In Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi, has emotions shown from the main character express in several ways. The author uses the panel design to express what emotion the character is in and how important it means in the novel. She has several emotional state to express for the character, and does it in similar ways of letting the audience know that the character emotion is significant. Some of the noticeable emotions Satrapi displays the character in are depression, hopeless, and anger situation. Some of the panel designs are similar to other important events, but when Satrapi reinforce her emotions in a particular way that readers can easily understand. Different panels such as open panels, splash panels and full page panels can express different
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“WHAT?. Oh no! That old tale about being on a trip had come back.”(67/4). The panel portrays Satrapi being surprise of the news she receive from her parent, and at that point of the story, this news happen to mean a lot to the character. The previous pages shows Satrapi in a delightful mood when she spends her time with her uncle. “Here, take this swan I made in prison, out of bread.” (61/2). The panel is a normal design, but at the same time represents the character a mood. Satrapi can express the emotion in whatever panel designs needed to carry out the novel, as long as it has perfect setup for the emotional to be shown. For example, the panel (67/4) is the size of two panels combine together, and when there are more than one panel size, it is most likely to hold a strong meaning for something. Satrapi has panel design at either a full page, special speech bubbles, or camera angles. On one of the panels (67/4), the speech bubbles is done by a “boom” effect, and this expresses that the character is in a surprise situation. The drawings within the panel also supports how Satrapi reinforce her emotional state with panels. There is a close-up to the character’s face, and normally when panels has a zoom in for a specific picture, this indicates that the panel has a significant
“WHAT?. Oh no! That old tale about being on a trip had come back.”(67/4). The panel portrays Satrapi being surprise of the news she receive from her parent, and at that point of the story, this news happen to mean a lot to the character. The previous pages shows Satrapi in a delightful mood when she spends her time with her uncle. “Here, take this swan I made in prison, out of bread.” (61/2). The panel is a normal design, but at the same time represents the character a mood. Satrapi can express the emotion in whatever panel designs needed to carry out the novel, as long as it has perfect setup for the emotional to be shown. For example, the panel (67/4) is the size of two panels combine together, and when there are more than one panel size, it is most likely to hold a strong meaning for something. Satrapi has panel design at either a full page, special speech bubbles, or camera angles. On one of the panels (67/4), the speech bubbles is done by a “boom” effect, and this expresses that the character is in a surprise situation. The drawings within the panel also supports how Satrapi reinforce her emotional state with panels. There is a close-up to the character’s face, and normally when panels has a zoom in for a specific picture, this indicates that the panel has a significant