Leon made a stellar point by highlighting that there are no “shades of gray” as it were in issues where gray areas may be held as opinions.

Leon says, “the black and white nature of the comics could draw a direct relation to how there are two sides to the conflict between Iraq and Iran. In the comic there is no gray area between this war, you are either for one side or another.” While I agree that the black and white drawings in the comic may often align with separate ideologies, I think that were there to be gray involved in the comic Satrapi would use it quite sparingly. She was very keen and contemplative with most lines and images she used. While patterns dominate many panels, I think that grey would detract from a lot of the strong images that Satrapi is trying to convey.  Reading Leon’s posts makes me think of many different scenes but the most interesting one is a panel we talked about while in class, the dicotomy of the two ideological women (for the veil and against the veil). The women, for the veil, were garbed in black whereas the liberated women, against the veil, were dressed in white. I don’t know what other comparisons could be made, but I’d like to see in what instances white and black is used to subversively make a point.  Another example is when Marji is in Vienna, arguably the darkest time in her life when she was utterly bewildered, she is sketched in all black, except for her face and hands. Maybe the colors, or lack thereof, are saying much more than we realize?