Persepolis

Satrapi’s description and narrative of the veil is an interesting one. For a veil to be such a religious object, she uses a humorous perspective to depict it, allowing the reader to see a different side and use of the object. She goes on to describe gender roles, Her idea of herself, as a prophet is interesting and funny, because women were not anything of importance at the time. She was very intelligent and wise for her age. Upon hearing about her grandfather’s water torture, her desire to stay in the tub for a long time shows her relationship with mutual experiences and pain. I greatly enjoyed how there were two different types of communicating the ideas, one being text and another pictures. It allows for the reader to get both perspectives and different ideas. Everything in this novel is a depiction or a symbol. Although she was always very wise for her age, Satrapi’s smoking of the cigarette shows the end of her youth. This was a very interesting and eye-opening read. I loved the ways the characters were portrayed, they were very understandable and each held a different significance and importance to the story.  

Satrapi, Marjane. Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood. New York: Pantheon, 2003.