Adaptation Of Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis

The difference between an adaptation and an appropriation is significant according to Sanders. “Adaptation can be a trans positional practice, casting a specific genre into another generic mode, an act of re-vision itself, it can parallel editorial practice in some respects indulging in the exercise of trimming and pruning, yet it can also be amplificatory procedure engaged in addition, expansion, accretion, and interpolation.” (Sanders p.18) Persepolis the comic and Persepolis the movie can be considered an adaptation. The movie version of Persepolis stays true to the overall tone and style of the graphic novel, however, its intention is slightly different. Marjane Satrapi’s graphic novel, Persepolis, uses real events and real personal experiences
There are even times when Marjane Satrapi changes the style of the comic; this change is another way for the reader to understand the severity of the specific image being displayed. Satrapi does this specifically on page 102 when she is describing those lost in the war. “The key to paradise was for poor people. Thousands of young kids, promised a better life, exploded on the minefields with their keys around their necks.”(102) Accompanying this passage is the illustration of the silhouettes of soldiers being blown up with their keys hanging from their necks. On this same page, the image of the fallen soldiers is the image of a party. The first panel, of the soldiers in an explosion, represents the idea that these men have died honorably and that they are off to paradise. The second panel, of the people dancing, represents the desperation for a distraction from the terrible state the country is currently
This is achieved most often by offering a revised point of view from the ‘original’, adding motivation, or voicing the silenced and marginalized.” (Sanders p. 18-19) From comic to film the thing that has changed would be the intention. The movie Persepolis remained true to the tone and style of the comic, but the intention in the movie is different. The intention of the film is meant to inform viewers of Iranian history. Many crucial parts from the novel were not mentioned in the film. These parts depicted Marji’s state of mind in the novel, but in the movie they are not brought up. This is because the movie’s main purpose was not to tell the story of a girl changing into a woman. In the movie the character Momo isn’t as obsessed with death as he is in the novel. In the movie however, when Marjane is at the concert with Momo she is depicted detaching herself from the Iranian culture, this is expanded when she claims she is from France. This point is included in the movie to show what it meant to be Iranian in Europe during this time period. The illustrations of the movie are true to those of the novel. Characters are drawn with simplicity, and the majority of it is in black and white. The beginning and end of the movie are in color to represent the current time period, while the black and white scenes are representational of the history and of the