Rebel, Rebel: Persepolis

1. I believe Satrapi chose a comic style to portray her memoir because she wanted to ensure that readers would fully understand the messages she was trying to send in telling her story. Because there were images to go along with the story, the mood of each part of the memoir was more evident. If there was a humorous part, for example, Satrapi was able to have an image to add to the humor of the passage. In addition to this, Satrapi may have wanted to tell her story in a comic style simply because it is a different approach to the type of story that she is telling. Her memoir is more poignant because she chose a style that is uncommon.

a. With her comic memoir, Satrapi is able to make the important parts of her story more memorable. For example, after her uncle, Anoosh, is executed, Marji is extremely upset and scolds God when he comes to visit her that night. She tells him to get out of her life, and then the entire next page is filled with only one picture. It's completely empty black space except for Marji floating around in the middle with a few stars and planets. She says she was lost and this image makes that idea easier for readers to comprehend.

2. If I were to write a memoir, I would like it to be a film with a very thought out soundtrack. I think that my life is quite boring, so perhaps I could spice it up if it were in film with great music to make the scenes more interesting.

I wanted to add that I'm really happy we read Persepolis! It was something that I probably would never have picked up to read otherwise.