Persepolis is a graphic memoir by PERSONS NAME that chronicles her NOUN in Iran during the Islamic Revolution and the COUNTRY COUNTRY War. The story is told from Marjane's perspective, and has DETERMINER of her signature black-and-white PLURAL NOUN to bring her experiences to life. Persepolis begins in YEAR , when Marjane is NUMBER years old. She lives a privileged life in PLACE with her PLURAL NOUN and her ADJECTIVE grandmother. But her world is VERB upside down when the Iranian Revolution overthrows the PERSONS NAME 's regime and establishes a NOUN Republic. The new government is ADJECTIVE and ADJECTIVE , and Marjane witnesses firsthand the NOUN and NOUN that it inflicts on its citizens. Despite the NOUN around her, Marjane remains a ADJECTIVE and ADJECTIVE child. She VERB everything, from DETERMINER new government's strict NOUN laws to the NOUN that is raging between Iran and Iraq. She also begins to VERB her own political and social PLURAL NOUN . As Marjane gets older, she becomes ADVERB VERB with the Iranian NOUN. She VERB how it has corrupted her PLURAL NOUN and PLURAL NOUN , and PRONOUN is horrified by the violence that it VERB to perpetrate. She VERB to leave PLACE and move to PLACE, where she can be free to live her life as she chooses. Persepolis is a ADJECTIVE and ADJECTIVE story about growing up in a time of NOUN and NOUN. It is also a story about NOUN and resilience, and the importance of staying true to REFLEXIVE PRONOUN .
