughout the story there are two main social influences. The first is the oppressive government and the revolution attempting to overthrow it. After the “black friday” protests, in which protesters were met with lethal opposition. Marjane, who was already well more educated in politics than other children her age, took it upon herself to read and study political theory to continue her understandings of the revolution. This decision would forever change her opinions on the revolution and change the way that she spoke. “I realized then that I didn't understand anything. I read all the books I could.” she put her pride away for the sake of understanding the revolution. The second influence in the story would be the war with Iraq. Like any conflict, war creates stress and paranoia. We observe in the vignette “the jewels” two women arguing over food. Marjane is not immune to this stress and as such she has developed bad habits. One of which is evident on page 117, “With this first cigarette, I kissed childhood goodbye.”, this cigarette is not only bad because of the health factors but because like she said this cigarette erased the last strands of her childhood. In conclusion the social influences observable in Persepolis affect Marjane both positively and negatively.