I realize that this is a little late, but that’s better than never I hope.  Commenting on the structure of Persepolis, I’m not quite sure that its fair to be pleased or displeased with the ending.  True, reading some sort of narrative, our mind strives for the idea of a wholly symmetrical completion of the story, but for a work such as this, that’s not the point of it all.  In fiction, the craft of the story is often the focus, with the events just as important, but relying on the way that they are presented.  With any sort of non-fiction, the reverse is in order.  The brunt of the work that the reader must be concerned with is the events, with the stylistic elements there to add the creator’s appropriate slant.  I know I’m generalizing here, but bear with me.  To say you like or do not like the ending is to marginalize, in a way, the point of the story in the first place.  A narrative such as this is not just here for our entertainment, but for our stimulus and historical reckoning as well.  Whether we’re pleased or displeased is purely secondary; what is truly important is that we caught the weight of the message the author was conveying.  (Someone please let me know if this rambling makes no sense).  Also, i may come back and add on to this after class today.