In-Class Persepolis Reading Guide

Elements of Biography
Point of View: 
- Marjane Satrapi is telling the story?
- I believe the author chose to tell the story this way because her story is one of perspective. Her story is told through her eyes and I believe she wanted readers to see what she saw and not just read about what she saw.
- The author is a reliable autobiographer. The story is her own story.

Elements of Graphic Design
Visual:
- I love that the novel is depicted in black and white. I think it adds to how "grim" and hard her life was.  To me, color is joyful and her life during that time was not joyful.  It was depressing, a time of discovery and figuring out who one is in such a hard, changing world.
- Satrapi illustrates these murders and casualties in a child-like way.  There is no gore.  On page 52, there is a man cut at the limbs but it is doll-like.  It shows her innocence and her inability to really grasp what is going on.