So Persepolis for me is a re-read, but a well needed one, for I had forgotten some main points Satrapi brings up within the memoir. This graphic memoir is really very unique. It captures events in the life of a small girl in a way that makes you both think and feel. It explains what was going on in Iran from its first occupation by Indo-European nomads, to the establishment of the Persian Empire, to the 1979 Islamic revolution. But it is still so much more than that. It dives into the story of one girl's childhood and how she dealt with what was going on around her. How she stood up against the oppression by not wearing the garment on her head and how she was a deep thinker who would occasionally have conversations with god. It is the story of her losing the ones she loves, such as her uncle who was wrongly accused and punished by death. It shows injustice in her own household with her maid being in love with the neighbor and that love being extinguished when the boy discovers she is not of any importance, she is just the maid in Marjane's household.
But enough about the story, I think Marjane Satrapi also has a lot to say with her illustrations. For example, she often shows repetition of people standing, of people saluting, covering their hearts with their hands, sitting with the new head dress on. I think this shows a great deal that these people where forced to conform and lose their individuality. As well, i like how she introduces a new event with a small horizontal illustrated banner almost like a she is beginning a new chapter. Two examples of this are below:
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