Persepolis

I love reading the book Persepolis. It's so interesting and fun. The scary part is, is that it's so serious at the same time. When reading my brain is so programed to think it's light reading, so much so that a full page torture scene in black and white ink just shocks me. The juxtaposition of the kid like comics and brutal warfare is astounding. What I also note is the extreme bluntness of the author. She is so little in the beginning, so innocent and she describes these scenes in few words, there is no sugar-coating, she tells it like it is. I think about my time spent babysitting and I realize just how blunt little kids can be. They insult each other naturally without so much a thought as to a possible consequence. They make judgments without think about the emotions surrounding such a statement. Society has not gotten to them yet. Experience has not taught them yet to tread around such subjects lightly and cautiously out of respect for others. In Persepolis, she does have any concept of censoring or using any sort of euphemism, she throws it all out there. I like it. It creates a very authentic message, objective to a point, undiluted.