What is the Role of women in the book Persepolis. Compare and contrast the various women: Marji, her mother, her grandmother, her school teachers, the maid, the neighbors, the guardians of the revolution.

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In the current international community , the issue of human rights had been one of the main issues that are faced by the different countries in the world . s such as the inhumane treatment towards women and children mostly in the Middle Eastern Countries and Islamic communities around the world are the problems that are still in being debated by my leaders today . Although many feminist say that there is inequality and inhumanity in the treatment of women in the Middle East , in reality

br women are really torn between deciding to obey their culture or practice their right as a woman

In the past , Persian women are given the equal rights with men . These women have their own properties and are able to retain these even after their marriage . Most of them are given the right to their own freedom and are acknowledged as the most important people in the society given their ability to bear a child and such . In an article written by Massoume Price , he stated that based on historical facts .the widowed wife inherited from the deceased even if she did not have children . A woman could not act as a witness in the drawing up of contracts , but she could act as a contracting party and have her own seal (Price , n .p . Women had the same power as men but as the years progress , female rights in Iran have lessened which led to repression and gender inequality

In the book Persepolis discusses such dilemma of a 9 year old child living in Iran during the Iran and Iraq war . The author of the book is Marjane Satrapi who actually is the lead character in the whole story and narrates her experiences as a child until now as an Iranian woman The book is a graphic novel which looks like a comic strip . The book is filled with black and white drawings (The Creole Cat , 1 ) which I personally think as unique and cool . It is not like a typical book which is filled with words and serious s that will turn out to be a boring book in the end . Although the book does not present is self as a serious and a complicated book to read , the issues raised in the book has became one of the most controversial concern in Iran and in various countries in the world (Revolution , n .p

The graphic novel narrates the life of Marjane Satrapi who was then living in a chaotic world of politics in Iran . Her family is connected to the political branches of the government which makes her more exposed to the lifestyle of politics in Iran . Her family was communists who generally do not agree with the system of the Islamic Fundamentalists and its actions . Her family usually hosts under ground parties which was a form of rebellion in the government . These parties were not allowed by the government because they are believed to be a western...