The graphic novel Persepolis focuses on the childhood of the author, Marjane Satrapi, in Iran. It takes time to discuss issues such as inequality, The Letter chapter which talks about the family maid and details the overall history of the country from her personal perspective. Satrapi does well to show the audience the moments in her life that she considers important as well as her reaction to significant events; makes deliberate attempts to detail relevant topics such as issues related to religion, more specifically the Islamic religion. The importance of the topic is shown through its recurring themes as a major source of disagreement in Iran and as a form of motivation that Satrapi falls into, but the topic shows the greatest importance when considering its effects on Marjane herself as well as the effects of his passing on his life. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an original essay From the first moments of the text we learn of the significant effect that religion had on Satrapi herself when we hear her declare that she wanted to become "a prophet" or that she was "very religious" and "Born with religion", an idea that largely had a good influence on her, but Satrapi also works to mention that, although religion was a significant part of her life, it was well balanced with her modern lifestyle – shown in both words and images on page six . Up to this point religion is largely a driving force in Satrapi's life as well as a topic of comfort that she can fall back on in times of need and to do this she best creates an image of God in her mind to represent the whole of religion itself; in this way the young woman could consider religion better, even going so far as to argue with this god about whatever she liked. This personification of religion is also good for the audience as it allows them to see Satrapi's opinion on her faith, both through her conversations with it, and through viewing the character herself and her development. Since the character of God is itself Satrapi's interpretation of her religion, every aspect of it can be considered an intentional choice, and these choices can tell us many things about Satrapi. First, we can see how early in her life Satrapi viewed her religion as a pure thing that would comfort her in times of need, listening to her when she needed someone to talk to. His perception of the purity of religion can be seen in its almost pure white image, one of the few aspects of the text that never changes hue or develops darkness. The aspect of a listener and a comforter is seen in both the chapters The Veil and The Heroes when his god holds Satrapi in his arms while she sleeps and in many different chapters as he listens to and discusses different topics with the child. We can imagine that she saw Marx as God-like in the way he is also similarly drawn, she herself said "it was funny...how Marx and God resembled each other" and we can go further to infer that for her, religion was a calm and unchanging thing, its unchanging aspect coming from how little its interpretation changes throughout the text; her appearance of calm is created through purposeful choices, the tone and mood constructed during discussions, the simplistic questions and “fluffy” drawing create a sense of ease for both readers and Satrapi. Of course, Marjane continued to use such a significant character to show Satrapi's growth, both by comparing her to the unchanging god and through her eventual.