Sunday, April 25, 2010
Persepolis
For some reason I can’t really get into Persepolis as much as I did for Maus. I actually enjoyed reading Maus, but I’m forcing myself to read Persepolis. I think it is a deep story to be told through a child’s eyes. I see that it’s the reality that this young girl had to face, but I just don’t really like it. I thought it introduced a lot of characters at one time, and I still confuse them, does anyone else face this problem? I thought that the pictures were not as intriguing as well, but this is probably because I can’t keep my characters straight. One thing that I found interesting though was after Marji and Mehri came home late from the demonstration and were slapped. I thought it was interesting that the handprint remained on the girl’s faces in the last frame. I think it just shows the disappointment and guilt that they were feeling because they knew that they did something that they shouldn’t have done.
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I also took notice to that handprint from the slap. However I completely agree that it is much harder to get into! I keep getting lost too and it is definitely not as addicting as Maus. However, I think it is refreshing to see another style in memoir. The simpler drawings sort of make me feel like the perspective through the child's eyes is convincing.
ReplyDeleteI also am having trouble reading Persepolis. Like stated in class it is hard to follow the choppy story and hard to relate to the young narrator. i find the narrator a little annoying with her side comments and little tangents. One thing positive about Persepolis is that I feel the author is representing her childlike behavior well and telling the story well through a child's eyes.
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