RA Assignment

In the book "Persepolis" by Maryjane Satrapi, she writes a story in third person from the eyes of a young girl  in Iran during the Iranian revolution in 1979. The text is composed like a comic book with many pictures and minimal dialogue. The message is mostly conveyed in the pictures, and the dialogue pieces the helps the reader follow the story. The text is intended to show the reader what really happened in Iran during the revolution. This message is supported by telling it through the eyes of an innocent young child. The young girl is like any other child, in that, she is naive and curious, and very much a product of her environment.

In the story it shows the culture of Iran. It gives an inside view of how a family functions in their country. Some of the ways social classes impact the people of Iran, and how people in Iran dealt with the revolution as a family. The history of the revolution is covered in more detail than anything else, and I believe that is truly the intent of the author, to show the reader what happened. By showing what happened in Iran during the revolution through the eyes of a young girl, people get the perspective that feels unbiased.

The style of Satrapi's writing is academic, as well as informal. At times it does take on the tone a comic book by their being an undertone of humor, but it is primarily a serious text covering a serious piece of history.