Persepolis Imagery Analysis
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi is a graphic novel about the islamic revolution in 1979. The book was wrote by Marjane as well as illustrated which makes the images connect and show what she thought better than if someone else did it. Every image in the book was carefully thought out in order to help the reader get the most out of them. One image in particular that has lots of imagery is the image of 3 men sitting around a campfire on the bottom row of page 19. The image of the men sitting around a fire has lots of imagery. The Image has a background of white rolling hills with black as the sky. Also in the background are 5 tents and half of a horse. In the foreground three men are sitting around a campfire. The Caption says “The truth is that
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This image has lots of symbolism, including the fire, the three people sitting around it and the tents. The Fire is symbolic of their anger towards the emperor and them sitting around it is like the anger is consuming them and that is all they talk about. The tents also symbolize that they have dropped everything and let their desire to get revenge take over their lives. Over all even the little things have symbolism in the image. An image can manipulate the way the book is read and also how the main character is seen and understood. The image changes the way the book is seen because it goes deep into people’s feelings without saying that is what it is doing. Because of this image we learn that Marjane is curious and is interested in the past. She also realizes that the past can also help understand the future because the same wars happen multiple times. All in all, this picture makes the past seem more real in the book and makes Marjane more curious.
Overall this image has a much deeper meaning than if you just read the words and moved on without looking at the symbolism in it. The image has lots of symbolism of anger and how it consumes people. It also manipulates the reader to think more about the history of the book and of the revolution and most importantly it helps shape Marjane as a curious girl who loves history. To conclude, this image is much deeper than it
This image has lots of symbolism, including the fire, the three people sitting around it and the tents. The Fire is symbolic of their anger towards the emperor and them sitting around it is like the anger is consuming them and that is all they talk about. The tents also symbolize that they have dropped everything and let their desire to get revenge take over their lives. Over all even the little things have symbolism in the image. An image can manipulate the way the book is read and also how the main character is seen and understood. The image changes the way the book is seen because it goes deep into people’s feelings without saying that is what it is doing. Because of this image we learn that Marjane is curious and is interested in the past. She also realizes that the past can also help understand the future because the same wars happen multiple times. All in all, this picture makes the past seem more real in the book and makes Marjane more curious.
Overall this image has a much deeper meaning than if you just read the words and moved on without looking at the symbolism in it. The image has lots of symbolism of anger and how it consumes people. It also manipulates the reader to think more about the history of the book and of the revolution and most importantly it helps shape Marjane as a curious girl who loves history. To conclude, this image is much deeper than it