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1) Why do you think that Marjane Satrapi chose the comics style to produce her memoir?
The comic style typically pleases the young viewers eye, more then what an adult would tend to pick up and read. You would think by looking at a book like this, you would expect a novel or a journal story line(the story of a childhood) and long chapters. Instead a comic adventure of her life through ages six to fourteen. Since the story line was young, she took a typical young reader style book and made a stream line of comics and played with graphics. Something to catch the readers attention. Which caught mine.

.a) What is she able to do in this format that she wouldn’t be able to do in other formats? For instance, does this format enable her to make certain events, emotions, or moments to stick out in the reader’s mind in ways that other formats wouldn’t succeed? i believe she had interest to make it a comic to not only describe in words but in pictures to. It tends to make everything a bit more graphic. At times i couldnt dare to put down the book. I found myself laughing sometimes throughout the book. She had a great focus on really capturing the idea and points she got across through the chapters. The titles of each chapter really were explained through the chapter itself. Also her focus on detail sucks you into her life time. I believe that using pictures also helped when i couldnt understand parts and kept the book flowing. At times i was distracted or bored.


.2) If you were to write a memoir of your life until the present, which one would you choose? Why? I would choose a day by day journal entry would be my best choice. I tend to have a wide range of ideas. My mind tends to wonder and explore often. Having the freedom to write a day by day journal would be interesting to the reader because i am very graphic and detailed beyond belief. I state things the way it is and i would be able to make the reader think that they are "me" in the story. If i was to write a novel, I would most likely loose the reader becuase, since my mind wonders and is very random they would soon enough get lost through the five different topics in one sentence. I cant stay on one topic very long becuase, I myself get bored and figure that if i am bored then whome ever i am talking to is bored.