Persepolis

If someone were to flip through the graphic novel Perseoplis, by just looking at the images, the book could be put off as something that was intended for the children's comic book section. However, this books power of simplification and literary content shows a much more compelling learning experience. Persepolis is a autobiographical narrative about a young girl experiencing the Islamic revolution. Coming of age, government empowerment, and feminism are some of the many challenges Marji managed to overcome, creating interpretations of these challenges conveyed by simplified imagery, panel-to-panel transitions, mirrors, and symbolism.

When a writer decides to incorporate illustrations in their literature pieces, the first step is to determine the intensity of abstractions the art will present. Simplified imagery works best in Persepolis as it amplifies the main features of the work. Some say this is done because it's simply Satrapi’s drawing style, a further analysis will reveal that is reached and a graphic support is given in a way that realistic art could not accomplish. Satrapi’s characters can be
Subjec-to-subject transitions are showing different sections of the same scene. For example, when her grandmother is explaining to Marji her time in poverty after her husband passed away. One of he panels focuses on a photograph of Marji's grandmother, grandfather and their childeren. The following panel zooms out so we can see Marji holding the photograph and examines it carefully. Scene-to-scene transitions takes the reader through space and time to a different scene. This transition is presented when Marji's uncle, Anoosh of the time he was in the U.S.S.R. The scene transfers from Anoosh and Marji talking in the bedroom to Anoosh's uncle Fereydoon talking at his