Persepolis Essay

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Betty Wright ENG G-110 Stament Martyr The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi is an autobiographical memoir in comic strip style. The setting is during the Islamic revolution in Iran and shows how Marji struggles in her adventure of growing up. Satrapi use panels to go in depth with ideas and puts in history to educate her audience in special panels. Satrapi in the panels with the quote, “to die a martyr is to inject blood into the veins of society”, shows Marji understanding on the quote dealing with a martyr. A martyr is somebody who suffers persecution for refusing to accept a belief usually religious. The panel on the bottom of pg 115 shows the martyr pain and terror while, the panel on the bottom of pg 146 Niloufar representing the martyr shows her with a smile on her face while juxtaposition of each image helps shows Marji perspective on her past impression on martyr and her new discovered understanding. The panel on page 115 is one of four panels two of which are covering the majority of the page the panel I am focusing on is the bottom panel. The bottom panel has a quote that says “to die a martyr is to inject blood into the veins of society.” The panel talks about the “Belligerent Slogans (115)” that “//Struck me (Marji) most by its gory imagery”. Satrapi places Marji in a black bubble which is the first time the reader sees this she is away from the panel it looks like a panel within a panel. Marji is away from the pain and the suffering of the man representing the martyr. Marji is in this separate bubble and her imagination is the dominant portion of this panel the man in terror is marji perspective of what the quote means. The panel is of a man who looks like he is in pain laying down and getting his blood sucked out by the regime to show his support to society. The panel is white, except for marji in the bubble, the man in the image is
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