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This, in my opinion, is the saddest panel in the entire Graphic Novel. Before this, Marjane's mother is explaining that he father was arrested and deteriorating in prison, but as a young girl she did not understand how much pain the isolation had caused him. This fills the reader with melancholy because she is a young innocent girl who is not old enough to understand why her father aches when she plays with him, or why she cannot see his everyday.

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This panel is extremely important in Majanes life, as well as Persepolis because of the impact it has on Marjane's innocence. He parents old friend, Siamak, has returned from prison. He was brutally tortured. This panel, however, shows his college mate, Ahmadi. In the panel below this, Marjane explains how she can't imagine how you can use something as simple as a house appliance for torture.

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This panels is significant because it is placed at the time Majane is leaving to Vienna. As she is walking into the airport, she says that she will not turn back. But she ends up doing so and regreting it because it looks as if her mother has fainted into her fathers arms. This gives the reader a sense of sadness because Majane is afraid that that could be the last time she sees them.

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This page represents revolution and a authors depiction of the war.

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This page shows violence because of tense religious differences that led to the beginning of a war.

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This page represents religion because it shows the difference between a fundamentalist and a modern progressive.

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As marji grew older and went to her first demonstration she begin to feel more like an adult. Growing up in a country that’s at war with itself can get hard on a girl her age. She realized that she was ready to become a woman and she decided to have her first cigarette. Her first cigarette gave her a new look in life as she “kissed her childhood goodbye.”

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During a demonstration, marji’s parents and other rebels were attacked by a group of fundamentalists. The fundamentalists were shouting “the scarf or a beating” as they beat those who rebelled.

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Revolution
During the revolution, those who went against the fundamentalists and there ideas were punished. For Ahmadi, he took many beatings and was tortured. He was tortured to find out where his partners were.

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page 100
this page shows clas-ism. their maids sons was given a golden key at his school for when he goes off to war. marji calls her cousin who is in a higher class to ask if he had gotten one. he said no

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Page 95
This page shows how the girls every forced to wear the veils to school and beat themselves while the boys were sent off to train for war.

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Revolution
Dedicating a whole page in the chapter called "Heroes" shows the value that she places on these revolutionaries. She thinks of these peoples as heroes because they are locked up for their revolutionary ideas.

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This section of the page represents violence. The man is being tortured and hurt due to being a member of the guerillas. The violent nature of the graphics shows some of the cruelties people could be facing in that situation.

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This page shows classism through Marji looking at others lives and reflecting on her own, showing how different the social classes are.

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Religion
This shows the influence of religion, that is so powerful that they use it in the schools to indoctrinate more kids into fighting and giving their lives for a plastic key to heaven.

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This picture represents revolution because the pose she strikes is constantly repeated throughout many chapters. The pose shows different characters using this pose as a way go against something, they are trying to make change happen.

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This page shows aspects of revolution because Marji wants to participate in demonstrations and protests.

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This page depicts violence through the panel of people biting in a fire in which the firemen didn’t show up until 40 minutes later.

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This panel represents classism within Persepolis. The characters are talking about the maid, Mehri, she is in a lower social class than Marji’s family. Therefore, the boy ended the relationship because they do not mix social classes in this society.

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Revolution- This panel shows how their country were willing to send poor kids into fight in the revolution and were willing to let them die for what the rich people wanted.

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This panel shows religion and how they had to lie about the amounts of times they prayed because of the religious groups that were saying what you could and could not do.

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pg. 133- Revolution
On this page, the guardians of the revolution stopped Marjane when she was in the streets and not wearing her veil. Instead, she was wearing sneakers and her jacket. To get out of punishment, she lied to the women.

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pg. 64- Classism
On page 64, Marjane's mother suggests that her family should move to the US like many others and her dad said, "So that I can become a taxi driver and you a cleaning lady?"  In Iran, her dad had a good job and they were wealthy, but he was worried that if they moved to the US, they would be nobodies.

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pg. 7- Religion

On this page, Marjane talks about  how, like all her predecessors, she has her holy book.  She believed she was the last prophet.  She spoke to her grandma about all the rules she would enforce and her grandma says that she'll be her first disciple.

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pg. 14- Revolution and Violence

On this page, a group of religious fanatics burned down a rex cinema. There were 400 victims. This page conveys an example of revolution because many of the public viewed this as the Shah’s fault. Many were against the Shah’s new ideas (the veil, religious practices, beating your chest).

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pg. 37- Classism

On this page Marjane’s dad has just told his young neighbor that Mehri is actually his maid. This make the boy not want to see her anymore. Marjane’s dad tells her that in their country, you must stay within your own class. This conveys the reality of social class and how important it was for people in Iran.

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pg. 96 - Education

On this page, the teacher tells them “let’s go children, on the heart.” The children begin to repeatedly hit themselves in the chest. This shows the educational system and what the children of Iran were being taught during this war. It shows that religious rituals such as this were a very important part of education at that time.

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Violence These panels show how the Iranian Revolution in Persepolis how the citizens suffered from war. Not only did the army suffer, but since Iraq was so close, it was easy to destroy the cities in Iran. This caused suffering of the people from bombing and were always scared of an attack.

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Repression This page displays how the government and the fundamentalists were controlling the Iranian people. Marji went out and wore her westernized clothing and shoes which were discouraged to the new government in Iran. The revolution brought about restrictions to the Iranian people.

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Class-ism This picture shows an extreme example of class-ism. The lower class boys were drafted into the war while the middle and upper class were care free. Marji was at her cousin's party and was enjoying herself while the other boys were being blown up in the minefields.

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p. 29 Violence- The bleed on this page shows Marjane's father taking pictures of the violent protests that were occurring in Iran at the time. His photos show men with guns and people running. These photos show violence in the novel, Persepolis.

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p.34 Class-ism- This page shows Mehri, a young girl who became Marjane and her family's maid. The act of taking care of Mehri and making her a maid shows the vast differences in social classes in Iran. Mehri was raised in a lower class, while Marjane was raised in an upper class family.

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This picture shows the young girls in school being "taught in the education system" to slap their chest ,as well as wear the veil, in the name of religion.

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This picture is a representation of revolution because the people were tearing down statues and buring pictures of the shah, due to his political choices only bring them deeper into the revolution. Not only that but he also was mistreating those who were under him (his people).

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This page is a representation of gender roles, religion, and revolution. The woman are telling her she need a veil because that was the forced religion among the people, as well as she was a young lady and that's what was required of them. Also during this time it was forbidden to wear certain clothing due to the revolution.

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Despite the dangers of the environment during the Islamic Revolution and her family’s contradicting beliefs, Marjane’s family is still able to gather and party. The revolution, no matter how much it changed her country, did not change the fact that celebrations could still be held.

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This page shows Marjane’s teacher calling several parents of children in her class, including her own. The teacher says, ”The basis of education comes from the family!”  claiming the parents have taught them to be disobedient. In school, the children were being taught to punish themselves for their government and the parents did not like that.

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Revolution

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Religious people trying to get people to wear the veil

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Revolution
page 62

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page 14
this panel shows the violence that Marji grew up with in her life. the doors of a cinema had been locked with people inside and set on fire. the police would not let anyone inside to help those who were trapped and attacked anyone who tried.

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This page in Persepolis shows the violence present throughout the demonstrations in Iran.

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coming of age
page 117

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violence
page 116

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This panel shows Marjane’s relationship with religion. The representation of the veil confuses Marji because she is very religious, but her family is modernist and does not believe in the veil.