Second Blog Entry

I think Marjane Satrapi begins the book the way that shoe does because, she off the bat, brings you into her world and her own experiences in the way she experienced them. The whole comic style memoir is a story from her childhoods point of view, displaying her confusion and sense of naiveness with what was truly going on around her. So in order for her to truly send the message across she gives us complete background into her life, her childhood, her experience, her story. If she didn’t start the memoir off the way she did, it wouldn’t be as powerful. She wants the reader to, in a way, grow up along with her from when she was a child and trying to understand the world around her. 

If I were to begin a memoir of my life, I would start off within my childhood, like Marjane started Persepolis. This way I give complete background of my life and really where it all began. I would want my readers to view my memoir as, not only a story, but also an experience. Taking them through this magnificent journey of Christina Hesslau’s life. As lame as this memoir of my own would be, it would have to start off where it all began. You can actually start thinking for yourself and exploring the world around you as a child so, I feel that would be most suitable.