Week Two [Literary feature hunt] ---[Fi]

The sudden breakout of the Iranian National Anthem from the TV made Marjane and her parents break into tears. The National anthem had been forbidden for more than a year and this is why they were overwhelmed. It does not only symbolizes Iran but also the history of Marjane and her family; it brings back their memories, and love for their country.

PG 63

Here we see Marjane hopelessly lying on the floor because one of the boys was leaving for America. Marjane didn't ever expressed her feelings toward that boy but now that he's leaving, she thinks that she actually liked him very, very much. It is obvious that Marjane presents her "like" to the boy in a romance way, but I wonder at this age does she even understand what love is or to differentiate the meaning between miss, like, and love. This is similar to Mr.McGuigan's idea on page 62(bones): it demonstrates how simple minded children are. She described the departure of the boy was "the end of the world!" This is a hyperbole, because this little boy was seldom mention in her childhood life, how could he possibly alter Marjane's life nor end the world.

PG 59

Anoosh, Marjane's uncle, had an unpleasant marriage. He said his ex-wife has no hearts and does not know how to love. In the second panel, his ex-wife's face was scratched out in the picture, represents obliteration of his wife from his memory. I think this is a *metonymy
because scratching out his ex-wife's face = forgetting her
A photo of a person can be seen as a substitution of the person and surely they are closely associated.


*A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated (such as "crown" for "royalty")." from wikipedia
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