Who Is Marjane Satrapi: A Child's Perception?
Dan Hogarth
Aaron Vigar
ENG 3U
May 30th, 2014
Perseption
The author Marjane Satrapi adds many different graphic elements such as colour and design to provide more depth and provide the reader with an image that otherwise they may not be able to perceive or get from her perspective. On multiple occasions, she takes what she is told about and illustrates it in a child’s perspective. Frequently throughout the novel the author demonstrates certain illustrations in a way that may not be the actual view of the situation but rather the literal interpretation of the specific incidence.
Within the graphic novel, Marjane Satrapi gives us many vivid descriptions of what happened during her life by providing us with meaningful text backed …show more content…
The text from this frame says: “The one that struck me most by its gory imagery was: ‘To die a Martyr is to inject blood into the veins of society.’” When Marjane hears about this she provides the reader with another naïve illustration. Yet again, she takes the literal representation and interprets the idea of injecting blood into the veins of society as a man having blood forced into his veins. By drawing it like this, Marjane actually gives the reader a stronger idea of what the text accurately means because it gives them another way to look at and interpret the text coming from a different outlook. The illustration represents the sacrifice of people with the hope to grow the society and make it more stable for the future. Unfortunately, the sacrifice of others does not strengthen them but rather does the opposite by eventually hurting …show more content…
It is almost as if she takes the reader, places them in her shoes and then takes them out for a walk. This way the reader is able to soak in every detail as it comes and although the situation is not actually illustrated to the fullest they are able to understand it just as well if not better. The use of colour and design adds so much more to the illustration as well as enhance the text. When illustrating the novel, the author Marjane drew in white and left a black background when drawing western, scientific objects and when drawing eastern she draws in black and leaves a white background. The contrast allows the reader to not only know she has two halves to her life but also to emotionally connect with her and understand the struggles both her and her country are
Aaron Vigar
ENG 3U
May 30th, 2014
Perseption
The author Marjane Satrapi adds many different graphic elements such as colour and design to provide more depth and provide the reader with an image that otherwise they may not be able to perceive or get from her perspective. On multiple occasions, she takes what she is told about and illustrates it in a child’s perspective. Frequently throughout the novel the author demonstrates certain illustrations in a way that may not be the actual view of the situation but rather the literal interpretation of the specific incidence.
Within the graphic novel, Marjane Satrapi gives us many vivid descriptions of what happened during her life by providing us with meaningful text backed …show more content…
The text from this frame says: “The one that struck me most by its gory imagery was: ‘To die a Martyr is to inject blood into the veins of society.’” When Marjane hears about this she provides the reader with another naïve illustration. Yet again, she takes the literal representation and interprets the idea of injecting blood into the veins of society as a man having blood forced into his veins. By drawing it like this, Marjane actually gives the reader a stronger idea of what the text accurately means because it gives them another way to look at and interpret the text coming from a different outlook. The illustration represents the sacrifice of people with the hope to grow the society and make it more stable for the future. Unfortunately, the sacrifice of others does not strengthen them but rather does the opposite by eventually hurting …show more content…
It is almost as if she takes the reader, places them in her shoes and then takes them out for a walk. This way the reader is able to soak in every detail as it comes and although the situation is not actually illustrated to the fullest they are able to understand it just as well if not better. The use of colour and design adds so much more to the illustration as well as enhance the text. When illustrating the novel, the author Marjane drew in white and left a black background when drawing western, scientific objects and when drawing eastern she draws in black and leaves a white background. The contrast allows the reader to not only know she has two halves to her life but also to emotionally connect with her and understand the struggles both her and her country are