First Year Seminar-

I believe that Satrapi wrote the beginning of Persepolis the way that she did so she could convey how young and naive she was in her childhood. For instance, at the beginning of the story, Satrapi grows up idolizing religious figures and wants to become a prophet herself. Then, once the widespread protests gain attention, she radically changes her aspirations to becoming a revolutionary such as Che Guevara. This to me just screams naive because they are completely different subjects and have little to no relation. I also believe that Satrapi's writing style was also meant to give the reader an insight to her internal conflict on trying to find an identity for herself.

If I were to write a memoir, I would ideally like to write it about a certain event that i believe influenced the rest of my life such as marriage or the death of a beloved family member and focus on the conflict and the resulting emotions i felt. I feel that this would be the preferable beginning to my memoir because I could effectively use my voice and give the memoir more depth.

-Thanks for reading!

Alex Cumming