Persepolis as a book offers more detail and insight to Marjane’s life in Iran and Austria, while the film seemed to pick and choose what would be the most important aspects of the story to create a storyline audiences could understand. While both are great depictions of Marjane’s life, what the film did leave out changed certain main themes of the story, such as Marjane’s understand of the social hierarchy in her country, and how it affected her want to be a prophet and her feelings toward her parents beliefs. The film also seemed to take away from moments that were much more impactful in the book, such as when she finds out about her grandfather and sits in the tub to feel what he felt, in the film it was more made out to be that she was proud she had a grandfather that was once a prince, it seemed more glamorized than in the book. The film did well in telling Marjane’s story, but you don’t get the full impact of what she went through and how her identity changed with time like you do in the book, where it’s much more detailed and specific to the all the trials of Marjane’s life.
I agree that the book shows Marjane's development more clearly and smoothly than in the film. In addition to the themes you mentioned, I feel that the film lacks the emphasis on Western culture (cultural tensions in general) that the book focuses more on.
ReplyDeleteStrongly agree! The film did not did a good job of explaining important themes that was talked about in the graphic novel. I felt Marjane was out of touch with the issues of the revolution and the Islamic regime. While in the novel, the reader can feel the connection between Marjane and her country as while with the problems and oppression.
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