Blog Answers - July 27th

As I read through Persepolis, I feel a growing connection with the main character Marjane. Although in her young life she had gone through many trials and tribulations which I never had to face, it seems like I can perceive her emotions in a personal way. Can you recall what it can be like to live as a child? It can be a joyous period while at the same moment it can be hard, unfair, and cruel. The feelings that come with living through childhood can be remembered by even the oldest individual because it is such an important time as you learn and grow. It is an affair between pain and pleasure and I can relate with Marjane as she matures as I have gone through the same events relatively recently.

Marjane Satrapi’s writing style is a clever one. She wrote her story as an adult, writing of adult situations, but in a way of keeping a childlike mentality. When a character in her books speaks, one can assimilate a voice of a kid or an adult as it is an easy transition. This makes identifying with the characters even more of a simple task. When a child is talking, the reader knows it. When an adult is talking, the reader knows it. The characters and their ideas are then able to be interpreted better by the audience.

Thus far, I feel as if I would rate this book at about an eight out of ten, but there are so many variables in the story which make it unfair for me to judge completely without finalizing my reading though. These variables are things such as Marjane’s growth and the wars that keep arising and how Marjane and her family cope with these situations. I have not seen an absolute conclusion to these events, so I have to keep mty reservations to myself for the time beings. Is it plausible or just to label something if it is incomplete and you have not seen it to its end?