"PERSEPOLIS" BLog 1

"Why do you think this genre is so popular? why did Satrapi chose this format in which to tell her story? What does the visual aspect add that a conventional memoir lacks? Have you read other graphic memoris? How does persepolis compare to other comic and books? Would you call this a comic book or does it transcend this and other categories? Where would you place this book in a book story? With memoris, comic books, current event?

The reason i think that this genre is a popular one is that, is had a better understand to the reader and also give the reader a visual already. It also give a reader a way of understand the face and feeling of the character. I think the reason that Satrapi chose this format is that it give the reader a different way of reading a novel then with a million word. When one picture already tell a million word. The visual add an aspect of a memoir lack, when not much of the text tell the story. To tell the truth this is the first grapic memoris, but it would a interesting things to read more and see the different way other author would write there grapic memoirs. Also how they going to draw the picture that are different from Satrapi. Comparing Persepolis to other comic and books, is that comic are always short and book are like long and so on and so for. But for graphic novel are more like a story with picture that set the story out. I would call this a graphic novel kidding i most likely not going to call this a comic because like i say comic was like short and not long as a graphic novel. If I would to put this in a book story i would but it in the hisorty section. The reason is that it had some history and also of a person pass.

How does Satrapi Challenge this myth? How does Persepolis dispel or confirm your views on Iran? In what ways does reading this book deepen your understanding and knowledge of Iran, and current situation in Iraq?

I think that the way she challenge this myth is to give what people think and turn it to be the truth behind it all. But also it give the opinion of what girl gone through and what thr truth she want to tell. I think after reading this book it give a different point of view of Iran. It teach mean so dark history and information that tell me what can a girl done at the time. It would make you think why and what the main reason of doing so. But it really don't give me a bad view or anything just that there information that help me understand the history. The knowlege of Iran teach me wat is going on right now in Iraq, which give out why this going on. It was because of the geographic that made most of there situation acurred.

How is Persepolis oranized and structured? What has Satrapi chosen to emphasize in her childhood? How is the passage of time presented. Describe Satrapi's drawings. How do the drawing. How do the drawings add to the narrative of the story?

Persepolis is organized and structure by the way the narrator think and talk about. I think that mainly is about how each things the narrator talk about and express. Satrapi chosen to emphasize her childhood base on what main things happen to her. Along with what she saw and think at the time a child would see the world as. The time in Persipolis are presented in what main things that happen or had occured to the narrator. The way the drawing is set is that it show expersion and the way people feel and the history that tell through each drawing. I also show what one person opinion is. The drawing add the narrator story a better way understandign along with text. Since the text only say alittle, it give the picture another way of telling the story as well.