I really enjoyed reading Persepolis for my college literature class. I learned things I never knew about Iran and their culture. I liked hearing this girl’s story of struggling between her past/present/future and culture/beliefs/government. I thought it was fascinating to watch her grow up in pictures from a little girl in God’s arms to a woman leaving her family.
Speaking of the artwork:
I liked that we had to read this because it was a graphic novel from the beginning. However, I wasn’t sure I liked the style of art. After reading it I’m still not sure but it has grown on me significantly. I think her simple style actually accents her story where more realistic illustrations would have overpowered the story. These, however do not, tugging the story along at just the right pace in my opinion. And some of the slides are just so detailed and lovely and meaningful in their own way. For example pg 77 the illustration of their trip to Europe has a woman dancing in the wind. Why is she there? What does she mean? Why put the leaning tower of Pisa next to a run-down apartment? None of this would have been questioned from the text on the page “Things got worse from one day to the next. In September 1980, my parents abruptly planned a vacation. I think they realized that soon such things would no longer be possible. As it happened, they were right. And so we went to Italy and Spain for three weeks… …it was wonderful.”
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