Persepolis One-Pager With Highlighting

Arabella HuynhMs. MekjianLLC 1 Honors, Block 617-03-2023Persepolis One-PagerIn the graphic novel, Persepolis, the author Marjane Satrapi conveys a theme that religion can be used to manipulate the masses for the benefit of others through dDark moods and fFeminist criticism. We see this many different times throughout the book and it is the reason the war is happening in the book. We see the book through the character, Marji’s eyes, this helps us get a sense of what is going on and the opinions of someone who has to go through this. The author utilizes Feminist criticism when Marji says, “We found ourselves veiled and separated from our friends…Everywhere in the streets there were demonstrations for and against the veil.” (Satrapi, 4-5) These veils were only for women and were separated from the men because they were “superior” to the men. The government uses their religion against them by making them believe that men are better than women and uses the power of being a respected official against the people. The author makes us view this through a feminist lens and analyze what is going on at this moment. Furthermore, we see that the government is being