{"id":282,"date":"2019-10-28T10:30:23","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T14:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst390cnr\/?p=282"},"modified":"2019-10-28T10:30:23","modified_gmt":"2019-10-28T14:30:23","slug":"mental-illness-in-persepolis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst390cnr\/2019\/10\/28\/mental-illness-in-persepolis\/","title":{"rendered":"Mental Illness in Persepolis"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the final section of <\/span>Persepolis, <\/span><\/i>a lot goes down; however, the most important part to me was Marji’s attempted suicide.\u00a0<\/span>Marji attempts to kill herself due to being depressed for so long after returning to Iran and struggling to adjust back to her home\u2019s culture and deal with processing her life in Vienna. This section of the graphic novel again shows how important the cartoon\/child-like drawings are to making the story of Marji\u2019s life digestible to a large audience. There are so many points in the story that are sad, dark, or scary, and if it were to be a typical written novel rather than a graphic novel it would have probably attracted a smaller audience of mainly those in academia. In the graphic novel form, Marji was able to share her message about Iran that she wanted to while reaching a wider audience through the accessibility of a graphic novel.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Even though this section made me sad, it was interesting to note how quickly and without any dramatic flare that Marji wrote this section. It seemed as though it was just another casual anecdote about her life and not a traumatic life event. This section of the graphic novel brings up important points about mental illness and the effects of living in a war torn nation can have upon its citizens. Even for those who leave also suffer negative side-effects as Marji noted of being a third-world citizen and feeling out of place wherever she went. I think this is an important part of the novel to recognize the effects situations like life in Iran can have on all of its citizens. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the final section of Persepolis, a lot goes down; however, the most important part to me was Marji’s attempted suicide.\u00a0Marji attempts to kill herself…<\/p>\n

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