Examples Of Imagery In Persepolis

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Milena Terrell
Mrs. Kearney
Lit/Comp 10
30 November

Persepolis Essay Pictures are worth a thousand words, as the saying goes, making graphic novels powerful works of art. A prime example is Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis, the memoir of Satrapi’s childhood, which took place during the Iranian Revolution. Satrapi uses powerful imagery in her novel to show the war through a child’s eye view. A rather heartbreaking panel is on page 15, in the middle of the bottom row.
The panel has a black background and most of the objects in the foreground are white or having white outlines. It takes place in a movie theater that is on fire. Ghost like figures are flying through the air, all towards the top right corner, above the exit in the bottom right

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