Satrapi's Penstroke
Satrapi’s Penstroke
Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi is an autobiographical account of a girl’s youth during the Iranian Revolution in 1969. As a graphic novel, Satrapi accompanies her text with images, drawn in a simplistic fashion in the comic book format. This is very effective in displaying her perception of Iran during the time of the revolution. The black-on-white drawings depict scenes of intense violence, emotion, and imagination. “Satrapi’s super-naïve style is powerful; it persuasively communicates confusion and horror through the eyes of a precocious preteen” (Press, www.villiagevoice.com/ books/0319.press.43844.10.html, 2) The seemingly child-like imagery that Satrapi used in drawing Persepolis serves as an effective tool to convey her powerful emotions and opinions with regard to the state of living that she endured during the Iranian Revolution.
Marji, as Satrapi refers to herself, is the daughter of two intellectual Marxists living in Tehran. She is......
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