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This 3 page paper answers various questions about the book Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi. Bibliography lists 1 sources.
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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. Satrapi on Persepolis Research Compiled
by K. Von Huben 6/2010 Please Introduction Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi is sub-titled "The Story of a Childhood," and that is
precisely what it is. Satrapi is Iranian, and her autobiography gives Westerners the chance to understand what its like to live in the Islamic Republic, an insight that most are
sorely lacking. This paper briefly answers a series of questions about the book. Discussion Probably the most important thing to understand about Persepolis is that its a graphic novel. The
simple style of the cartoons contrasts vividly with the sometimes extremely painful events Satrapi is relating, and the juxtaposition of a simple line drawing with, say, a young girls reaction
to a bombing, is jarring. It forces a reader to pay attention to the material being presented. Organization and structure: the book is a series of episodes is her childhood.
This is an excellent way to structure the book, because this is the way memory works: we remember the important things-either good or bad-much more clearly than ordinary activities. She
emphasizes the closeness she shares with her family; in the scene where she leaves for Vienna, her mother faints and her last sight is of her father carrying her from
the station; the caption is something to the effect that she should not have looked back (Satrapi, 2003). Time passage: because the book is told in individual incidents, a reader
can assume there is a time passage between each one. In addition, there are actually two sections of the book, the first covering her childhood, move to Vienna and return
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