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Week 9 European Comics Tradition             I read the Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi. It is basically a self biography which shows how Marjane grow up in Iran and reflects the struggle and oppression Iranian woman had in those years. I know this idea may sound crazy or even evil, but the first thing that come to my mind after the story is even Marjane are barely allowed to do anything due to the various social problems in Iran, she is still an outgoing, optimistic girl, full of curiosity for the outside world, and also hold the ambition to challenge the various unfairness in society, and keep questioning the dogma which doesn’t really make sense to her. But what happened after she gets to French? Without these “controls” (either from religion or her parent), I was surprised by the fact that she seems to degenerates under the temptation of “freedom”. I mean, she doesn’t used this chance to do something for her parent or her country, in my eyes, she becomes a litt

Week 8             I read the March, and it was the first time I read a non-fictional comic story, more like a historical story. Personally, I’m not a big fan of these comic, but I did found something interesting.             First the artwork is truly stunning. If I have to ask myself what is the purpose of making these historical story comic than read it on the paper. I would properly say it is the immersive experience it brings to the audiences. By the usage of image composition, John Lewis was able to draw audiences into what was really happened during the African American Civil rights movement. I put some examples below to better demonstrate the idea.  As you can see, reader can experience the civil right movement through the artist’s point of view, which is far more powerful than plain text on paper.             Another advantage of making history comic that I can think of is it makes a better educational resource than words. Due to the nature of