Marjane Strapi wrote in a comic book style form to show a teenager/child's point of view. Like a child, the style she used was extremely simple, lacked detail, and showed one distinguishing feature for people. Not only is this how children draw, but it's also how an adsolcent would describe someone. In a more "traditional" method (i.e. novel or realistic drawing) it would be harder to see how I child understands these terrible events.
For me, it seemed liked the overall emotion of this piece is being naive. In the many instances of violence in the novel, it was not very descriptive. When someone was dead there was just "X"'s over their eyes. So even though Marjane was witnessing massacres, because she did not understand the violence was crudely drawn.
If I were to write a memoir of my life I think I would use film. In my life, I think their are many small "scenes" that would describe how I ended up where I am today. Film would be the best medium because these "scenes" are mostly character driven. I can't see that my life is action-packed and the movement is through conversations, revelations, and small events. Film is able to incorporate a conversation and my small actions the best.
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I think to belittle the illustrations to that of a child kind of defeats the purpose of the book.
She only draws those x's to symbolize death. I suppose if you'd want crude depictions of that you could read any other action comic book.
What is it about film that would show your small actions in life the best? Why can't other formats do the same? Can other formats make the story character driven?
-Ivan
I did not mean to belittle the illustrations. And little Xs over the eyes is sufficient enough to explain someone is dead. There is not a need for a graphic image of the death. I was trying to say that most people would try to make the death as graphic and lifelike as possible. Just because I believe the style is child like doesn't mean I do not respect the illustration; it simply gives it a connotation.
-Andre
I would use film because I talk with my hands a lot. Whenever I tell a story I also kind of lean in like it's a secret. With film these small actions would be more evident than other mediums.
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