In these two panels from Marjane Satrapi’s book Persepolis, Satrapi uses the contrast between the chaos and horror of the explosions in one, and the fun and happiness of the party in the other to highlight just how abruptly tragedy can strike. In the frame of the explosions, Satrapi uses sharp angles and dark shading to show the effects of the mines that people have stepped on, and the people flying through the air with keys around their neck are those who are unfortunate enough to suffer the fate of the war. Despite the fact that hardly any detail can be seen within the image, the keys hanging around the necks of the bodies in the air can still crisply be seen. Conversely, in the second and only other panel on the page, Satrapi depicts a party
