Persep. Blog 1

Written as a memoir, is Persepolis more powerful than if Satrapi had fictionalized the story? Why or why not? Compare this book to other memoirs you have read. What are the benefits and drawbacks of memoirs?
Persepolis gives off a more powerful message since it is a memoir and isn't fictionalized. Memoirs actually tells the reader what has happened is true and took place in history. Fictionalized stories on the other hand are created by one's imagination. Therefore, it sends a message that it is not as strong. I haven't read any other memoirs before this one, but I think the benefits of a memoir is that people who have been through the same shit can relate to it. Drawbacks of it is that the story is not as exciting as a fictional story. For example, in a fictional story, if you throw a freggin grenade, the person can fly like high as heck in the air and the gernade will explode beneath them and they will survive. However, in real life, a person does not have the power to fly and hover over a gernade explosion and survive, plus whoever witnesses this would be traumatized.
They would probably have a hard time with their daily life after what they've seen.

How is Persepolis organized and structured? What has Satrapi chosen to emphasize in her childhood? How is the passage of time presented? Describe Satrapi's drawings. How do the drawings add to the narrative of the story?
Persepolis is structured as a graphic novel. It's basically a very long comic book. Satrapi chose to include the part of her life during the Islamic Revolutionin her graphic novel. I think she chose it because it had a major impact on her childhood. The passage of time is presented during the first few pages of the novel. On page 3, it says the revolution took place in the year 1979. Satrapi's drawings makes this story very simple and easy to understand for slow people. The drawings explain things that the words do not. For example, there are images of people being tortured. It is not exactly explained how people are tortured, so the visuals help people see what exactly happens to the people that are arrested. I personally have not done anything like this but if I were to write a graphic novel, I'd probably put a very important time of my life in there also.

Describe the writer's voice. Is it appealing? Which aspects of Marji's character do you identify with or like the most, the least? Did your reaction to the little girl affect your reading experience.
The writer's voice is very strong and confident. However, this often gets her into trouble. For instance, on page 8, she told her teacher and classmates that when she grows up, she wants to be a prophet. This made the teacher believe that she was disturbed and talked to her parents. I liked her the most when she was younger because she was so curious and very random. But, as she grew older, she learned more and it just wasn't the same. I, myself, understand that when we grow older we change, but I still liked her better when she was younger. I didn't really have a reaction to the little girl. I just didn't care. I just thought the book looked cool since people were being tortured so I read it.

Final feed project reflection essay

My feed contains a personal helper named "Lucky" who tells me what is good as in what to eat.
Due to my family's income i couldn't afford an upgrade on my feed, I also have a stupid virus on my feed.Since i have a virus there are danger signs that scrolls through my feed telling me I'm in danger.

This is saying that not all families have the money to stay updated with the newest thing out there. Even though people say america is a rich place not everyone who decides to live here is rich. To the outsiders america's identity is that there are rich people there, but it really takes one to live inside the country to know.

The economy is bad because the items are expensive and not a lot of people can afford them.
It then would make it harder for corporations to become bigger and then people would just be like "man that new feed upgrade is sooo expensive eff it i rather stick to the old one." Not knowing that if the proper upgrade is done people can die.(just reffering to the text) For everyday people it would just mean not buying the new things since they are too expensive.Good thing we don't have to die huh? I think it would be ok to resist since you shouldn't be forced to get things you don't want.

I think the media,consumerism, technology, and popular culture does some what shape me.
Without them i wouldn't know where I'll be. Don't you think it shapes us all? Technology is everywhere so i think it helped shaped me. I used the net a lot and sometimes the things on there can influence you. For example the net influenced me to dance more since there are many clips of better dancers out there.

This all makes me who i am today. I have my own habits but there are also others out there with the same habits, so the net lets me see the people out there like me. I wouldn't say I'm different from others even though i am an individual. There are many people out there that are in ways like me.

People in the story would be nothing without the feed since EVERYTHING involves the feed. It would make one feel isolated or alienated. They just wouldn't be able to survive in a world where they are the only one without the feed.


Im not sure why Titus ordered all those pants but i think it was the only thing he could do at the time since everything was sooo fucked up for him. He probably went a little crazy there. Come on the guy was like nude ordering pants -___-.

I think the interlude at the end of the book means that even though they went through all those tough times they will have to just move on. Acting like nothing ever happened they will have to live their life with their feed controlling them.