Through the use of color, dialogue balloons and engaging scenes, my graphic memoir represents a somber and interactive memory from my early childhood. Everyone knows that honesty is always the best policy and in my short graphic memoir, I share the story of the time I lied to a very important person in my life, just to protect myself from harm. My actions resulted from the fact that I was too scared to be honest and admit the truth. In my coming of age graphic memoir, I share a very important scene from my life, which has shaped me to become the person I am today. Like me, Marjane Satrapi also wrote a graphic memoir named Persepolis, describing her point of view and experience during the Islamic revolution. In one of the chapters from Persepolis,
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Specifically, when she goes to see Anoosh in his cell on page sixty eight, some of the panels have black backgrounds, giving the images graphic weight so that they draw the eye more than others, making it a more powerful moment. The order of the panels represents a mini montage of the unforgettable life experience, because it reveals the last time she talked to her uncle, and his last words to her, “you are the star of my life” (69). These scenes represent the bitter and sorrowful memories from that time because the background is such a dull and obscure color. Similarly to my graphic memoir, the panels contain either orange, green or grey backgrounds which represent the mood of the scene. For instance the first three panels have neutral colors, green and orange because nothing negative happens. Then, the last six panels have grey backgrounds, symbolizing the clouded moments. The grey background represents the breaking of the valuable object, and lying to my mother, otherwise known as when everything went wrong in the story. The purpose of graphic weight is to imply a definitive mark, making it special and different than other panels. Lastly, although our stories might not be the exact same, through the use of graphic weight and dialogue balloons, even the shortest scenes can channel such strong emotional attachment, because the reader has felt something similar
Specifically, when she goes to see Anoosh in his cell on page sixty eight, some of the panels have black backgrounds, giving the images graphic weight so that they draw the eye more than others, making it a more powerful moment. The order of the panels represents a mini montage of the unforgettable life experience, because it reveals the last time she talked to her uncle, and his last words to her, “you are the star of my life” (69). These scenes represent the bitter and sorrowful memories from that time because the background is such a dull and obscure color. Similarly to my graphic memoir, the panels contain either orange, green or grey backgrounds which represent the mood of the scene. For instance the first three panels have neutral colors, green and orange because nothing negative happens. Then, the last six panels have grey backgrounds, symbolizing the clouded moments. The grey background represents the breaking of the valuable object, and lying to my mother, otherwise known as when everything went wrong in the story. The purpose of graphic weight is to imply a definitive mark, making it special and different than other panels. Lastly, although our stories might not be the exact same, through the use of graphic weight and dialogue balloons, even the shortest scenes can channel such strong emotional attachment, because the reader has felt something similar