PERSEPOLIS BOOK VS. PERSEPOLIS MOVIE

          

          In Persepolis, both the movie and the book were able to portray the main idea of Marjane Satrapi but it also differed in many ways by taking a very essential character out of the film. In the film, The character Mehri was token out and she was a huge representation of the role of women during the revolution. Throughout the book Mehri is Marjane's nanny and also her maid. She was taken in by the Satrapi family. This happened when she was as a young child because her former family could not support her. Mehri falls in love with a boy from the neighborhood but she cannot be with him because she is from a lower social class than he is. Mr. Satrapi made sure to ruin this for her. Like in many cases, the book informed us of every detail possible in order to get a clearer message across. When it came to the movie, it lacked many details that were included in the book and if you would not have read the book it would cause you to be confused and lost.

           In the book Mehri was very essential because her life was a message that was sent to the readers that social class represented who you were. It was a message that social class during the revolution was looked severely by the social class you were in and not the personality of the character. However, in the film she was removed and I was very curious in why they took her out because she was so important in the book that their was a whole chapter dedicated to her. In the film, it was more focused on Marjane Satrapi's childhood than what was happening around her. Personally, if they Mehri in the film, it would have been much better.