After viewing most of the film and completing the book its hard to say which one I like better. If the novel wasn't graphic then I would most definitely choose the film because it allows you see what the author is trying to portray. However, because Satrapi choose to write her story in a graphic novel form it allows for us as readers to really imagine and view what is happening. It allows us to learn about difficult topics in a lightened setting.
The only thing that the film really has over the book is that you are able to pick up on sarcasm, characters attitudes and body language because they are moving and actually speaking the dialogue instead of a person just reading it off the page. I really enjoyed both the book and the film and I don't really read much except for when it's for classes, but this novel I could see myself reading outside of class. It had an interesting topic that is still in our current news and the way the author presents it is easy to learn from. (Shawn Parkhurst, Last Post!)
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