Marjane Satrapi writes her autobiography, Persepolis with an omnipotent style. Every once and a while she lets it be known that she is both the author and the main character with quips and commentary on a situation. She especially takes advantage of this in foreshadowing how her relationship with Reza. One of the times she does this really stands out to me, “Apparently, her best friend wanted to go out with Reza… Unfortunately, we don’t always get what we want” (Satrapi 278). In this short statements, Marjane both implies that her relationship with Reza is not necessarily going to be exactly what she wants and references all of the hardships people have had to endure in the war as well as trying to live during the after-mass. Another notable
