Summary vs. Analysis (Persepolis)

At this point in the book, Satrapi explains the mixed feelings that Marjane has toward the veil.

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By splitting the panel in half, Satrapi emphasizes the tension Marjane feels between her own identity and that of her family's identity.

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The narration on this panel enables Satrapi to emphasize how specific moments are only realized as pivotal later in life through the maturation process.

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Satrapi uses this series of panels to explain how Marjane learned how so many people she knew who she thought were traveling had really passed away. This is highlighted by how she runs away after she discovers this.

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Satrapi not only uses the character of God within the novel to show Marjane's religious devotion, but the character also serves as a way to illustrate Marjane's fears and a deep need for reassurance in the midst of turbulent times.

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Satrapi uses the black and white contrast between the darkness of night and the character of God in order to highlight the tension between Marjane's fears and her hopes.

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Satrapi, at the beginning of her novel, explains how often women promoted the revolution by helping to enforce the very laws that were enacted to put women down.

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In one panel, Satrapi depicts Marjane as not wearing a veil while other women are to show that some women helped to enforce the changes that occurred as a result of the revolution.

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At the beginning of the book Satrapi depicts a row of girls, veiled, looking identical. Marjane goes on to give them names, which enables Satrapi to emphasize Marjane's frustration that the government had attempted to rid each person of their identity.

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Satrapi opens the book with a panel that depicts a row of schoolgirls who are Marjane's friends. These girls are veiled and all look almost identical. Marjane goes on to call them each by name and clarifies that she is not seen in the picture.

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