I picked up the book persepolis, without being aware of any of its content or what the story is about. First I found the book agreeable and pleasing. The contents of the Persepolis in which it describes the history of Iranian revolution, was interesting especially it is told through a narrative of a kid who seems to form her allegiance and opinion rather quickly and strongly on the matter.

The subject of the story itself could be rather doom and heavy for a comic book material. However, through the naive and innocent and particularly opinionated child Marji’s narration, Persepolis succeeds to handle the heavy subject without being too serious and hard on the readers.

Yet, it would not be fair to say that Persepolis tells the story of Iranian Revolution only light heartedly.

In the part where they talk about how the prisoners were tortured, the novel achieves to emphasize the seriousness and makes the story even more horrible by having it told through Child’s eye. Readers are forced to sympathize and because it is being told through Child’s narratives, we feel worse about hearing these stories.

Black and White color scheme of the novel also seems to adds to the characteristics of the story. It is serious and heavy material therefore the colorfulness would not suit the story. Also, the simple drawing style of the novel and its color scheme seems to represent the Iranian tradition as well; their separation of female and male in public and the secretiveness they pursue with the exposure of the skin.