Essay on the graphic novel ”Persepolis” by Marjane Satrapi (2007)
In response to question 4: Often the appeal for the reader of a literary work is the atmosphere a writer creates (for example, peaceful, menacing, or ironic). Discuss some of the ways atmospheres are conveyed and to what effect in the novel.
In the 1970’s a young girl is growing up in Iran, dreaming about the future. Though her country is being faced with a lot of challenges; a war is imposing. This is Marjane Satrapi’s auto fictive graphic novel, telling her story growing up in Iran during the revolution. The very harsh and real story is still well spoken of today and has many sides to the story. With news outlets shinning a bad light on the country, using words such as fundamentalist, terrorism, and fanaticism, only sheds bad light on the people. In the graphic novel, Satrapi creates an atmosphere that helps the reader understand what being Iranian is really like and what went on during the revolution. So how does she manage to do this in a graphic novel? What literary terms does she use to communicate this to the reader? And what effects does it have on the overall novel?
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