Persepolis

Persepolis was definitely not what I had expected it to be and I was happy to actually enjoy reading it. I thought it was an interesting style in writing and there was a sense of comedy and yet there was seriousness and a deeper message. In the first book, page 81 the author gives a comical sense to it and the pictures show the worry but also add to the sarcastic sense. It is about a serious subject being war but when the mom says well I guess I should dry off and war always takes you by surprise, it lightens the mood. This made it more realistic for me because war isn't something that you plan and everyone is ready for. It really can take you by surprise. In Persepolis 2 I was surprised that Marj went on to marry Reza because she was such an independent women and didn't want to form to the social expectations. Yet she did so anyways, all the while her parents knowing that it wouldn't last. Just like in I know Why The Caged Birds Sings, Marj seems to lose her voice throughout her life. She moves around and everyone she goes she feels like a foreigner. Page 23 she gains her voice back by standing up to the nuns who insulted her people, and again on page 43. She became more proud of her heritage and her homeland while she was away than when she was actually there.