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Marjane Satrapi

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Did you know that when in the process of creating graphic novels, illustrators use many specific details such as lines and shading to differentiate characters?, These details can symbolize way more than just another character and sometimes even convey a message that is really significant to the literature piece in order for a proper understanding of the author's main theme. With the use of graphic weight in the graphic novel Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi reinforces the distinct separation of the oppressed and the oppressors that can be easily muddled during war time, a distinction that was changed after the attacks on 9/11 and during the beginning of the war on terror. In doing so, Satrapi demonstrates the importance of ensuring people know about …show more content…

With the use of her drawing techniques, Satrapi demonstrates her desire to eliminate the moral ambiguity in the western world. Moral ambiguity is when a lack of clarity is present while dealing with an issue that has moral elements within it. Satrapi uses the lines and color contrast in her graphics to clarify ethical decision making when the westerners are making their opinion on Iran and the middle east. Due to Satrapi’s clear and distinct separation of the oppressed and oppressors in the graphic novel, she was able to tell the world what Iran truly was. When the graphic novel ‘Persepolis’ was translated in 2002 it was after the attacks on 9/11, these attacks had all Americans shook and the dislike of such “islamic nations” was very common, Dislike and hatred was spread throughout the westernized world and it only got worse as presidents spoke out in frustration and anger about Iran, this anger turned into the perspective of many westerners as they were never exposed to the real truth of what Iran was. It was because of the use of graphic weight in the graphic novel Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi reinforced the distinct separation of the oppressed and the oppressors that was easily muddled during war time and contributed to the many changed perspectives of Iran. Not all Iranians want to force religion and extremism, some also want to play and have fun like the rest of the

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