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Being the first graphic novel that I have read, it allowed me to have a fresh perspective on this literature. Not only was I interested because of the visual arts but more so because of the reality being told. Persepolis is a story of the author about her childhood experiences with her family and the devastations in her hometown during the Islamic revolution. People were getting caught, restrained, and killed. Western influences were being banned. Freedom was withheld. “What can a child really d
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