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This image is of a protest in Tehran's Shahyad Square in favour of the ayatollah, in February 1979. There are no women visible in the crowd - they are separated from the men, which Satrapi experiences firsthand when she returns to Iran as an adult.
This protest is quite different to the ones Satrapi's parents would have gone to in her childhood

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1980-1988 (Marjane aged 10-18) 87 Iranian cities were bombed, and thousands of people were killed.
The economy declined- petrol, supplies, food limited
Many people lost their jobs and loved ones

Gives insight on Marjane as a character- she is young and less concerned with the politics and conflict going on around her.
i.e She is more consumed with cd's or other things in her life

EDUCATION VIEW:
'I have lived in a dictatorship. There was a ban on everything! Was I less free in my mind? No, I wasn’t. Did I become a stupid person? No, I didn’t. Because no matter how much they looked at me, they could not get into my mind. That belongs to me. And that is under my control if I decide it is. And I can only decide that if I train it. If you don’t use it, it shrinks, and if you use it, it grows. So it is up to us.' -Marjane Satrapi

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Born 22 November 1969
Time- she was young and did not experience the same trauma as adults (ie mother) as she focused on childish desires - CDs, posters, clothes
If she was older, she would've been more heavily and emotionally affected.
Children were encouraged to leave by their families to seek a life of freedom, which instigated her move to Vienna, Austria

'I am not a historian and I’m not a politician. I’m a person who was born in a certain place, in a certain time, and I can be unsure about everything, but I am not unsure of what I have lived. I know it.' - Marjane Satrapi

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Family's history - her maternal great-grandfather was Nasser-al-Din Shah, Persian emperor from 1848 to 1896, and her grandfather was a prince - and this mattered to the book because it was really important to Satrapi's development of her beliefs and view towards the government.

Her mother grew up in north of Iran where 'there is no division between genders.' and she was very loved by her father and family... Contrasts their society that says that men and women are not equal.

Mother was a woman of the 1960s and 1970s, didn’t want Marjane to learn oppressive ideas; she was raised with the idea that “you are a human being” and “anything that a human being can do, that is humanly possible, you can do.” - placed no limitations on her and thus she was not not to easily confined by the expected gender norms and had the courage to speak out for herself

Parents clear that she needed to study... If Marjane wanted to be allowed peace and independence from her parents she needed to be good at school. Her parents' high regard for EDUCATION is critical in forming her worldly character that is able to take a stand for her beliefs

Uncle Anoosh tells her “It’s important that you know. Our family memory must not be lost. Even though it’s not easy for you, even if you don’t understand it all.” inspiring her writing of Persepolis

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In 1983, her parent sent Marjane to Vienna, Austria- (pg 155)
Stayed in Vienna from ages 14-18- very important developmental years
The change in setting shaped her feelings about her home country.
She experienced turmoil and guilt because of her setting of privilege and safety in comparison to her family and friends living under threat in Tehran

pg 197- Marjane- "I even managed to deny my nationality"
"It was easier to lie than assume that burden"
Reflected on the values her Grandmother taught her and how she'd failed her

Here place is highly relevant as it shapes the hardship she must deal with
Doesn't face conflict and bombs, but guilt and judgement from peers

Place forced her to find her identity- pg 199 "I am Iranian and proud of it"- "For the first time in a year, I felt proud"

Establishing her individual identity with acknowledgement to location: 'Being born in a certain place doesn’t have to mean coming to think a certain way, though this is still usually the case... Any person who is a student, who goes to school, needs to have traveled to one other country in the world before the age of 18. Believe me, the world would be a much better place.' - Marjane Satrapi

'There are parts of me that will always be Iranian. These are things that I cannot change. You know, my hospitality will always be Iranian. I’ve been brought up this way. The doors of my house are always open.'

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Persepolis was the ceremonial capital of the first Persian Empire (the Achaemenid Empire)
- the earliest remains date back to 515 BC and the site was excavated in the 1930s
- Persepolis was the seat of government of the Achaemenid Empire, but was also a showplace and spectacular centre for the receptions and festivals of the kings and their empire.
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Persepolis was the name of the chapter in which Satrapi learns about her grandfather and her mother's childhood

Significance
Once was a decadent city- capital of Persia- now lies in ruin
"one can be forgiven but one should never forget." - wants people to remember
Title maybe be showing Satrapi's intentions of the book- to make sure that Irans story is not forgotten

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Marjane was taught by teachers that the shah was chosen by god (pg 44) however her father eventually explains that this is not the case, and she learns about her family history (in Family text box)
In this, she also describes her experience of the revolution, which enables a fairer view of Iran from her perspective.

'I think that any religion is anti-feminist, to start with. Any religion. Christianity, Judaism, every religion. And even Buddhism and Hinduism. This is it—it exists across all religions. It’s a really patriarchal thing.' - Marjane Satrapi on whether Islam/hijabs are antifeminist

WHAT WILL LEAD TO CHANGE?
'By letting [people] study, letting them go to the school of the republic, and then they will have the chance to be emancipated. I don’t think you can change anything by either revolutions or the law. The only thing that can change the world is the slow evolution of culture.' -Marjane Satrapi

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1980 22 September - Start of Iran-Iraq war, which lasts for 8 years (Marjane 10 years old)

Created the war dominant environment in her home town of Tehran, which coincides with the transition period of the revolution where the country is weak and unable to fight back.

Religious laws and regulations are more heavily implemented- shows the political transition (to oppression) and the development of Marjane's views and morals... (influenced heavily by her mother nd parents) underlying progression throughout the story that promotes understanding of conflicts.
'Instead of banning things, you have to have a real dialogue' - Marjane Satrapi

Protests- Marjane's first interaction with political voices, which allows her to assume her political identity
1980- Satrapi's first experience at a protest with her parents -- "for the first time in my life, I saw violence with my own eyes" (76)

Political prisoners- authoritative culture of violence and oppression