week three [literary feature hunt] FION

[HELP=)]page 187: second panel where Marjane is reading a book and is printed the sound she heard earlier, how is it a metaphor?

Page 140
Marjane walk helplessly on a street because she though her parents were dead. There are windows with shattered glass on the street. The shattered glass symbolized the mood in which Marjane was in, the broken-ness of her heart unsure of rather her parents are still alive.

140 same page
2 and 3 panel- In the second panel Marjane is depressed because she couldn't find her mom: Satropi used black as the back ground colour to depict the mood of the character. In the right panel Marjane is happy because she finally found her mom: therefore Satropi used white as the back colour to demostrate the happiness of Marjane. This is jexaposition.

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page 181
This was initially brought up by Geneva, Geneva said that this panel is interesting because it is a picture of Marjane's family sitting around a table on a beach, a d water is coming towards them. She also suggeste4d that Marjane may be day dreaming in the previous panel which leads her to the beach. (juxtaposition) Mr.M thinks that the style of painting and the lack of detail of this panel presents a Iranian culture atmosphere.

page 185
(forgot who brought this up) Marjane is directly looking at the reader as if she is trying to communicate with us through her eye contact. She seems different from everybody in the room: some people are kissing eachother, some are laughing for no apparent reason, and some are smoking but Marjane is sitting all by herself in the corner looking inocent. The wall she is leading on is a Iranian art work (Bhanisha's idea) which Marjane is using it for support. The painting of the wall contrast with the actions of the people in the room with the exception of Marjane. This panel shows how Marjane is situated in, seems like she does not belong to neither of the culture.

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Pg 238

The top of the panel reads:
"For about a month, I lived at this rhythm, the night prostrate and the day letting myself be carried across Vienna by sleep and the tramway."

This panel appealed to me with its double-meaning. The picture itself seems to be a direct presentation of the text, showing the tramway--it can be assumed that our protagonist, Marjane Satrapi, is riding on it--going everywhere--up and down, side to side--but not particularly heading for a destination. Thi picture also implies that the nomadic way Marjane lived during this period applied to her life as well; her life, like the tramway in the picture, was wandering in every direction, but couldn't find a solid place (or person) to rest upon.

Furthermore, this drawing made me think of the song, "Life Is A Highway" by Tom Cochrane, aka a cliche: "life is a highway, I wanna ride it all night long." The background, which is painted a solid black, fits into the song perfectly, but also suggests that Marjane only remembered the restless wandering, but the details of the lonely journey remained very vague in her mind.

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