Persepolis Literary Techniques
What if you were living happily minding your own self living life, and then suddenly, different roles were forced upon you, and in a short time span your whole world would be thrown upside down? Well that is a brief insight into what Marji's life, as described in the graphic novel and autobiography, Persepolis. The book takes place in 1980 Iran. The story is about a young girl, Marji, coming of age. She is living during the Iranian revolution where she faces the struggles of oppression and life during war. Marji is the only child of two parents who are trying to break free from the tyranny of the Iranian regime. At the end of the chapter, “The Sheep,” Marji is drifting off to sleep Her mind roaming free, still angry that god let her favorite
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In Persepolis she uses the additive method, as explained by Scott McCloud in Understanding Comics The Invisible Art. This short book gives us an understanding as to how graphic novelists write their stories. It Breaks down the different types of Panels into seven main types. At first Glance, you would see this to be the parallel. The parallel method is when the Pictures and words convey separate meanings. This is very apparent in this panel because when you look at the pictures you think that it's about a person drifting off to sleep, dreaming about the stars, but when you see the words you realize that it is a bombing and the war is starting. So the pictures and words convey separate meanings. Now if you look at this in a slightly different angle, you can see that it can also be an additive relationship, where the pictures add meaning to the storyline that the words give you. At first glance they have nothing to do with each other, but at a deeper look, you can understand that the pictures are adding feeling to this scenario. The pictures tell us that they are being bombed and the war is starting. The pictures tell us that she is lost, and floating away in space. If we combine this, the pictures add the fact that she is feeling lost, sad, and insignificant to the world around her. So overall, the the pictures add feeling to the story already laid out by the
In Persepolis she uses the additive method, as explained by Scott McCloud in Understanding Comics The Invisible Art. This short book gives us an understanding as to how graphic novelists write their stories. It Breaks down the different types of Panels into seven main types. At first Glance, you would see this to be the parallel. The parallel method is when the Pictures and words convey separate meanings. This is very apparent in this panel because when you look at the pictures you think that it's about a person drifting off to sleep, dreaming about the stars, but when you see the words you realize that it is a bombing and the war is starting. So the pictures and words convey separate meanings. Now if you look at this in a slightly different angle, you can see that it can also be an additive relationship, where the pictures add meaning to the storyline that the words give you. At first glance they have nothing to do with each other, but at a deeper look, you can understand that the pictures are adding feeling to this scenario. The pictures tell us that they are being bombed and the war is starting. The pictures tell us that she is lost, and floating away in space. If we combine this, the pictures add the fact that she is feeling lost, sad, and insignificant to the world around her. So overall, the the pictures add feeling to the story already laid out by the