![]() ![]() The veils do not allow the girls to be expressive, as the more that is covered the “better.” It can be deduced, by their facial expressions, that they feel very unhappy about this. This negative similarity shows that the girls, by being forced to wear the veils, feel like objects instead of unique individuals. Each girl looks quite similar to the next and they all look discontented. When glossing over the page, the second panel stands out as it takes up more space and contains expressional portraits of four girls. In the second panel of page one, Satrapi uses graphic weight to demonstrate the emotional toll that the islamic fundamentalism has taken on the young girls. Satrapi begins her first memoir with a chapter called the veil. She communicates this through the use of graphic weight and background. Although just a child, she still feels the political weight put on her by the fundamental regime. ![]() In the first Persepolis memoir, Satrapi delves into her younger childhood years. ![]()
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