I really liked the way this graphic novel started off, as if you were focusing in with a microscope down onto each of the locations and people. It started off with the world and then went a little deeper and deeper into the situations. When I first started to read this, I thought “wow, this is pretty much how it really happens. The storm just comes closer and closer until bam, its here.” The graphic novel does pull you into the story and creates a different perspective on the people of areas that were destroyed. This graphic novel is actually very similar to watching “When the Levees Broke” because it depicts the real people and their feelings versus what we were told from the news. I felt as if the news put down the people that stayed to fight the storm, but in reality, for most people this town was all they knew. Leaving their homes and families was a difficult thing to decide, and I understand that one way or another, it is a scary concept.
The other article we read from Project Muse was also very interesting. I find it funny to talk to or read an article about in author of something that you are been studying. It is interesting to see what they are like from behind their stories and to notice that how they write is very often extremely similar to the type of people they are. I feel that the story of Persepolis is very similar to the way Marjane Satrapi really talks. I know the story is about her life, but just as Satrapi said in the interview, she started referring to the character just as that, not as a portion of herself. I see where that would become complicated to not differentiate between the two because from the film, the characters drawings and voice were not her own anymore. A few questions that I have are if the characters from the graphic novel real, was it difficult for Satrapi to let people take over her story and somewhat create it into their own, and what the percentage of people who stayed in the storm compared to the people that evacuated.
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Hey Alyssa, after reading your post, I soon realized that this week’s reading is very similar to “When the Levees Broke.” It’s unapparent why I wasn’t thinking this before, but I’m glad you brought this up! I mentioned in mine how reading the graphic novel helps with the visual part, and how it provided yet again more of an understanding of the damages and what the people went through to survive. I hate to admit but reading this week’s reading, brought tears to my eyes…(what a cry baby, I know!!). This reality the novel created really just set that mood. Overall I really enjoyed your post, and how your blog looks. You should help me with mine one of these days because by the looks of it I haven’t touch the edit button on mine. You know where I’m at… 704 baby!!!
I think your questions to Satrapi are innovative. I'm sure it was somewhat difficult for Satrapi to have outsiders recreate her story on film with their own perspectives but clearly the task would have been too much for Satrapi to do on her own. I agree with you on the resemblances between Satrapi's graphic novel and the interview and "When the Levees Broke". It is clearly difficult to interview/talk to someone who has experienced life altering tragic events. In both instances, Satrapi and those shown in the documentary are survivors of such events which unites them and gives them strength.
Hey Aisha, it's not a problem to admit that issues like this do tend to hit people hard. These situations and seeing the hardships that people go through is a very hard situation.
Alex, thank you for the postive feedback, I am very happy that other people do understand my opinions and agree with them. I really do think it is difficult to create something and have someone take it over but I believe that Satrapi made a wise decision to allow others to help her. I feel it would have been too overwhelming to try to create such a work all by herself.
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