Memoir

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A memoir is an account of somebody’s life and their experiences, written by the person itself. It could also be a record of events or a historical account based upon personal experience and observation.

The story of Marjane’s childhood seems more authentic if we look at Persepolis as a memoir. The reader is informed that the events that are portrayed in the story actually have happened, and that the characters are real people who the author has met and talked to. It is thus easier to accept a memoir as a record of the events and the political situation during Marjane’s childhood. While it is possible that the author has shaped the events as to portray Iran according to her own preferences, or that she unintentionally has changed her interpretation of her childhood as she became an adult, the memoir manages seem less biased than other types of text may do.