The Visual Storytelling of Persepolis

In graphic novels, images combine with text to tell the story, to describe characters, to express relationships, and to show the passage of time in a way that words alone cannot. Similar to what we noticed in poetry, form becomes foregrounded, and it becomes as important to understanding the meaning of the story as its content.

For this extra credit optional assignment, please choose one image/ visual feature from Persepolis that you found particularly striking, unusual, or compelling. When thinking about what to choose, you may want to look for interesting uses of color, shading, line styles, use of foreground and background, transitions between panels, how time and motion are conveyed, the flow of the story, etc.

In a very short response of only a few sentences, explain briefly why you chose the image and/or what this image reveals about or how it helps you to understand the frame, the page, or the story overall. If you wish, you can paste the image into the Google doc and add a short caption explaining your choic