In the graphic memoir Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi uses various literary and graphic elements to convey the dream-like qualities of the panel on page seventy seven. The panel shows the Satrapi family longing for happiness, the author shows this by using different embodies such as a contrast between black and white throughout the picture and diction. On the panel, the people and the places they're going, Spain and Rome, are white. In this case, the white symbolizes their feelings of safety and happiness. The color of the background and the surroundings of the family are black. The darkness and black background represent the things that are going on Iran that the family are trying to escape. White swirls around the panel imply that the family
