Characters
The main character in the novel Persepolis
Marji Satrapi
The title of the first chapter as well as the first rebellion of Marji
The veil
This type of novel is a fictional account using art to tell a story
Comic
Characterized by or appealing to selfâindulgence
Decadent
A graphic memoir over the life of Marji Satrapi
Persepolis
Marji's uncle/Prisoner under the regime.
Uncle Anoosh
In this chapter a famous movie theater burns down.
The Bicycle
This type of novel used art to tell a first hand account
Graphic Memoir
Frivolous acts or things
Frivolities
A graphic memoir using an anthropomorphic trope to tell the story of the Holocaust
Maus
Dies from a heart attach due to a grenade
Taher
This chapter talks about how Marji's grandpa was imprisoned and treated terribly
The Water Cell
This type of story tell a fictional story with no art only words.
Novel
The class of wage earners, esp. those who earn their living by manual labor or who are dependent for support on daily or casual employment; the working class
Proletariat
Graphic Memoir over the life of Allison Bechdals relationship with her father.
Fun Home
Former emperor of Persia
Marji's great grandfather
In this chapter Marji's father takes pictures of the revolution though it is prohibited.
Persepolis
This type of novel tells a first hand account only using words not pictures.
Memoir
A communal apartment
Wohngemeinshaft
Graphic Novel about storytelling between cultures using fairy tales,
The Magic Fish
Stays with Marji's family when he house is destroyed
Mali
In this chapter the Satrapi's maid is found out to be in love with the neighbor's son.
The Letter
The very first comics.
Hieroglyphics
Concerned with or suggestive of ideas
Ideological
Graphic memoir about adjusting to a school where you are the minority.
New Kid