Question

What impact does Anoosh’s death have on Marji and her understanding of the world? How does Satrapi depict this change in Marji in both words and images? Provide at least two pieces of evidence to support your answer, including examples from text and images.

Answer 1

Marjane Satrapi's book, ''Persepolis,'' is an autobiography that details her childhood in Austria and Iran while the Islamic Revolution occurred. Explore Satrapi's portrayal of Uncle Anoosh, and analyze Anoosh's time in the Soviet Union and prison, his relationship with Marji, and his death. Anoosh's Time in the Soviet Union

Where to start with Uncle Anoosh? He's a character in Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis whose function seems to be filling in pieces of main character Marji's family history and his experiences come across to her as entertaining and heroic. He begins by telling her of his experience with Uncle Fereydoon. Fereydoon and his friends liberated the northwestern Iranian province of Azerbaijan from the influences of the Shah. Keep in mind that this is not to be confused with, at that time, the Soviet Republic of Azerbaijan.